NEWS
July 29, 2010
In his recent commentary article ("Kids need environmental literacy," July 28) our governor praised the students at Kennard Elementary School in Queen Anne's County for building "a marsh in their own schoolyard." Did the EPA's required environmental impact study actually approve this project? It is my understanding that marshlands or wetlands or whatever he wants to call them are breeding grounds for disease-carrying mosquitoes. Right next to the children's school! And what in the world does he mean by "environmental literacy"?
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Erica L.Green | April 19, 2012
With books in hand, hundreds of prominent black male city leaders and community members will descend on classrooms around the city Monday to read to students, part of an initiative to promote literacy and positive male influences in the lives of city youth. The effort called the "Michael Penny Carter Men Reading in Baltimore City Schools Initiative," was introduced in the city by Marvin "Doc" Cheatham, president of the local the National Action Network, last fall. The program was inspired by a similar one in Chicago, and has drawn the support of local political, education, and religious leaders across the city.
FEATURES
By Orla Swift and Orla Swift,NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE | January 29, 2005
DURHAM, N.C. - James Earl Jones' commanding bass is so recognizable, even a hermit could place it immediately. It's Mufasa, the papa lion in Disney's hit The Lion King, it's Darth Vader in Star Wars. It has an air of compassion, of wisdom and omnipotence. And yet this Hollywood star spent the better part of his childhood with his mouth closed, plagued by a severe stutter. "It was so bad that I didn't speak at all," Jones, 74, told 200 students at a literacy celebration this week in Durham.
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By Mary Gail Hare, The Baltimore Sun | April 17, 2010
The way South Baltimore businessman Jules Edward "Sonny" Morstein Jr., sees it, he owes something to the community in which his family has prospered. "This city has given me a good life," said Morstein, 65. "How can I not give back?" Nearly 25 years ago, several business owners along South Baltimore's Light Street asked one of their own to help renew their shopping district. Morstein, who runs the city's oldest family-owned jewelry store, stepped into the role of president of the Federal Hill Business Association.
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By Laurie Willis and Laurie Willis,SUN STAFF | May 27, 2001
Baltimore Reads Executive Director Marlene C. McLaurin took over last month as head of the area's premier literacy organization. McLaurin, 56, most recently was senior executive vice president of United Way of Central Maryland and interim chief operating officer of the Baltimore Urban League. A former second-grade teacher, she earned her bachelor's degree in elementary education from Hampton University in Virginia and her master's degree in early childhood education from Southern Connecticut State College.
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By Mike Bowler and Mike Bowler,SUN STAFF | September 2, 2001
CHILDREN'S BOOKS line the North Avenue office of Tom Bowmann, and they're not there for decoration. "I try to read one every day," says Baltimore's first director of reading. "It's amazing how reading a child's book with adult eyes puts a different light on things. It's very helpful in my new job." Bowmann, 50, will need all the help he can get. All he has to do, as prescribed by a school system "Reading by 9" task force in a report issued in May, is get a handle on the city's many reading programs, evaluate them, eliminate the ineffective ones and beef up those that work.