Business groups slam proposed sales-tax expansion for Kirwan
@BryanRenbaum Business advocacy groups converged on Annapolis on Monday to protest legislation that would expand Maryland’s sales tax to services not currently
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Hearing on school-construction funding highlights desperate state of some schools
@Bryan Renbaum [email protected] County and city leaders highlighted the desperate state of some of the schools in their communities to
Read moreNew Senate budget chair Guzzone forecasts a phase-in for school reforms, spending
Sen. Guy Guzzone is the new chairman of the Senate Budget and Tax Committee. MarylandReporter.com by Glynis Kazanjian with Creative
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$725 million in new Kirwan school funding passes Senate, House committees
Senate education committee chair Paul Pinsky holds up the Kirwan Commission report during floor discussion of the bill in the
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Kirwan Commission to recommend billions more to raise teacher pay
By Len Lazarick [email protected] The Kirwan Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education has begun hanging price tags on its
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Kirwan recommendations will fail if same mistakes are made as with Thornton, consultant says
The Kirwan Commission on Innovation and Excellence spent much of Wednesday afternoon discussing how to hold Maryland schools accountable for
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Kirwan commission wrangles over who will oversee increased education funding, school reform
By Len Lazarick and Michael Jefferson For MarylandReporter.com As the Maryland Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education moved closer
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Kirwan Commission goes back to work
By Len Lazarick [email protected] The education commission that met in relative obscurity for 16 months now faces the challenge of
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Wrong on school funding, showing the folly of predictions
The first day of school at Arbutus Elementary School with the governor and other officials leading a cheer. Governor’s Office
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Kirwan Commission won’t finish school funding recommendations this year
By Len Lazarick [email protected] The commission charged with revising state school funding formulas will not be able to finish its
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