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Posted by education4and2parents on 6th December 2011
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Posted by education4and2parents on 8th October 2011
Posted in Education, Parents, News, Community Outreach, Parental Engagement, Fatherhood, military families, families, K-12, secondary education, Children, Academics, Family Deployment, Dropout rate, community involvement, America's promise pledge, Internet radio, reform, Community colleges, HBCUs, Higher education, Colleges and universities, Career, Achievement, scholar, Adult education, community college leadership development program, studies, stress, heritage, bullying, homeownership, Homeowners, disabilities, Women, student, kids, students, public schools, African Americans, African American Men, African American Women, Men, Women, Special Education, Maryland, Service, 100 Black Men, 100 Black Women, Md, Board of Trustees, co-curriculum, curriculum, presidents, homelessness, neighborhoods, Political, social, small colleges, live broadcast, conferences, hispanic, PGCPS, county executive, College Readiness, kindergarteners, Foster care, digital learning, teaching, learning, Truman State University, Missouri, National Relief Charities, Living Education Magazine, Graduation, MADD, National, jobs, Adults | Comments
Posted by education4and2parents on 8th June 2011
Member of Senate since January 10, 2007. Assistant Deputy Majority Whip, 2007-. Member, Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee, 2007-; Joint Committee on Base Realignment and Closure, 2007-. Senate Chair, Joint Information Technology and Biotechnology Committee, 2009-; Joint Audit Committee, 2011-. Chair, Joint Technology Oversight Committee, 2007-09. Member, National Conference of State Legislatures (communications, financial services & interstate commerce committee, 2007- ).
Board of Regents, University System of Maryland, 2001-06. Member, Task Force to Improve Child Support Compliance in Prince George's County, 2007-08; Task Force on the Preservation of Heritage Language Skills in Maryland, 2008-09. Chair, Task Force on Solar Hot Water Systems in Prince George's County, 2010. Member of House of Delegates, 1987-97. Vice-Chair, Ways and Means Committee, 1995-97. Resigned from House of Delegates, effective December 31, 1997, to become U.S. Ambassador to Romania. U.S. Ambassador to Romania, January 20, 1998 to February 2001.
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Posted by education4and2parents on 23rd May 2011
Dr. Joe A. Hairston discusses student achievement in Baltimore County Public Schools.
A visionary and progressive leader, Dr. Joe A. Hairston has served since 2000 as Superintendent of Baltimore County Public Schools, the nation's 26th largest school system. Dr. Hairston’s administration is now among the longest in the modern day history of the school system. Dr. Hairston’s results-based leadership has yielded a growing list of achievements including greater student participation and success in Advanced Placement and national renown for the quality of high schools and arts education, use of technology, greater accountability, and resource conservation.
A career rooted in the classroom
A career educator, Dr. Hairston's ascent in education administration began and is rooted in the classroom. Over the years, he has developed and refined strategies that have proven successful in raising student achievement. Dr. Hairston began his career in 1969 as a teacher in Prince George's County. Within two years of entering the classroom, he was appointed department chairperson and five years after that he became administrative assistant to a principal. He was appointed vice principal in 1977 and was named a principal in 1981. While serving as the principal of Crossland High School, from 1982 to 1986, Dr. Hairston developed an organizational, instructional, and marketing model for high school reform that he next employed at Suitland High School. At Suitland, a low-performing school with almost 2,300 students, Dr. Hairston implemented a nationally recognized visionary magnet program, which increased achievement for all students in the school – not just those in the magnet program. His achievements in turning Suitland around were recognized by President Ronald Reagan, Vice President George Bush, and Secretary of Education William J. Bennett and led the school to receive a National Award of Excellence. Many of the elements of Dr. Hairston's formula for student success – developed throughout the 1980s – are echoed in the federal No Child Left Behind Act.
In 1989, Dr. Hairston was named assistant superintendent of Prince George's County Public Schools. Then in 1995, he became the first appointed (rather than elected) superintendent of Clayton County Public Schools in Jonesboro, Georgia. During his tenure in Clayton County, he earned praise for infusing technology into the administration and schools, increasing business partnerships, and developing community advocacy and fiscal support for the school system.A native of Virginia, Dr. Hairston earned a doctorate in education administration from Virginia Tech (1993), a master's degree in administration and physical education from American University (1976), and bachelor's degree in biology and physical science from Maryland State University (now the University of Maryland Eastern Shore) (1969).
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Posted by education4and2parents on 10th August 2010
An exclusive interview with former Governor Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr., who has announced he is a candidate for Maryland Governor can be heard on the Parents and PGCPS website an EduSocial Network for engaged parents and dedicated educators. Mr. Ehrlich will appear on eCommunity Affairs. The show is airing now. To join the conversation visit Parents and PGCPS.
