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A Bastion of Hope for the Homeless - April 23, 2005

On-site counseling is the model for an aggressive approach to getting the homeless back on their feet.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59450-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_education/md

State Funds for Schools, Stadium Please Area Leaders - April 23, 2005

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.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57970-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_education/md

Montgomery Adjusting To Grading Shift - April 23, 2005

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.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6001-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_education/md

As Coffee Brews, City's Old Guard Stirs Up Memories - April 23, 2005

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.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59652-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_education/md

Montgomery Council Mulls Tax Relief's Scope - April 23, 2005

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.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2455-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_education/md

Hornsby Unshaken by Bumpy Finances - April 23, 2005

The Prince George's County school system overshot its initial administrative budget this year by well over 50 percent.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59446-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_education/md

FBI Takes Inquiry To Hornsby's Staff - April 23, 2005

The development intensifies the spotlight on the controversial leader of the state's second-largest school system.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2471-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_education/md

Smoking Linked to Md. Man's Death in Fire - April 23, 2005

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.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57564-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_education/md

Johnson Capitulates on Prince George's Tax Cap - April 23, 2005

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.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63969-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_education/md

Hornsby Imbroglio Raises Worries - April 23, 2005

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.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6002-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_education/md