2024 presidential candidate in the Republican party, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, recently sniped at blue cities for their lackluster record on providing quality education for minority students. DeSantis made the comments during a campaign stop…
Topic: Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University Students Chain Themselves to Stairs in Campus Building to Protest ICE, Police
Some Johns Hopkins University students decided to protest the university’s ties to ICE and police officers by chaining themselves to a staircase in an administrative building on-campus.
Graduation Rates Are Deceptive
And more reminiscent of The Wizard of Oz than the three Rs or even John Dewey.
Remembering Black Lives Matter, Trayvon Martin and Freddie Gray
A panel of college professors memorialized Black Lives Matter and the movement’s icons, Trayvon Martin and Freddie Gray. At the Modern Language Association’s (MLA) annual conference in Philadelphia, these professors praised Black Lives Matter’s activism…
Baltimore County Public Schools No Longer Grades on Homework, Behavior of Students
You’d think this was a sick practical joke for the county’s schoolteachers, but it isn’t: Under the new system, a student’s behavior is factored out of his or her grades. The school system also now…
Maryland County School System Bans Use of “Gifted and Talented”
We can’t reward those who work hard and are academically talented, at least that’s the proposal in Baltimore County public schools in the state of Maryland: Such is the proposal of Superintendent Dallas Dance who…
‘The War on Cops’ by Heather Mac Donald: A Book Review
In light of the violent Black Lives Matter (BLM) rhetoric, protests and the murder of five Dallas police officers, Heather Mac Donald’s book, The War on Cops, rebuts much of the BLM and anti-police rhetoric…
To Some Baltimore Students, Dress Code is “Forced Assimilation”
Wait, what? Dress codes impose and force assimilation?
Emory University sends Students to Baltimore to Study Racism
Uh, that’s an interesting choice for a student field trip from Atlanta, Georgia to Baltimore, Maryland. Students from Emory University recently traveled to Baltimore for a four day trip centered around the arrest of Freddie…
One Public Charter School in West Baltimore is Trying to Change the Culture
As the Washington Examiner reported, one school is trying to change the education environment in poor, western Baltimore: …the Green Street Academy, a public charter school that opened its doors to a new building this…