Bob Bauman remembers publisher Ralph Hostetter
Here’s a remembrance of former newspaper publisher Ralph Hostetter penned by former Eastern Shore Congressman Bob Bauman, a regular reader and supporter of MarylandReporter.com. Hostetter was “old...
View ArticleOpinion: If you value educators, pay them fairly
In honor of Teacher Appreciation Day and Teacher Appreciation Week, we publish this opinion piece by a Prince George’s County teacher. By Yvonne N. Baicich Teachers have to compete a lot for our...
View ArticleOpinion: Overregulation of vaping hurts adult smokers, small business
By Ashish Parikh When Gov. Larry Hogan and the Maryland legislature took a firm stance against selling Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems, or “ENDS,” to minors, I applauded their efforts to keep...
View ArticleOpinion: Smaller class sizes allow teachers to connect with students and...
By Mark Naydan Larger classroom sizes are not only more difficult for teachers to manage but they also have been proven to make it more difficult for students to learn. Recently, when U.S. Secretary of...
View ArticleOpinion: Fatherlessness, violence and political cowardice
With Father’s Day on Sunday, Towson University Professor Rick Vatz returns to his persistent theme about the problem of fatherlessness. By Richard E. Vatz Tired or frightened or depressed by...
View ArticleOpinion: School funding workgroup is stacked against counties
By Bill Valentine As a former Allegany County Commissioner, I am proud to have served over two years on the Kirwan Commission – the Maryland Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education — to...
View ArticleTom Horton: Leave it to beavers: Their ability to alter land should be revisited
By Tom Horton Bay Journal Notes to myself on preparing to teach my Chesapeake Bay course at Salisbury University for the 10th year: Teach oysters? Always, but this time I’m also going bigger, with...
View ArticleCommentary: Lessons from 9/11
As I was waiting to get on an airplane for a flight to New Orleans this morning, having whizzed through security that didn’t exist 18 years ago, I thought this short piece by former Del. Herb McMillan...
View ArticleOpinion: We need to move more people over the Bay bridges, not more cars
By Eastern Shore Land Conservancy In a time when most of us would acknowledge that there is practically nothing that everyone can agree on, there is one thing – especially here on the Eastern Shore...
View ArticleOpinion: Howard County is not segregated
Here is one of the commentaries we have received about Howard County schools. Opposing comments and viewpoints are welcome. Send to Len@MarylandReporter.com. The voices of opposition and protest are...
View ArticleOpinion: Moving kids is no shortcut to educational equity
Here is one of the commentaries we have received about Howard County schools. Opposing comments and viewpoints are welcome. Send to Len@MarylandReporter.com or use the comment feature at the bottom of...
View ArticleOpinion: What students from low-income homes really need
Here is one of the commentaries we have received about Howard County schools. Opposing comments and viewpoints are welcome. Send to Len@MarylandReporter.com or use the comment feature at the bottom of...
View ArticleOpinion: Kirwan plan is a union cash grab; taxpayers get the tab
Key recommendations of the Kirwan Commission on Innovation and Excellence and Education include wide ranging changes on how teachers are recruited, trained and paid, including major increases in...
View ArticleMarylandReporter.com celebrates 10th birthday
Happy 10th Birthday to MarylandReporter.com. Ten years ago this Saturday, on November 2, 2009, MarylandReporter.com launched the original nonprofit news website in Maryland covering our state...
View ArticleOpinion: In Howard Co., moving students for ‘socioeconomic integration’ makes...
This is one of several articles MarylandReporter.com has published opposing the controversial school redistricting plan by Howard County school Superintendent Michael Martirano. Opposing views are...
View ArticleAnalysis: Moving students around in Howard County is not enough to achieve...
This column is running in the November issue of The Business Monthly serving Howard and Anne Arundel counties. By Len Lazarick Len@MarylandReporter.com When we bought our house in Columbia’s Owen Brown...
View ArticleOpinion: Bootleggers, Baptists, and Howard’s school redistricting
Comments are welcome at the bottom of this article. Commentary in response to this article can be sent to Len@MarylandReporter.com. By Mark Newgent The Howard County Public School System’s...
View ArticleHoward school redistricting plan hurts poor students
Comments at the end of the article and opposing views are welcome. By Lew Jan Olowski Howard County superintendent Michael Martirano proposed a school redistricting plan that hurts poor children by...
View ArticleSurprise: Democrats propose more taxes as poll finds Marylanders think...
By Len Lazarick Len@MarylandReporter.com Stupid me for not reading the fine print when legislative leaders said they were not going to raise tax rates. “Maryland’s new legislative leaders flatly ruled...
View ArticleKirwan Blueprint funding reform needed
The Kirwan Blueprint bill is currently moving way too fast through the House before it moves next week to the Senate. After the “public-hearing” on February 17, 65 amendments were offered. Most never...
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