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Direct linkHonawar, Vaishali – Education Week, 2007
The school district in Anne Arundel County, Md., this spring entered into what appears to be a unique contract with the local teachers' union over struggling Annapolis High School: Teachers will work year-round and make a commitment to stay at the school for three years. Designed by Superintendent Kevin Maxwell to fend off a state takeover, the…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Disadvantaged Schools, School Districts, Unions
Honawar, Vaishali – Education Week, 2006
The Maryland legislature's success in blocking a state takeover of low-performing schools in Baltimore under the No Child Left Behind Act raises the prospect of political resistance in other states that might attempt such intervention. While no other state has yet invoked the federal law to take control of a school, the experience in Maryland…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, State Legislation, Public Schools, Urban Schools
Honawar, Vaishali – Education Week, 2007
Historically, it has been tough to get teachers for urban districts, but this is not the case in Baltimore, Maryland, anymore. Since 2002, the New Teacher Project has been finding at least 10 applicants for each teaching job it fills for the once hard-to-staff Baltimore district. Armed with unorthodox recruitment strategies, the group targets…
Descriptors: Teacher Recruitment, Rural Schools, Public School Teachers, Holistic Approach
