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"Where does the money come from?": Economist on MD student aid grant running dry
BALTIMORE (WBFF) — As college students arrive on, or return to campus there is a financial burden on the horizon. According to Fox45 News' media partners, the Baltimore Sun, Maryland's largest college financial aid grant has run out of money for the lowest income students. On a Tuesday morning...
Move Up ABA Revolutionizes Autism Care With Personalized In-Home ABA Therapy Services in Maryland
Move Up ABA Redefines Autism Care in Maryland with Groundbreaking In-Home Therapy Services. BALTIMORE, MD / ACCESSWIRE / August 27, 2024 / Move Up ABA, a leading provider of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy, is transforming autism care in Maryland by offering highly personalized, in-home ABA therapy services for children and young adults aged 1-21. With a commitment to clinical excellence and a no-waitlist policy, Move Up ABA is setting new standards in autism support and care.
Talk of Delmarva Fishing Report 08/27/24
Monday saw even better weather and better fishing. I stopped by Lewes Harbour Marina around 2:00 p.m. and there were fish already on the cleaning table. The Surface Tension had brought in a fine catch of black sea bass and flounder from ocean structure. The grand total was 50 sea bass and 5 big flounder. While I was watching the cleaning operation, Ralph Short pulled up in his boat and unloaded six big flounder and two nice sea bass that he and his friends caught at the Old Grounds.
Revised school plan would give parents some choice in making children repeat third grade
Parents would be able to let their children advance to the fourth grade, even if they failed to meet reading standards that would otherwise lead to them being held back, under a proposed revision to the state's controversial literacy program.
State test scores: Local districts increase in English and math, dip in science
The Maryland State Department of Education released 2023-2024 test scores Tuesday morning, indicating slight statewide increases in English and math proficiency. Test results from the Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program for the 2023-2024 school year were presented at Tuesday’s Maryland State Board of Education meeting. Results showed a 0.5% statewide increase in English proficiency and a 0.8% statewide increase in math proficiency. 48.4% of students tested proficient in English, and 24.1% of students tested proficient in math. ...
Can Delaware’s Next Governor Fix a Jim Crow-Era Funding Formula?
In 2000, Delaware education advocates began pushing to reform the state’s school funding system — a relic of the Jim Crow era that baked profound inequities into district budgets. Since then, half a dozen marquee tasks forces and commissions have chimed in, unanimously calling for a wholesale overhaul. This quarter-century of broad agreement notwithstanding, Delaware’s […]
Southern Delaware ‘Tent City’ disappears, leaving Georgetown’s homeless in the shadows
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know!. Just down the block from The Shepherd’s Office in Georgetown, Delaware, at the dead end of Douglas Street near the liquor store, lies what was once “Tent City.”
Grass is looking good on the Potomac
Death and taxes may be the only guarantees in life, but fishing grass on the Potomac River is not far off. And with it being early fall and the grass matted up to its fullest extent, expect the anglers in the Phoenix Bass Fishing League Presented by T-H Marine Northeast Division Super Tournament to spend plenty of time in the salad.
These 4 statewide races have contested primaries in Delaware. Meet the candidates
EDITOR'S NOTE: This story has been updated to correct Elias Weir's prior political experience and state Sen. Sarah McBride's current elected office. With Delaware’s primary election two weeks away, what statewide races will be on the ballot? ...
DC's new traffic safety efforts focus on drivers from Maryland, Virginia
D.C. leaders are talking about new efforts they believe will have a greater impact on street safety, including targeting drivers from Virginia and Maryland. The Department of Public Works noticed a lot of the cars responsible for dangerous and risky driving in the city come from outside of the District, particularly on Friday and Saturday nights.
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