(June 10, 2005)
Dara Feldman, a kindergarten teacher at Garrett Park Elementary School, is one of only three honorees throughout the nation being recognized in early childhood education with a Disney Education Award
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(June 09, 2005)
Students in Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) were among 37 local winners of awards from the Critics and Awards Program (Cappies) honoring high school actors, stage technicians, singers, dancers
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(June 07, 2005)
Fifteen MCPS high school seniors have won college or university-sponsored National Merit Scholarships, bringing this year's number of MCPS Merit scholars to 40. They are among 37 winners from Maryland
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(June 07, 2005)
Grade 4 Students Set Record of 86 Percent Proficient; African American and Hispanic
Students’ Scores Rise Dramatically and Narrow the Achievement Gap
Elementary school students in Montgomery Coun
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(June 03, 2005)
Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) in Maryland, one of the nation’s highest performing school districts, and Wireless Generation, the leading provider of handheld computer software used by teache
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(June 03, 2005)
State Superintendent to Honor School During Assembly
Dr. Nancy S. Grasmick, state superintendent of schools, is scheduled to visit Viers Mill Elementary School on Friday, June 3, between 10:00 a.m.
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(June 01, 2005)
Press Conference Will Announce Release of
mCLASS™:Reading 3D™Software
Montgomery County Public Schools and Wireless Generation, the leading provider of handheld computer software used by teachers
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(June 01, 2005)
Two new facilitator trainings will be held in July for the Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Study Circles Program.
Study Circles is a dialogue program operating in MCPS, with a focus on und
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(May 31, 2005)
A ceremony to dedicate the newly installed solar panels at Takoma Park Middle School will be held at the school on June 1 at 3:00 p.m. This event is a culmination of a two-day program for Takoma Park
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(May 27, 2005)
More than 9,700 high school students and students in alternative programs are graduating and receiving diplomas from the Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) this spring. Twenty-eight schools have
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(May 27, 2005)
The sixteenth annual African American Festival of Academic Excellence will be held on Sunday, May 29, at the Cole Field House on the campus of the University of Maryland, College Park. Ceremonies for
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(May 27, 2005)
The Montgomery County Council has approved 99.5 percent of the Board of Education's requested $1.7 billion Fiscal Year 2006 operating budget. The budget includes new investments to reduce class size,
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(May 25, 2005)
The Board of Education met on Monday (May 23) and, among other items, appointed four administrators, voted to begin anew with health education revisions, approved a policy on long-range educational an
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(May 24, 2005)
MCPS Second Graders Post Gains on
National CTBS Test for Fifth Year in a Row
African American and Hispanic Students’ Scores
Increase 18 to 21 Points from 2000–2005
ROCKVILLE, MD – For the fift
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(May 23, 2005)
ROCKVILLE, MD—The Board of Education of Montgomery County tonight voted 7-1 to set aside earlier curricular revisions concerning sexual variations in the health education program for Grade 8 and Grade
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