Maryland State Department of Education Fact Sheets
What services are available to homeless children? Who is eligible for prekindergarten? Do individual students receive scores on the MSA? Why do we need Common Core Standards? The answers to these questions and many more can be found in the MSDE Fact Sheets and they're only a click away. The easy-to-read, easy-to-understand format provides answers to many of the questions asked most frequently by parents, teachers and the general public. Just review the categories below and select the topic you want to learn more about. It's easy, it's simple and it's a quick way to get the latest information for yourself or others.
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Teaching Standards/Professional Development |
Fact 30: |
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards |
Fact 34: |
Reading Content Requirements for Maryland Teachers |
Fact 34a: |
Proposed Reading Content Requirements: A Teacher's Guide |
Fact 51: |
Quality Teacher Incentives |
Fact 53: |
State Approval of Educator Preparation Programs |
Fact 60: |
Federal Perkins Loan Program |
Fact 85: |
Educator Evaluations |
Fact 87: |
Teacher Professional Development |
Fact 88: |
Teacher Induction |
School Reform |
Fact 1: |
High School Assessments |
Fact 20c: |
School Performance Recognition Program |
Fact 78: |
Maryland School Assessment |
Fact 86: |
Common Core State Standards |
Fact 89: |
National Assessment of Educational Progress |
Fact 90: |
Career and Technology Education |
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Early Learning |
Fact 28: |
Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) |
Fact 31: |
Prekindergarten |
Fact 39: |
Maryland Model for School Readiness |
Fact 49: |
Mandatory Kindergarten Attendance: Level of Maturity Waiver |
Fact 65: |
Full-Day Kindergarten |
Fact 69: |
Head Start and Early Head Start |
Fact 72: |
Adult Education/Judy Center Partnerships |
Fact 77: |
Office of Child Care |
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Technology |
Fact 18: |
SAILOR |
Fact 58: |
Maryland K-12 Online |
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Special Topics |
Fact 4: |
Service Learning |
Fact 9: |
Maryland Office of Administrative Hearings: Special Education Mediation |
Fact 21: |
Character Education |
Fact 24: |
Education That Is Multicultural |
Fact 36: |
School Entry Age |
Fact 37: |
School Nutrition Programs |
Fact 40: |
Questions About School Enrollment |
Fact 45: |
Gifted and Talented Education |
Fact 55: |
Maryland Teacher of the Year |
Fact 56: |
Milken National Educator Award |
Fact 57: |
Blue Ribbon Schools Program |
Fact 59: |
Network of Partnership Schools |
Fact 61: |
Dealing with Trauma |
Fact 63: |
Bridge to Excellence in Public Schools |
Fact 67: |
21st Century Community Learning Centers |
Fact 79: |
Transfer of Educational Records for Students in State-supervised Care |
Fact 82: |
Children In State-Supervised Care: Enrollment and Educational Decisions |
Fact 83: |
Longitudinal Data System for Education in Maryland |
Fact 84: |
Informal Kinship Care |
Fact 92: |
Juvenile Services Education Program |
Fact 93: |
School Counseling Program |
Fact 94: |
Parent Involvement Matters Award (PIMA) Program |
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