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Criteria Make the Difference
I am a parent of a student at Watkins Mill High School. I am also the president of the Watkins Mill PTSA this year, my second year in a row.
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Is ‘Just’ A Four-Letter Word?
The word ‘just’ is a word that merits great caution and discretion. I’m not talking about the term for fairness and equity, as in “a just world” or “his penalty
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What do you have to do to become a tutor?
There is a literacy crisis in Montgomery County. The pandemic all but wiped out close to two years of learning for Pre-K to 1st graders. Children are entering 2nd grade
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The Crisis of Post-Pandemic Early Elementary Literacy in Montgomery County MD (part FOUR of a four-part series)
The Germantown Global Connection (GGC) is a grassroots ministry of diverse, school-based families which, over the last four years, has gathered like-minded parents and kids, deployed them in service projects
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The Crisis of Post-Pandemic Early Elementary Literacy in Montgomery County MD (part THREE of a four-part series)
So we have an illiteracy problem in early elementary school – yes, even in wealthy, educated Montgomery County. So what? They have nine more years of mandatory schooling to catch
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The Crisis of Post-Pandemic Early Elementary Literacy in Montgomery County MD (part TWO of a four-part series)
Maryland has a large immigrant community. Roughly one in seven Maryland residents was born in another country, while one in eight is a native-born American who has at least one
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The Crisis of Post-Pandemic Early Elementary Literacy in Montgomery County MD (part one of a four-part series)
Every year, the Montgomery County Public School system utilizes a multi-faceted assessment tool to gauge academic success. It’s called the Evidence of Learning assessment. It is a very sophisticated way
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From Whence Cometh Abundance?
Abundance. Lots of something. The accumulation of extra quantity. More than one needs. Plenty. It is the dream of every lottery player: more money than they know what do with.
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Passing On the Faith
Many parents of teenagers or adult children ask: how do I pass on my core faith values to my kids? Storybooks and pithy quotes may have been effective when they
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Putting up a fight
In May of 1775, over a year before the official birth of this new nation, the Second Continental Congress convened inside Independence Hall, Philadelphia. It was just a month after