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Joanne Jacobs
May 19, 20181 min read
Music maestro, please
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra has created a free after-school music program that reaches 1,300 students in six schools, reports the...
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Joanne Jacobs
Mar 12, 20183 min read
Safe at school — but nowhere else
School is a safe haven from the streets, students at Baltimore’s Excel Academy tell Kevin Rector, a Baltimore Sun reporter. Seven...
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Joanne Jacobs
Dec 5, 20172 min read
How effective is your school?
Three-quarters of Chicago Public School students come from low-income families. As third graders, they test below the second-grade level...
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Joanne Jacobs
Aug 12, 20171 min read
‘Step’ inspires
Step, a new documentary on the “Lethal Ladies” of Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women, is getting rave reviews. As the girls...
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