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Other states have tackled youth gambling. Why hasn...
By Capital News Service | March 10, 2025 | News | 0 |
How one Maryland school district turned around stu...
By Capital News Service | March 3, 2025 | News | 0 |
Thousands of Maryland students are chronically abs...
By Capital News Service | February 28, 2025 | Education, News | 0 |
New bill looks to establish water safety, swimming...
By Capital News Service | March 9, 2023 | General Assembly | 0 |
As Maryland youngsters struggle, some get their best help from peers
by Capital News Service | March 17, 2025 | News | 0 |
When Celia Anthony was a high school sophomore, her fellow students nominated her to be a peer leader in her school’s student-led mental health support and suicide prevention program.
Read MoreOther states have tackled youth gambling. Why hasn’t Maryland?
by Capital News Service | March 10, 2025 | News | 0 |
The issue is, that many of those seeking similar help today are far younger than he was.
Nearly one in five Maryland high school students have gambled in the past year, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. In Garrett and Queen Anne’s counties, that rate is close to one in four.
Read MoreHow one Maryland school district turned around student behavior with ‘restorative practices’
by Capital News Service | March 3, 2025 | News | 0 |
All schools in the county have since implemented restorative practices, with many ramping up their effort in the past two years. The recent ramp-up included dozens of professional development days in the summer of 2023 for faculty and staff, who then introduced “community-building circles” where students and teachers can discuss issues within each school.
Read MoreThousands of Maryland students are chronically absent each year. Here’s what we know
by Capital News Service | February 28, 2025 | Education, News | 0 |
Student absenteeism rates have proliferated across the state and the country since the COVID-19 pandemic. Thousands of Maryland students are absent from school each year.
Read MoreNew bill looks to establish water safety, swimming elective for upper-grade students
by Capital News Service | March 9, 2023 | General Assembly | 0 |
Del. Karen Toles, D-Prince George’s, is the main sponsor of HB1105, which would require the State Board of Education to establish an elective course for public school students in grades 8-12 that would teach them the basics of swimming and water safety.
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