Karin ChenowethStudents2004: Maryland’s reform odyssey – educational reform – includes related article – Recruitment & retentionBALTIMORE, MD When states first began requiring students to meet minimum course requirements and pass competency tests before graduating high school, some educators worried that the new standards would cause students — especially minority and disadvantaged students — to fail at higher rates and drop out more often than was already the case.June 15, 2007HomeThe man who pulled – TV documentary on A. Philip Randolph, labor leader and Civil Rights activist – includes related articleIt would be hard to overstate the importance of A. Philip Randolph to the last century of American history. It would also be hard to overstate the deep shadow into which his memory has faded.June 15, 2007Previous PagePage 4 of 4
