UMD Academic Achievement Programs to expand tutoring service courses
The program will increase the number of courses it offers tutoring for to more than 40 courses from its current listing of 35 courses.
Discussing racism from the global lens will help us address the issue at home
Racism is an international issue. It’s time we present it as one.
Standardized testing is a bad indicator of learning in a pandemic
The pandemic changed how children learn. Standardized tests must change too.
André Nottingham makes education his focus in Maryland General Assembly campaign
Nottingham's campaign also focuses on the lack of downtown employment center and making roads, like Route 210, safer.
It’s normal to discuss homosexuality with children. It’s time to stop claiming otherwise.
The “don’t say gay” bill does only harm.
Low-income students fought to get to college. They shouldn’t be used for schools’ profit.
Private schools must stop exploiting their poorer students
Five UMD students commit to teaching in underserved areas this fall
The students are working under Teach for America, a nonprofit organization that trains and places individuals at schools in underserved communities across the country.
Biden needs to look beyond the Ivy League for the next Supreme Court justice
Brilliance exists outside Ivy League schools. The Supreme Court needs to recognize it.
Banning books teaches students fiction, not facts
By banning books and telling an incomplete account of the Holocaust, students are not learning crucial parts of history that could help lessen discrimination — they are learning fiction.
Perfect attendance is a toxic policy for students
Encouraging kids to go to school is an undeniably good thing, but encouraging them to do it at the cost of themselves is horrific.