<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Maryland</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/education/md?nav=rss_education/md</link><description>Maryland</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Md. MVA Employee Charged in ID Card Sales]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10710-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_education/md</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10710-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_education/md</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:11:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration employee conspired with the owner of a driving school and a third person to sell state identification cards, many to illegal immigrants, for as much as $2,000 each, federal authorities alleged yesterday.]]></description><author> Eric Rich</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bowie  Students Hear Hip-Hop Message]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7440-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_education/md</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7440-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_education/md</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:11:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[He only had to speak three words to make the crowd get wild.]]></description><author> Ylan Q. Mui</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sale to Pr. George's Tarnishes LeapFrog]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7559-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_education/md</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7559-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_education/md</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:11:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A federal investigation into the purchase of educational software and equipment by Maryland's second-largest school system has taken a toll on the nation's third-largest toy company, LeapFrog Enterprises Inc.]]></description><author> Daniel de Vise</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[No Move Made by Board On Hornsby]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7439-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_education/md</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7439-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_education/md</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:11:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In the face of a federal investigation, Prince George's County schools chief Andre J. Hornsby won at least a two-week reprieve from any decision on his future as the school system leader.]]></description><author> Nick Anderson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Columbia Comes of Age]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5272-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_education/md</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5272-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_education/md</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:11:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Recently, I wrote a  story about a teacher at Wilde Lake Middle School who was robbed at gunpoint in her classroom early one morning. As a crime reporter for the Post, I'm not naive. Still, somehow a holdup seemed almost incomprehensible at the middle school where I learned algebra from a very patient Mr. Longo and cried my eyes out while reading "The Yearling" by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings.]]></description><author> Allison Klein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hornsby Imbroglio Raises Worries]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6002-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_education/md</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6002-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_education/md</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:11:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The fallout from a federal criminal investigation of Prince George's County schools chief Andre J. Hornsby has jolted a school system that can ill afford another bout of instability.]]></description><author> Nick Anderson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Montgomery Adjusting To Grading Shift]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6001-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_education/md</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6001-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_education/md</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:11:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Walter Johnson is one of two high schools in Montgomery County to begin grading its students using a system that emphasizes academic achievement over participation.]]></description><author> Lori Aratani</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Montgomery Council Mulls Tax Relief's Scope]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2455-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_education/md</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2455-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_education/md</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:11:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Montgomery County Council is ready to give residents broad property tax relief next year by cutting tens of millions of dollars from County Executive Douglas M. Duncan's proposed budget.]]></description><author> Tim Craig</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[FBI Takes Inquiry To Hornsby's Staff]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2471-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_education/md</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2471-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_education/md</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:11:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The development intensifies the spotlight on the controversial leader of the state's second-largest school system.]]></description><author> Nick Anderson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Johnson Capitulates on Prince George's Tax Cap]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63969-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_education/md</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63969-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_education/md</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:11:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[County Executive Jack B. Johnson spent much of his first year in office attempting to build support for rolling back, if not repealing, the county's property taxes.]]></description><author> Ovetta Wiggins</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Academic Quest Puts Credibility on Line]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61545-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_education/md</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61545-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_education/md</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:11:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Maryland State Sen. Richard F. Colburn, a conservative Republican from the Eastern Shore, rose over two decades to a position of influence in his community when he decided it was time to go back to college to get his bachelor's degree.]]></description><author> Joshua Partlow</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[State Funds for Schools, Stadium Please Area Leaders]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57970-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_education/md</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57970-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_education/md</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:11:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The  General Assembly's 2005 session brought Southern Maryland additional money for building schools, funds to design the controversial minor league baseball stadium in Charles County and probably a study of the region's transportation needs.]]></description><author> Joshua Partlow and Amit R. Paley</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time to Tally the '05 Session's Winners and Losers]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59615-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_education/md</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59615-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_education/md</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:11:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Lawmakers tell us there's nothing unusual about emerging from the annual legislative session in Annapolis with a brutal hangover, regardless of how they spent the hours after the midnight adjournment.]]></description><author> Matthew Mosk and John Wagner</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[As Coffee Brews, City's Old Guard Stirs Up Memories]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59652-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_education/md</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59652-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_education/md</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:11:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Years ago, they were the politicians and the policemen, the newspaperman and the bank examiner, the high school football coach and the school superintendent. Now they are the Frederick Coffee Club, gathering six days a week for a half-hour, a $1.10 cup of joe and the solace of collective memory.]]></description><author> Elizabeth Williamson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Bastion of Hope for the Homeless]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59450-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_education/md</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59450-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_education/md</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:11:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[On-site counseling is the model for an aggressive approach to getting the homeless back on their feet.]]></description><author> Theola S. Labbe</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hornsby Unshaken by Bumpy Finances]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59446-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_education/md</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59446-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_education/md</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:11:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Prince George's County school system overshot its initial administrative budget this year by well over 50 percent.]]></description><author> Nick Anderson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Montgomery Enrolls Business Model]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59627-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_education/md</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59627-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_education/md</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:11:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Ask 9-year-old Dayna Gager how she's doing in spelling and she'll pull out a thick, black binder.]]></description><author> Lori Aratani</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Smoking Linked to Md. Man's Death in Fire]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57564-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_education/md</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57564-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_education/md</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:11:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A fire that killed a 22-year-old Bethesda man and two other Miami University students in Ohio last week started when smoking materials ignited a couch in a first-floor living room, investigators said yesterday.]]></description><author> Nancy Trejos</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Md. Man Gets Life for Murder Behind School]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55081-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_education/md</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55081-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_education/md</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:11:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Joseph N. Bellamy, a Gaithersburg man responsible for a string of assaults and robberies, was sentenced yesterday to life in prison for the 2003 murder of a 21-year-old man behind Brown Station Elementary School.]]></description><author> Nancy Trejos</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[School Renovations Given $15 Million]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49818-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_education/md</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49818-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_education/md</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:11:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Howard County received a bonus from the Maryland General Assembly before it adjourned this week when lawmakers approved a total of $15.2 million for school construction, nearly $10 million more than county officials had anticipated.]]></description><author> Susan DeFord</author></item></channel></rss>