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Md. MVA Employee Charged in ID Card Sales - April 23, 2005

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.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10710-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_education/md

Academic Quest Puts Credibility on Line - April 23, 2005

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.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61545-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_education/md

Bowie Students Hear Hip-Hop Message - April 23, 2005

He only had to speak three words to make the crowd get wild.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7440-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_education/md

Md. Man Gets Life for Murder Behind School - April 23, 2005

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.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55081-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_education/md

Sale to Pr. George's Tarnishes LeapFrog - April 23, 2005

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.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7559-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_education/md

Time to Tally the '05 Session's Winners and Losers - April 23, 2005

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.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59615-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_education/md

No Move Made by Board On Hornsby - April 23, 2005

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.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7439-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_education/md

Montgomery Enrolls Business Model - April 23, 2005

Ask 9-year-old Dayna Gager how she's doing in spelling and she'll pull out a thick, black binder.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59627-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_education/md

Columbia Comes of Age - April 23, 2005

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.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5272-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_education/md

School Renovations Given $15 Million - April 23, 2005

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.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49818-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_education/md