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Lift Off

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Urbanite - By Holden Warren - Jul. 28 (News) - It used to be they could ride around Druid Lake undisturbed, but the city outlawed it. Now, the Sunday rides are a wild safari hunt through every corner of the city, the police shadowing the bikers, looking to pick off stragglers or tracking them to where they live to seize their bikes.

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Pricey Summer Programs for Students: Advantage or Indulgence?

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Baltimore Fishbowl - By Elizabeth Frederick - Jul. 18 (News Analysis) - Gone are the days of lazy teenage summers, when kids could sleep in till noon and work a couple hours scooping ice cream for spending money. Our teenagers are busy, focused, and accomplished. And many of their parents are spending a lot of money on summer programs, some in the hope that the programs will help them get into the college of their choice.

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A block party calling for a stop to senseless violence

Sun, 10 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Baltimore Brew - By Jessica Cottrell - Jul. 10 (News) - Willie Ray, the street preacher and sometime-thorn in City Hall’s side, brings his message – that local communities must support and protect the young to be rid of violent crime and drive-by shootings – to Rosemont with a party of performance art, music, religion and food.

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Growing up Millennial: Are young people too cool for religion?

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Catholic Review - By Matt Palmer - Jun. 30 (News) - Lauren Janniello wants everything from her Catholic faith. The rising senior at Loyola University Maryland grew up in what she described as a “conservative” parish in Montgomery County, one which placed a strong emphasis on the sacraments.

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Shooting the Good Guy in Black

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Bmore Media - By Cassie Paton - Jun. 28 (News) - It's a typical day in John Roemer's class at the Park School in Brooklandville. And, after today, there won't be many of those left—after a teaching career totaling 35 years, Roemer is hanging up his cowboy hat.

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Crossing Cultural Divides in a Rowboat

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

What Weekly - By Lee Boot - Jun. 23 (News) - Bruce MacKenzie is a shipwright. He builds boats. But he also builds young people’s interest in learning by thinking about their culture, and about what it really means to be engaged in something.

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Chris Ford Redirects Baltimore School for the Arts

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Baltimore Fishbowl - By Leslie F. Miller - Jun. 20 (News) - A veteran saxophone instructor becomes the new director of the BSA--Ford brings experience, wisdom, and helpful goals, like preparing creative kids to conquer the real world.

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Baltimore school and partners kick off renovations and, they hope, a turnaround

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Baltimore Brew - By Fern Shen - Jun. 15 (News) - Tearing down the wall of bricks blocking the door of Benjamin Franklin High School is just the beginning of plans to boost the school, celebrated yesterday. Community partners are adding new energy and advocates are saying dilapidated schools across the city need that kind of love - and money.

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A shout-out for a Greek temple that needs help

Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Baltimore Brew - By Mark Reutter - Jun. 08 (News) - Having served inner-city kids for the last 178 years, the McKim Community Center needs some servicing itself. Its roof has deteriorated and the stone masonry needs stabilizing. To aid in that effort, you can vote online to help the McKim Center win $25,000 in a national competition.

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The Labyrinth

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Urbanite - By Michael Corbin - Jun. 01 (Special Report) - A trip through the state's juvenile justice system exposes our divided and contradictory thinking about young criminals—and suggests a way out.

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PAINFUL PAYOUTS - Details of worker injury claims show teachers bear brunt of school violence

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Investigative Voice - By Stephen Janis - Jun. 01 (News) - Books and chairs thrown at a teacher during a class, a broken jaw inflicted upon an educator the result of fight with a student, even a student who cold-cocked one school employee in the eye after the pupil was being escorted away from another fight: These are just some of the roughly 90 injury claims made by city school teachers and employees during a six month period between July and December of 2010 that recount injuries inflicted upon them by students.

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Downsized

Tue, 31 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Urbanite - By Michael Corbin - May. 31 (Special Report) - “Bed Space Forecast for Baltimore Youth,” forecasts that, based on current trends and policies, the proposed jail could be downsized by half. With basic policy changes, it could be cut much further.

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Maryland advocates eye Missouri model as juvenile justice solution

Tue, 31 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Capital News Service - By Ashley M. Latta - May. 31 (Special Report) - Ask some Maryland leaders interested in juvenile justice what they think of the state's system, and they say it's not working. Ask them how they'd reform it, and many point to the model used in Missouri.

