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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.

Listen to the full interview here.

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.

Please watch full interview here.

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.  

Listen to full interview here

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

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Early childhood education

Posted Mon, 04/22/2013 at 15:06

Maryland’s legislative session wrapped up on April 8. Here’s where legislators landed on the education issues:

Charter schools

Posted Mon, 08/20/2012 at 14:52

Last week, Governor O’Malley signed a bill into law that includes an amendment that will bring Maryland one step closer to expanding a public early childhood education program. This amendment will help ensure access to free public early education to some Maryland families who would not be able to afford it otherwise.

Posted Wed, 08/01/2012 at 14:06

Here at MarylandCAN, we know that low-income students are less likely to have the opportunity to attend high-quality early childhood programs, however low-income students need early schooling the most. Thankfully for our state and students, this past December, Maryland was awarded with a Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge (RTTT-ELC) grant, worth up to $50 million over four years, to improve quality of and access to early learning opportunities. Will we take the right actions with these funds, and will we do enough?

Posted Wed, 03/21/2012 at 15:42

Our Bridge the Gaps campaign is in full swing. Just last week a contingent of advocates joined us in Annapolis to testify in support of SB 878/ HB 1241, which would give every Maryland four-year-old access to quality pre-K.

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