BIO
Governor Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr. was Maryland's 60th governor. Governor Ehrlich was elected to lead Maryland in November 2002 after promising to restore fiscal responsibility to state government and bring needed change to a political monopoly that had dominated Annapolis for decades. The Governor made good on his promises, turning $4 billion in deficits into a $2.4 billion surplus and appointing the most politically diverse and qualified cabinet in Maryland's history.
Growing up in ArbutusGovernor Ehrlich was born in 1957 in Arbutus, Maryland, a small, working-class suburb of Baltimore City. His mother, Nancy, was a legal secretary. Bob Sr., a former Marine and Korean War veteran, worked as a commission salesman at Archway Ford in Baltimore for 37 years. In 1967, the Ehrlich family moved out of an apartment and into a row house on Dolores Avenue, where Mr. and Mrs. Ehrlich still live today.
Education Governor Ehrlich won scholarships to the Gilman School in Baltimore and later to Princeton University. While at Gilman, Governor Ehrlich was named captain of the football team and won all-state and all-American honors. His academic and football success continued at Princeton University, where he studied political science and co-captained the football team. To make ends meet, he sold sandwiches door to door at night, and worked construction jobs on the weekends. After graduating from Princeton in 1979, Governor Ehrlich entered the Wake Forest University School of Law, where he worked as an graduate assistant football coach to earn extra money, while attending classes during the day.
Legal Career After Governor Ehrlich finished law school in 1982, he moved back to Maryland to work for the Baltimore law firm of Ober, Kaler, Grimes, and Shriver, where he practiced for more than a decade. While working as an attorney, Governor Ehrlich ran successfully for the House of Delegates, where he was known for a collegial style that helped him build bridges - and forge lasting friendships - across the political aisle. He was a member of the House Judiciary Committee, the Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics, and fought for the rights of children on the Governor's Council on Child Abuse and Neglect.
Public OfficeIn 1994, Bob Ehrlich was elected to the United States House of Representatives. While serving in Congress, he helped craft the first balanced budget in a generation, sponsored legislation to protect innocent spouses from IRS abuse, authored legislation to help blind and disabled citizens return to the workplace, and led efforts to stiffen penalties on criminals convicted of gun violence. Congressman Ehrlich was a leading advocate for small business owners and helped provide record tax relief to the American people.
Bob Ehrlich's historic election as governor in 2002 ended the monopoly's grasp on government and began a legacy of reform. In addition to balancing the budget, Governor Ehrlich defeated $7.5 billion in tax hikes proposed by the Maryland General Assembly, while increasing public school funding by record levels. He enacted Maryland's first-ever charter schools law, establishing 15 charter schools benefiting more than 3,000 students in just three years.
Governor Ehrlich doubled investments in college need-based scholarships, helping 12,000 students go to college. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation called Governor Ehrlich's Bay Restoration Act, “the most important pollution-reducing initiative in the state in 20 years.” The Governor's plan will reduce pollution into the Bay by seven million pounds per year—cutting current levels nearly in half.
More than 100,000 net new private-sector jobs were created during his time as Governor. Maryland's unemployment rate was one of the lowest in the nation at approximately 4 percent and its welfare rate is at its lowest level since 1962.
Former Governor Ehrlich is married to Kendel Sibiski Ehrlich, a former assistant public defender and assistant state’s attorney. The Ehrlichs are the proud parents of two sons, Drew and Joshua.
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Posted by education4and2parents on 7th August 2010
An exclusive interview with Ms. Robin Breddon candidate for Maryland State Delegate District 23B for Prince George's County, Maryland can be heard on the Parents and PGCPS website an EduSocial Network for engaged parents and dedicated educators or downloaded on our 24 hour podcast site: Engaged Parents For PGCPS. Ms. Breedon will appear on eCommunity Affairs. The show will air on August 3, 2010. To join the conversation visit Parents and PGCPS.
BIO
Current occupation: Director, Department of Television Resources & Web Services, Prince George's County Public Schools; adjunct professor, broadcasting, Morgan State University.-Education: Master of Fine Arts candidate, Writing Popular Fiction, Seton Hill University, January, 2011; Master of Arts, Writing Popular Fiction, Seton Hill University, 2004; Bachelor's in communications (journalism and public relations), Howard University, 1978; and high school diploma, Arts High School, Newark, N.J., 1974.
-Community associations, involvement: First Baptist Church of Glenarden, Parent Teacher Associations, WPGC 95 Coat Drive, Stop the Violence Campaign, Books Not Bullets, Nobody Asked Me Campaign (domestic violence, anti-drugs, help for homeless, etc.), Adopt a Child Spotlight.
She started her career in newspapers in the Capp Cities Journalism Training Program reporting for the FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM, THE KANSAS CITY STAR & TIMES, and THE OAKLAND PRESS. Then, she moved on to become an assignment editor for WPVI TV, the ABC affiliate in Philadelphia. Other television work includes reporting for NBC and CBS affiliates in Mississippi and Louisiana, and working for NBC Network Documentaries in New York.
Breedon is a graduate of Howard University with a degree in Communications and has a MA degree in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University.