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Residents Fight for More Youth Jobs

Thu, 26 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Afro - By Shernay Williams - May. 26 (News) - Next month, a city-sponsored youth employment program will pay wages for 5,100 teenagers as they land jobs around the city, but a coalition of community groups says that’s not enough. The Full Employment Baltimore organization wants the summer Youth Works program to serve 9,000 youth – the same figure the group thought was sponsored in 2009. After a fact check, they learned the city only funded 7,100 youth that year and 5,000 last year.

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Neighborhood Watchers

Wed, 18 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

City Paper - By Tim Hill - May. 18 (News) - This summer is different—after years of threatening to shut down many of the rec centers due to budget constraints, the city seems to be on the verge of doing it, and is looking to turn over management of up to half of its centers to private groups. There is a sense that something needs to be done—centers have operated on shoestring budgets and in deteriorating buildings for years—but no one is sure how things will shake out.

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Students Protest BSA Budget Cuts

Wed, 18 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

What Weekly - By Baynard Woods. - May. 18 (News) - It was a warm morning at a busy intersection and windows were down. The students screamed and yelled like only the very young can and instructed drivers to honk for education.

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Boxing, Books Combine to Create Opportunity in West Baltimore

Tue, 17 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Bmore Media - By Paul Sturm - May. 17 (News) - The essence of UMAR's structure is best captured by the center's tagline, No Hooks Before Books, visible on several signs throughout the gym. For the 2,000 boys and girls who've made their way to North Avenue, the slogan means they must first spend time mastering schoolwork before their boxing lessons and coaching begin.

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Panel at Coppin discusses public education in a hyper-segregated city

Mon, 16 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Baltimore Brew - By Michael Corbin - May. 16 (News) - Baltimore’s public schools have problems with deeper causes than school officials and city leaders ever seem to acknowledge. That was one premise of a gathering Saturday of about 50 people in a classroom at Coppin State University.

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Fake it to make it into bars: Towson’s fake ID culture

Thu, 12 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Towerlight - By Alissa Katz - May. 12 (News) - While some college students regard fake IDs as a rite of passage to drink and have a good time, Maryland U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein stressed their illegality Thursday by announcing federal charges against a University of Maryland, College Park junior who is accused of making and selling illegitimate driver’s licenses from his dorm in 2009.

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Blog: Scholarship cuts add fuel to petition drive

Wed, 11 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Maryland Reporter - By Len Lazarick - May. 11 (News) - If opponents of in-state tuition for immigrants needed any more ammunition for their petition drive, it was on the front page of the Sun Wednesday, below the story about the signing of the tuition bill. The article documents one of the little publicized cuts in the budget proposed by Gov. Martin O’Malley and passed by the General Assembly: the elimination of the Distinguished Scholar Program that would have provided $1.1 million to the best and brightest Maryland students graduating this year.

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Signing of immigrant tuition bill causes celebration and a repeal attempt

Wed, 11 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Maryland Reporter - By Len Lazarick - May. 11 (News) - There was more than the usual hubbub at the bill signing ceremony Tuesday when more than 100 people crowded behind Gov. Martin O’Malley for four sets of photos as he signed a bill granting in-state college tuition rates to illegal immigrants who graduate from Maryland high schools.

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MD Police: Phylicia Barnes was Murdered

Thu, 05 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Afro - By Shernay Williams - May. 05 (News) - State medical examiners have officially ruled the death of North Carolina teen Phylicia Barnes a homicide, police announced May 4. Examiners have also determined the cause of death, but are withholding the information.

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In-state college tuition for illegal immigrants passes House 74-66

Sat, 09 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Maryland Reporter - By Megan Poinski - Apr. 09 (News) - In a close vote, the House of Delegates passed a bill on Friday that would give in-state college tuition to illegal immigrants, following an emotional debate fraught with tears, personal stories, anger and applause.

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Tuition for illegal immigrant students gets preliminary House approval

Fri, 08 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Maryland Reporter - By Len Lazarick - Apr. 08 (News) - After a marathon 2½ hours of sometimes acrimonious debate and a dozen failed amendments, the House of Delegates Thursday afternoon gave preliminary approval to a bill giving illegal immigrants in-state tuition at community colleges and state universities. The bill, which passed the Senate on a close vote three weeks ago, allows young illegal immigrants who graduated from Maryland high schools to get tuition at in-state rates.

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Walbrook Film Project Teaches Students About More Than Holding a Camera

Fri, 08 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Unsung Baltimore - By Kevin Griffin Moreno - Apr. 08 (News) - Arts, community, violence, conflict resolution, history, memory: these were some of the topics explored in three short films by 10 young artists whose work was screened yesterday afternoon at the Walbrook Branch of the Enoch Pratt Free Library.

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