38+ min ago (69+ words) The NCIA Vocational Training Program is free for participants to get the qualifications needed to advance in their careers. A graduate explains what the program meant for her. Search location by ZIP code NCIA Vocational Training Program: Graduate shares her experience The NCIA Vocational Training Program is free for participants to get the qualifications needed to advance in their careers. A graduate explains what the program meant for her....

1+ week, 4+ day ago (414+ words) Many people wish they had learned certain skills before becoming adults, so Aberdeen High School started a new program to teach life skills. That's where Aberdeen teacher Kyle Brown comes in, making sure his students are prepared. "We thought, OK, what if we gave kids an opportunity to learn some of those things that people say, 'I wish somebody taught me this in high school?'" Brown told WBAL-TV 11 News. Around 60 Aberdeen students signed up for the new after-school program called "Adulting 101," and that number is growing. In the first session, students learn what is under the hood of a car, how to check fluids, and how to check tire pressure and treads. "I just hope I learn how to do everything by myself so I can be independent. Like, if my car breaks down, I know how to change my…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago (434+ words) The Trump administration plans to shift key services from the Education Department to other federal agencies. The U.S. Department of Education announced new steps Tuesday in President Donald Trump's push to downsize the federal agency. Trump signed an executive order in March that called for eliminating the Education Department, but his administration has previously acknowledged that dissolving it entirely would require an act of Congress, which created the agency in 1979. For now, the department is moving forward with plans to shift key services to other parts of the federal government through six new interagency agreements. "The Trump Administration is taking bold action to break up the federal education bureaucracy and return education to the states," U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said in a statement. "Cutting through layers of red tape in Washington is one essential piece of our final mission." The…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago (91+ words) The Harford County Board of Education is appealing the state's decision to undo the ban of a controversial book. Search location by ZIP code Harford County Board of Education appeals state decision to reverse ban of controversial book The Harford County Board of Education is appealing the state's decision to undo the ban of a controversial book. Last week, the Maryland State Board of Education reversed the county's decision to remove the book "Flamer" from middle and high school libraries. Now, Harford County is appealing the decision to a circuit court....

2+ week, 3+ day ago (145+ words) The Baltimore Ravens and T. Rowe Price on Wednesday hosted a second round of their High School Leadership Institute. Over the course of the year, students from Baltimore City and Baltimore County learn about what it takes to be a leader. Students are nominated by their school to participate in the program. Wednesday's focus was about leading yourself and leading others. "We use current examples, stories from the team to do that, and if they walk away with just some ideas that they can reflect on their past leadership and how that might apply to them being more successful in the future, that would be a huge win," said Marc Kolp, executive director of the University of Baltimore-Baltimore County's Center for Leadership and Innovation. The leadership institute meets four times throughout the school year and ends with a culminating celebration event…...