Nov
7

Education

Parents' response to swine flu vaccination effort lags

Parents lagging on swine flu

Mayor Sheila Dixon, left, talks with Deirdre Parker, whose stepdaughter, Destinee Parker, died after contracting the swine flu virus, at a news conference to announce the city's drive to vaccinate schoolchildren. At right is Destinee's father, James Parker. With the vaccination program just days away, city officials are concerned about the low number of consent forms they have received from parents.

Hopkins and Catholic group to shield world against malaria

Strengthening its position as a global center in the fight against malaria, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is one of two city institutions tapped for a five-year, $100 million project to help combat the disease.

 

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Searchable database: MSA

Searchable database: MSA

Database shows the percentage of students who scored at advanced or proficient level on reading, math tests

Sun profile: Andrés Alonso

Sun profile: Andrés Alonso

Urgency drives Andrés Alonso. He has been given uncommon power to reshape Baltimore's dysfunctional schools to make them work for,...

Brown vs. Board: 50 years later

Remembering the landmark 1954 Supreme Court decision that desegregated U.S. public schools

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