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Baltimore: 41% of High School Students in City Schools Earn Below 1.0 GPA

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 15, 2021 67 Comments

Almost half of the students in Baltimore city schools failed to achieve a 1.0-grade point average in the first three quarters of this year. If a hospital had that kind of success rate, how long would it stay open? At what point does the state of Maryland intervene and fire everyone involved?

Professors at Symposium Declare That Using Correct Grammar is Racist

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 26, 2021 11 Comments

"idea of Standard English among teachers is used to maintain racist assumptions"...

Business Owners in Baltimore Threaten to Withhold Taxes Over Rampant Crime

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 11, 2021 34 Comments

Frustrated business owners in Baltimore are tired of rising crime and are becoming increasingly concerned about the safety of their employees and customers. Dozens of them are now telling the city to do its job, or they won't pay city taxes and fees.

U. Maryland Develops Plan to Defund Police After Urging From Black Student Organizations

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 09, 2021 7 Comments

"Other recommendations included removing 'excess funds' from UMPD and distributing them to Black student organizations"...

Baltimore Schools Will Not Hold Back ‘Tens of Thousands’ Of Students Who Failed This Year

Posted by Mary Chastain on May 31, 2021 56 Comments

Baltimore City Public Schools CEO Sonja Santelises announced the district "will not hold back tens of thousands of students" who failed the 2020-2021 school year. The district has 78,000 students.

Year-Long Investigation Into Alleged Noose at Johns Hopkins U. Yields Nothing

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 28, 2021 2 Comments

"unable to find sufficient evidence to pursue charges"...

Johns Hopkins University to Start Sending Mental Health Providers on Security Calls

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 19, 2021 7 Comments

“It became clear that many of the calls being addressed by campus safety and security could be more effectively and appropriately handled by behavioral health clinicians”...

Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby Claims Fox Affiliate Coverage of Her Is “Racist” – Files FCC Complaint

Posted by Stacey Matthews on May 09, 2021 72 Comments

In a formal complaint filed with the FCC, Mosby's office alleges that Baltimore TV station WBFF's coverage of Mosby "upon viewing could reasonably be characterized as blatantly slanted, dishonest, misleading, racist, and extremely dangerous."...

Two Baltimore Asian Women Beaten With a Cinder Block

Posted by Mary Chastain on May 06, 2021 39 Comments

Police arrested a man for allegedly beating two Asian women, ages 66 and 67, in a Baltimore liquor store:

The victims were liquor store employees who were closing up shop Tuesday morning when Daryl Doles, 50, allegedly broke into the store and attacked them, according to the report.

U. Maryland to Spend $40 Million Over Next Decade on Improving Faculty Diversity

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 25, 2021 4 Comments

“This is our time to reinvent our university”...

Black Student Leaders at U. Maryland Push for Transcript Notations for Those Accused of Hate Speech

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 24, 2021 14 Comments

"laundry list also asks administrators to create several spaces solely for black students on campus"...

Baltimore HS Student Who Passed Only Three Courses in Four Years Ranks in Top Half of His Class

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 04, 2021 218 Comments

A high school student in Baltimore passed three courses in the last four years. He has a 0.13-grade point average but has the distinction of being near the top half of his class. This is not his failure. The people who have been paid to teach him should hang their heads in shame.

School District in Maryland Announces Plan to Push ‘Anti-Racist’ Thinking in Preschool

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 03, 2021 6 Comments

"culturally responsive Prekindergarten to Grade 12 curriculum that promotes equity, respect, anti-racist thinking, and civility"...

Student Journalist Faced Investigation for Reattaching Note to Staff Member’s Door

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 16, 2020 23 Comments

A student journalist at Frostburg State University in Maryland has written some stories which are critical of the school's COVID-19 policies. Then something bizarre happened. She reattached a note to a staff member's door after finding it on the floor and was subsequently told she was being investigated for harassment.

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