Group urges vigilance in lead poisoning fight
The number of child lead poisoning cases has declined precipitously in Maryland in recent years, but residents of older homes must remain vigilant, the head of an advocacy and outreach...
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City rejects state plan, offers own school loan
Baltimore leaders abruptly cast aside last night a state plan to rescue the city's nearly insolvent schools, offering a $42 million city loan intended to eliminate the need for strings-attached...
Agreement reached on city schools
Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. would appoint the majority of a management panel to overhaul the cash-starved Baltimore school system under a compromise reached yesterday that Mayor Martin O'Malley said...
Schools chief an issue in accord
The role state schools Superintendent Nancy S. Grasmick should play in a management overhaul of the debt-ridden Baltimore City schools has emerged as the final sticking point as city and...
Ehrlich, mayor nearing a deal on city schools
An agreement is near that would prevent teacher layoffs or salary reductions for the remainder of the school year while still advancing state money for a bailout of city schools,...
Schools’ bailout tests role of labor
Watching thousands of teachers rally outside his window last month demanding tax dollars for schools, Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. grew increasingly agitated. Finally, Ehrlich summoned a few reporters inside...
Ehrlich measure would create powerful city school authority
Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. said he will propose legislation as early as today to create a Baltimore school authority that could have broad powers to dissolve union contracts and...
Major hurdles remain in city schools talks
Negotiators working on a new management structure for the troubled Baltimore City schools will meet in Annapolis today, with the status of teachers union contracts emerging as a key impediment...
City and state at an impasse over schools
After hours of brainstorming and bickering, city and state leaders could not agree yesterday on a plan that would clear the way for the beleaguered Baltimore school system to receive...
State seeks control of faltering system
Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. will seek legislation that could place the troubled Baltimore school system in fiscal receivership, saying yesterday that he wanted broader authority to bypass a city...