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By John-John Williams IV and John-John Williams IV,john-john.williams@baltsun.com | June 14, 2009
County school officials hope that two new partnerships will help promote an appreciation for the school system's growing Asian population. The school system was scheduled Friday to formalize a partnership with Counselors Helping (South) Asians/Indians, also known as CHAI. The school system formalized a partnership with the Chinese Language School of Columbia on June 7 during the school's closing ceremony, which was held at Howard High School. "We have folks from all over the world in our school system," said Superintendent Sydney L. Cousin.
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By Thomas Sowell and Thomas Sowell,creators syndicate | January 11, 2007
A hundred years ago, there was talk of a "yellow peril" because of Chinese and Japanese immigration to the United States in general and to California in particular. Today, there are echoes of that notion in a front-page headline on the education section of Sunday's New York Times. "At 41 percent Asian, Berkeley could be the new face of merit-based admissions. The problem for everybody else: lots less room at elite colleges." Anybody of any race who takes a place at any college leaves one less place for somebody else.
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By Gina Davis and Gina Davis,SUN REPORTER | September 3, 2006
Despite the recent news that last year's seniors saw the biggest dip in SAT scores in decades, Carroll school officials latched onto a silver lining in the results: impressive gains locally in the numbers of students, particularly among minorities, taking the college entrance exam. "I'm encouraged by the growth in participation rates, regardless of whether the scores are up or down a few points," said Gregory Bricca, the school system's director of research and accountability. Along with the push to increase student enrollment in advanced placement courses to improve their chances of future success, schools officials in Carroll have long stressed the importance of taking the SAT and its precursor, the Preliminary SAT, commonly known as the PSAT.
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By GINA DAVIS and GINA DAVIS,SUN REPORTER | November 13, 2005
While Carroll County students posted the state's second-highest average percentage of students passing last spring's High School Assessment for English II, school officials greeted the news with cautious optimism. Nearly three-fourths of the county's test-takers passed the exam, but officials said they must refine teaching strategies to help even more students pass a series of such tests so they can graduate. "No matter how the scores look, you always want them to be better," Gregory Eckles, the county's director of high schools, said of the results state education officials released last week.
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By FROM STAFF REPORTS | October 24, 2004
Harford County students outperformed the statewide average at every grade level on the most recent battery of statewide tests, and school officials say the results released show the system is on track toward all students eventually meeting the state's standards. "I'm thrilled because we have across-the-board improvements, with only a couple of exceptions," said Superintendent Jacqueline C. Haas, who heads the 40,500-student system. "I think it shows the hard work of our teachers, who are doing everything to improve their daily classroom delivery."
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By Molly Knight and Molly Knight,SUN STAFF | September 15, 2004
Harford County students outperformed the statewide average at every grade level on the most recent battery of statewide tests, and school officials say the results released yesterday show the system is on track toward all students eventually meeting the state's standards. "I'm thrilled because we have across-the-board improvements, with only a couple of exceptions," said Superintendent Jacqueline C. Haas, who heads the 40,500-student system. "I think it shows the hard work of our teachers, who are doing everything to improve their daily classroom delivery."