When the news broke in May that students in Washington D.C. and Maryland would spend less time on Common Core standardized testing, education experts and parents alike wondered how to proceed with academic testing and expectations. The Common Core standards were introduced years ago in an attempt to raise the bar for public schools, but […]
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Maryland Poised to Pass Social Media Law
Just a few weeks after two high school students were caught using social media to cheat on a standardized test, the state of Maryland House of Delegates voted to support legislation that would prevent schools from being able to ask for or require students’ social media account information. All the bill needs now to become […]