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In Baltimore schools, a jump in permanent expulsions

My last Sun byline will be on a story about a drastic rise in permanent expulsions from Baltimore schools this year. I reported here back in October, following the explosions at Patterson High, that the system would start permanently expelling students ...

From SARA NEUFELD, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  18 May 2009

InsideEd profiled by Beatblogging.org

I was interviewed Friday by Patrick Thornton, who runs a Web site called Beatblogging.org that's aimed at helping journalists like me who write blogs about our beats. I'm not sure when his post on our interview will go up, but it should be in the next ...

From SARA NEUFELD, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  18 May 2009
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Belatedly, recognizing Baltimore teachers

May 12, 2009 Dear Principals: This year we have made great strides in student achievement. To honor the hard work of our teachers, I am asking each principal to work with his/her faculty to nominate and select one outstanding teacher to attend a ...

From SARA NEUFELD, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  18 May 2009
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Fifty-five years after Brown vs. Board of Ed

I'm working my last night police shift at The Sun tonight. Despite having done shifts like this at various newspapers for more than a decade, my grandmother still asks every time if I'll be safe. Every time, I can assure her that I will be. Why? On ...

From SARA NEUFELD, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  16 May 2009
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With a heavy heart, volunteering to go

This is a hard post to write, but as a reporter (for the next five days, at least), I mustn't bury the lead: I volunteered today to be laid off by The Sun. After the 61 layoffs in our newsroom two weeks ago, former reporters laid off from other job ...

From SARA NEUFELD, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  13 May 2009
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Gittings alleges improper spending

Gittings also alleges that the system does not have enough jobs in schools for all the central office administrators whose positions were eliminated this year, based on PSASA's calls to 138 of the system's principals. Dr. Alonso said there will be ...

From SARA NEUFELD, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  13 May 2009

Another step forward for special ed

So what happened? When I met with Dr. Alonso and Kim Lewis yesterday, Lewis mentioned careful monthly tracking of services. She also said the system shifted the financial burden to service providers when a student misses a service and needs a makeup. ...

From SARA NEUFELD, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  12 May 2009

When should ex-cons be allowed around students?

I do understand the theory that ex-cons can relate to a vulnerable population of kids, perhaps better than most anyone else. But how do you determine which ones are safe to be in our schools? Though Williams supposedly wasn't left alone with students, ...

From SARA NEUFELD, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  11 May 2009

Sara's busy Friday

I'm exhausted after writing four stories yesterday, one on the Stanford 10 scores, one on the Baltimore Teachers Union's Extreme Classroom/Library Makeover contest, and two with Justin Fenton on the Black Guerrilla Family. The classroom makeover is ...

From SARA NEUFELD, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  9 May 2009

Comment(s) of the Week, Ventilation Edition

Absolutely Jen. A little sweat is unlikely to hurt anyone permanently. But is that really the point? All of my college educated friends have jobs where they have air conditioning and the opportunity to leave the room to pee whenever the mood hits them. ...

From SARA NEUFELD, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  8 May 2009

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