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Jolie McShane has rallied her network of activists and civic groups to remove "Gender Queer" and "Lawn Boy" from shelves in Baltimore County schools.
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More than half of the students in Baltimore County Public Schools, many of them socioeconomically disadvantaged, showed “notably lower” rates of achieving reading and math benchmarks than their peers in the district, and some student groups experienced disproportionate suspension rates, according to the system’s 2021-22 Equity Metrics Report.
Failing grades have doubled — and sometimes tripled — in school systems across the state, as the prolonged effects of learning from home take their toll on student achievement and well-being.
Saturday school -- it's an option Baltimore County is giving its schools.|| Coronavirus updates | Maryland's latest numbers | Get tested | Vaccine Info ||While the idea isn't going over well with administrators, and what the district is doing to smooth things over, the district is considering Saturday school for students who may have fallen behind during the coronavirus pandemic.But it's how that extra help is being rolled out that concerns some Baltimore County principals.App users tap here to vote in poll: Would you send your kids to Saturday school?The proposal has apparently been on ...