Thousands took the ride home with Breedon weekdays from 4-8pm on WPRS 104.1 FM Washington’s Inspiration Station. She is an adjunct Communications Professor at Morgan State University and is the Director of the Department of Television Resources and Web Services for Prince George’s County Public Schools, the nation’s 19th largest school system. But her most important job is being mom to her two sons Simon and DJ.
Posted in Education, Parents, News, Community Outreach, Parental Engagement, Fatherhood, families, K-12, Children, Academics, Dropout rate, community involvement, conversation, Internet radio, reform, remedial, workforce development, Higher education, Achievement, research, Adult education, studies, stress, homeownership, Women, student, kids, students, public schools, African Americans, African American Men, African American Women, Special Education, Maryland, Service, 100 Black Women, Md, curriculum, neighborhoods, Political, empowerment, social, conferences, PGCPS, county executive | Comments
Posted by education4and2parents on 25th April 2010
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The Journey Begins radio for the engaged parent and dedicated educator presents an exclusive interview with Dr. Ellen Bassuk founder and president of The National Center on Family Homelessness.
Dr. Bassuk is a leading clinician, researcher, and advocate on behalf of homeless families and individuals. At the forefront of homelessness for three decades, she has pioneered some of the seminal work on the role of violence, trauma, and mental illness in the lives of homeless families and children. Dr. Bassuk has served in leadership positions in the Worcester Family Research Project, National Resource Center on Homelessness and Mental Illness, National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative, and Chronic Homelessness Initiative. In addition to The National Center on Family Homelessness, she is founder and Manager of the Center for Social Innovation.
Dr. Bassuk is a board certified psychiatrist and an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. She is a graduate of Brandeis University and Tufts University School of Medicine, and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Public Service from Northeastern University. She served as Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Orthopsychiatry.
Posted in Uncategorized, Education, Parents, Community Outreach, Parental Engagement, families, K-12, secondary education, Children, Academics, Dropout rate, community involvement, conversation, Internet radio, reform, Higher education, Achievement, studies, stress, homeownership, Homeowners, disabilities, student, kids, students, public schools, homelessness, neighborhoods, hunger, hungry | Comments
Posted by education4and2parents on 7th April 2010
The Journey Begins radio for the engaged parent and dedicated educator presents an interview with Mr. Scott Pearson. Mr. Pearson is the Associate Assistant Deputy Secretary of Education, where he serves as deputy in the Office of Innovation and Improvement. His portfolio includes issues of school choice and charter schools, innovation, and education for military families. Prior to joining the Department he was active in civic affairs in San Francisco, including co-founding and serving as board chair for Leadership Public Schools, a charter management organization serving low-income communities with college-preparatory high schools. Mr. Pearson has had a long career in business with America Online and Bain and Company, and served as a trade negotiator during the Clinton Administration. He is married to Diana Farrell and has two children.
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Posted by education4and2parents on 2nd April 2010
Posted in Education, Parents, News, Community Outreach, Parental Engagement, Fatherhood, military families, families, K-12, Children, Academics, Family Deployment, Dropout rate, community involvement, America's promise pledge, conversation, Internet radio, post secondary education, Higher education, Colleges and universities, Career, Achievement, Adult education, stress, heritage, bullying, homeownership, Homeowners, Women, student, kids, students, African Americans, African American Men, African American Women, Men, Women, Maryland, Empowermet, Service, 100 Black Men, 100 Black Women | Comments
Posted by education4and2parents on 30th March 2010
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The Journey Begins radio for the engaged parent and dedicated educator presents a discussion with Dr. Reginald S. Avery, President of Coppin State University on the role of higher education and community involvement.
Dr. Reginald S. Avery officially assumed the presidency of 109-year-old Coppin State University, on January 14, 2008. Dr. Avery, who was serving as Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of South Carolina Upstate, became Coppin’s fifth president, succeeding Dr. Stanley F. Battle. Dr. Avery brought more than 35-years of experience in higher education to Coppin State University and a strong allegiance to its mission and a pledge to advance excellence and effectiveness.
Dr. Avery had served as Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Professor at the University of South Carolina Upstate (USC) since 2003. In 2006-07, he served as the institution’s Acting Chancellor while the Chancellor was on sabbatical. Previously, he was Provost at Alma College in Michigan, Vice President for Academic Affairs at Kentucky State University and Founding Dean of the School of Professional Programs at Benedict College in South Carolina. He served on the faculty of the University of Tennessee and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. While holding leading posts at USC Upstate, Dr. Avery served on several boards, including those of the Spartanburg Area Chamber of Commerce, Urban League of the Upstate, and 100 Black Men
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Posted by education4and2parents on 31st January 2010
Children perform better academically when parents are homeowners.
Posted in Uncategorized, Education, Parents, Parental Engagement, families, K-12, secondary education, Children, Academics, Dropout rate, Internet radio, reform, post secondary education, Higher education, Achievement, research, scholar, studies, homeownership, Homeowners | Comments
