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...after a poor showing on a state exam landed Rosemont on Maryland's list of failing schools, a neighbor volunteered to help. Though Rosemont is still part of Baltimore's public school system, the school is now managed by Coppin State College, a public institution situated just down the street. The college does everything from hiring Rosemont's principal to wiring its classrooms to giving its students their annual immunizations. Result: last year more than 90% of Rosemont first-graders read at grade level or above. Says Frank Kober, a professor of education at Coppin State...
...Maryland's university system, educators credit K-16 outreach for a drop in remediation rates and a rise in SAT scores and minority enrollment. In a pilot program in Oregon, high school and state-college educators are redesigning college-entrance requirements so that admission will hinge on a portfolio of student work graded on a uniform scale. In the California State University system, 54% of freshmen had to take remedial math courses in 1998; the following year only...
Coppin State in Maryland devoted much of the first year of its partnership with Rosemont to mundane matters like making sure the school had working telephones and a fresh coat of paint. The college also took on the more daunting task of educating the school's parents. Coppin offered child-rearing classes to Rosemont parents, but the instructor soon realized some of the parents had trouble reading the handouts. After surveying school parents about their educational needs, Coppin began helping some work toward high school diplomas...
...moved in, powered past 50 protesters and moved swiftly through the house. The boy was found in the arms of Donato Dalrymple, one of his fisherman rescuers, and was taken without violent incident. He was flown to the nation's capital and then sequestered at a house in suburban Maryland where he and his father got reacquainted (above) and waited for the courts to determine their fate. Finally, on June 28, the Supreme Court declined to consider the case, thus leaving in effect a decision respecting the father's wishes. The Gonzalez family headed for the airport. Their plane touched...
...Maryland's university system, educators credit K-16 outreach for a drop in remediation rates and a rise in SAT scores and minority enrollment. In a pilot program in Oregon, high school and state-college educators are redesigning college-entrance requirements so that admission will hinge on a portfolio of student work graded on a uniform scale. In the California State University system, 54% of freshmen had to take remedial math courses in 1998; the following year only...