It will take Maryland students nearly twice as long to complete new state tests that the Maryland Department of Education says will more accurately measure college and career readiness. Depending on grade level, completing the new math and English tests will take the typical student a total of 8 to 10 hours, combined, according to […]
Aberdeen Middle School Students Create ABC Books for Elementary School English Language Learners
From Harford County Public Schools: As a service learning project, Team 7A of Aberdeen Middle School created ABC books for students in the English Language Learners (ELL) program at Harford County elementary schools. The books were written by the seventh graders in their language arts classes. Ms. Montague, ELL teacher for numerous schools in the […]
Bel Air Best Buy Closes Digital Divide for Non-English Speaking Youth Through Technology Upgrades
From LASOS, Inc (Linking All So Others Succeed): Grant funding from Best Buy Children’s Foundation, Wiessner Foundation and Harford County Criminal Justice Program upgrades technology for youth program LASOS received a huge Holiday surprise when Best Buy on December 22, 2010 donated its expertise and product through Geek Squad for two computer work stations, plasma […]
Baltimore County English Bill Passes
From the office of Del. McDonough: Delegate Pat McDonough’s Baltimore County English Recognition bill passed the Baltimore County Delegation by a 13 to 7 vote. The legislation is the same as the proposal that passed the Harford County Delegation by an 8 to 0 vote. Both bills were authored and sponsored by Delegate McDonough. This […]
Wright: Craig Shows “Insensitivity to the Economic Problems” Being Caused By Illegal Immigration
From Stephen M. Wright, Candidate Harford County Executive: Dear Sir or Madam: I read with great surprise County Executive David Craig’s reaction to the unanimous passage of the “English Only” bill by the Harford County Delegation in Annapolis. His reaction demonstrates once again Mr. Craig’s insensitivity to the economic problems being caused by the liberal […]
Raimondi: It Gets My Gall
By Peter Raimondi Whenever I have to use the telephone, and a recording comes on asking do I want to continue this Conversation in English or Spanish it really gets my gall! We are being pushed from every direction by business and the government to speak and read Spanish. This is an English-speaking nation! Now […]
Press 1 for Intolerance
One of the greatest moments of my career as a local newspaper reporter came a few days after Maryland District 7 Delegates Pat McDonough and Rick Impallaria got into a scuffle with a pro-immigration activist in an Annapolis hallway. I was sitting at a Board of Education meeting and in a break between presentations, listening […]
