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Sun, 02/24/2013
Parent Talk Live
Parent Talk Live radio host Dr. Michael Robinson interviews MarylandCAN Executive Director as they discuss MarylandCAN's community engagement and its impact on parental engagement in education advocacy efforts.
Fri, 02/15/2013
The Launch Pad
Harry Washington, host of The Launch Pad cable television show, interviews Curtis Valentine about MarylandCAN's efforts to close the achievement gap in the state of Maryland.
Thu, 01/31/2013
WBAL 1090AM
Ten years after Maryland's charter school law was enacted, more than 200 student, parents and teachers from charter schools around the state were in Annapolis today to urge lawmakers to make changes to the charter school law.
The effort was organized by MarylandCAN, the Maryland Campaign for Achievement Now.
Sun, 01/13/2013
94.7 Fresh FM
MarylandCAN Executive Director Curtis Valentine interviewied about MarylandCAN's work, especially as it relates to our advocacy for changes in Maryland's charter school law.
Aired January 13, 2013, on "Fresh Perspectives" (94.7 Fresh FM) and streamed live at CBSDC.com.
Also aired January 15, 2013 on 1580 AM Gov.Biz Radio.
Sat, 12/22/2012
All News 99.1 WNEW
Check out these soundbites from an interview with Curtis Valentine featuring him as "Hometown Hero of the Week" and highlighting the work he does with MarylandCAN
Tell Your Story
Make the case for the power of public schools.
What do public schools mean in your life? Have you witnessed Maryland's achievement gap? What is your wish for our public schools? Why are you an education reformer?
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Jovan Davis
Forestville, MD
MarylandCAN Spring 2012 Tell Your Story Essay Contest Winning Entry: Education, one of the most important tools for survival in the modern world. Education, however, is nothing without reinforcement from an effective instructor. Today’s public education system is lacking, no... |
Taylor Garrett
California, MD
MarylandCAN Spring 2012 Tell Your Story Essay Contest Winning Entry: The answer to drastically improving our school’s quality of education, in the interest of benefitting our nation’s students, is to implement smaller class sizes. With the use of this method, students... |
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Victoria Taylor
Kent, MD
MarylandCAN Spring 2012 Tell Your Story Essay Contest Winning Entry: My mother has had the greatest impact on my academic success. She has been instrumental to my success because of the valuable lessons and skills she has given me. These lessons that have been instilled in me ar... |
Nautika Jenkins
Baltimore, MD
MarylandCAN Spring 2012 Tell Your Story Essay Contest Winning Entry: The teacher that makes the most impact on my life is my second period teacher; Mr.Motaung. He was a transfer to fill in for my teacher who ended up leaving our school. He has made the most impact on m... |
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Vivian Flanagan
Severna Park, MD
MarylandCAN Spring 2012 Tell Your Story Essay Contest Winning Entry: My favorite teacher would have to be Ms. Patricia Shoults, my 4th grade Language Arts teacher. I remember Ms. Shoults fondly because she was helpful and caring and had many other great traits. Ms. Shoults a... |
Khadijah Ali-Coleman
Fort Washington, MD
As mother to a third grader in Prince George's County, MD, public schooling has been the only option for my family given the economic downturn which forced us to take our then-second grader out of private school. The thought of my daughter in public school in Prince George's County was not a... |
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Matt Stern
Baltimore, MD
I attended public schools just 13 miles from where I taught in them, yet there was a world of a difference. Howard County Public Schools, from which I graduated, regularly send its graduates on to Ivy Leagues and quality four-year colleges around the nation, not to mention graduate schools shortl... |
Elizabeth Wu
Rockville, MD
It wasn’t until about the third-grade that my mother explained to me why I wasn’t allowed to have friends over for a play date. It wasn’t because she was too busy or that she thought I would be too tired after school, but because my mother lied about our address in... |
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