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Metts Reinstated By Long-Standing, Little-Known Law
The recent legal skirmish over control of the Prince George's County school system eventually came down to this: an almost forgotten state law that describes the process for removing a local superintendent.
$609 Million Sought for Schools
With county money getting tighter by the day and the school system already scrambling to make up a $14 million deficit in this year's budget, the Anne Arundel school board is seeking its smallest funding hike in a long time for the next fiscal year.
In the News
Dance School Graced With a 'Sense of History' (Post, Feb. 28, 2002)

Amid Concern, School Hours Revised Again (Post, Feb. 28, 2002)

At Military Academies, a Coed Esprit de Corps (Post, Feb. 28, 2002)

Even More Extensive Redistricting May Be in Store: Elementary, Middle Schools Are Up Next Year (Post, Feb. 28, 2002)

Dance School Graced With Sense of History: Virginia Ballet Crosses the Generations (Post, Feb. 28, 2002)

Md. Wants ESOL Students to Take Statewide Tests: Move Aims to Urge Teachers to Stress Academics (Post, Feb. 28, 2002)

Fraternity Gave Liquor to Pledge Who Later Died: No Hazing, Student Says (Post, Feb. 28, 2002)

Summer School To Focus On Needy: Program Revised In Montgomery (Post, Feb. 28, 2002)

Many Kindergartners Unready, Report Says: Increasing Rigors Require More Skills (Post, Feb. 27, 2002)

4,000 Sandwiches? No Problem! (Post, Feb. 27, 2002)

U-Md. Fraternity Closed After Freshman's Death: National Pulls Charter Over Alcohol Violations (Post, Feb. 26, 2002)

County School Board Foiled Again: Ruling Further Saps Pr. George's Panel's Effort to Fire Metts (Post, Feb. 26, 2002)

Rocky Start in 'Cyber' Classrooms: Pa. School Districts' Resistance Slows Online Charter Schools (Post, Feb. 26, 2002)

Relying on Science in Teaching Kids to Read (Post, Feb. 26, 2002)

Tell-All Policy Weighed for SAT II: Students Would Lose Option of Withholding Low Scores (Post, Feb. 26, 2002)

Where Two Worlds Collide: Muslim Schools Face Tension of Islamic, U.S. Views (Post, Feb. 25, 2002)

Islamic Academies Adopt a U.S. Institution: With Formation of PTAs, Parents From Diverse Backgrounds Gain a Voice (Post, Feb. 25, 2002)

True or False?: A Year Later, Montgomery County's Cheating Scandal Reassessed (Post, Feb. 24, 2002)

Around the Nation
Education Reform: A Report Card (Post, Feb. 26, 2002)

Supreme Court Calendar (Post, Feb. 25, 2002)

High Court Takes Up Two Big Issues: School Vouchers And Death Penalty Spark Lively Debate (Post, Feb. 21, 2002)

Ind. Schools Shrink Black-White Divide: A Focus on Attitudes Raises Altitudes in Scores (Post, Feb. 21, 2002)

Student Grading by Peers Passes High Court Test (Post, Feb. 20, 2002)

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