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The Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners opted Tuesday to end a virtual online program’s services for elementary students and to close Bluford Drew Jemison STEM Academy West. Charm City Virtual will no longer teach students in second through fifth grades. Students from the PORT Virtual Learning Program, which currently serves Baltimore high schoolers, will join Charm City Virtual’s ...

Threads from the decision to change insurance providers for Arlington Public Schools staff continue to unravel. When APS entered a new contract with CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield this year, ending a 36-year relationship with Kaiser Permanente this September, it drew the ire of teachers, retired and active. Stressed by having to find new providers

BALTIMORE -- Until the middle of January, Ryan took the bus to school. The junior at Lansdowne High School walked into the blue, silver and brick building, where he saw his friends, took Advanced Placement classes and sometimes stayed late to participate in the Army Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. But after the 16-year-old made threats and was suspended, he spent the majority of his ...

Baltimore County assigned 133 students to its Virtual Learning Program as a means of punishment, which experts say is opposite of what students facing discipline need to keep them engaged and enrolled.

Being a teacher can be difficult, and it became even tougher in recent years when the COVID-19 pandemic was causing students to learn from home much of the time.

Arlington Public Schools appears to be looking for a new internal auditor. The job posting comes after a national government auditors association told APS that the school system asked John Mickevice, the former internal audit director, to sign a problematic contract, per a letter obtained by ARLnow. When reached for comment, Mickevice declined to discuss

(Updated at 11:15 a.m.) The failures of the controversial Virtual Learning Program were "an indigestible meal that is going to make you sick," an Arlington Public Schools auditor told the School Board this summer. APS created the VLP in

Burlington, IA- The Burlington Community School District will be hosting a free Back to School Kickoff event Saturday august 13th. Families are invited to a free family day camp at Camp Eastman. 1780 N 650 East Rd, Nauvoo Ill. The event is hosted by PiECES afterschool, Club M Mentoring, and the VIBE Virtual Learning Program. Activities will be led by local groups such as the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, and the Burlington Library. Free bus transportation will be provided by the school district. A fr...

Few APS Students to Remain Remote -- "The number of Arlington Public Schools students using the 'virtual-learning' option for the coming school year will be

The purchased building will also provide space for professional development offices and training.