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By Fred Rasmussen and Fred Rasmussen,Staff Writer | October 14, 1993
Grover L. McCrea Jr., a retired college administrator and former member of the Baltimore school board who advocated the "back-to-basics" movement in education, died Friday after a heart attack at his home in Northeast Baltimore.Mr. McCrea, who was 61, retired in 1986 from Coppin State College, where he had been director of urban leadership programs since 1971. For a time, he was also assistant to the dean of continuing education.In the 1970s, he was also a consultant for B.F. and M. Recruiters Association, an area management recruiting firm for industry.
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March 31, 2011
We were very pleased to read about the Baltimore City Public Schools' well-deserved national recognition as "revitalized" and on "an upward trajectory" in "Baltimore's graduation rate: a success story still being written" (March 28). As the article makes clear, the Baltimore City Public Schools, under the leadership of CEO Andrés Alonso, have gone to extraordinary lengths to improve the quality of education, increase graduation rates, reduce expulsions and suspensions and develop robust partnerships with foundations, community organizations and other stakeholders.
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By Mary Gail Hare, The Baltimore Sun | April 20, 2012
When St. Frances Academy needed another $2 million to build its community center in East Baltimore, one nun turned to her "good friends and two of the very finest persons I know" — the Cosbys. Sister Mary Alice Chineworth, an Oblate Sister of Providence and one of the school's longest-serving teachers, called the couple. Camille Cosby said yes right away. Her husband, Bill, one of the country's best-known comedians, insisted repeatedly, amid much laughter at a dedication ceremony Friday, that he was not consulted.
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Andrea K. Walker | February 29, 2012
A newly renovated health center at Tench Tilghman Elementary and Middle School in Baltimore has reopened to students and will include a doctor onsite once a week The health st uite will
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By Mary Gail Hare, The Baltimore Sun | July 8, 2012
School never closed this summer for about 30 Baltimore City middle-school students. They arrive at Franklin Square Elementary/Middle School with enthusiasm for a day that may be shorter and more laid-back, but still enhances their academic and athletic skills. These kids are reading books of their own choosing, writing in their personal journals, zipping through math calculations and working out on the basketball court. They spend two hours a day in an air-conditioned classroom and two in the gym — cooled only with fans — at the school on West Lexington Street, a few miles from downtown.
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Liz Bowie and Erica L. Green, The Baltimore Sun | July 22, 2012
For a decade, the news from the city schools was good. Buildings might be dilapidated, deficits might bring schools to the brink of bankruptcy, and superintendents might be fired, but every summer, educators released test results standing next to charts that showed steady improvement. Baltimore was no longer the worst school system in the state. But for the past three years, progress — as measured by test scores — has virtually stalled. Critics of CEO Andrés Alonso say the lack of continued improvement shows that he has failed to make the nuts and bolts of teaching his focus.