The Department of Legislative Service's where-the-money-goes analysis of revenues per public school student is a calculation of perennial interest to Conduit Street readers. As compared with the 2018 ranking of total per pupil funding, several counties changed ranking position. Allegany and Dorchester counties switched spots, as did Charles and Garrett counties. Calvert, Wicomico, and Caroline swapped places, as did Anne Arundel and St. Mary's. Talbot jumped from last place to 21st, and Frederick and Harford…

Montgomery County Public Libraries’ (MCPL) cardholders now have unlimited access to a world of knowledge via streaming video on RBdigital’s The Great Courses Library Collection. According to a press release: The Great Courses collection offers unlimited access to top university professors and experts from Ivy League and other renowned schools and institutions. With hundreds of videos on subjects ranging from photography to physics, astronomy to art, history to health, there is something to spark everyone’s…

The Maryland State Senate just voted to overturn Governor Hogan's 2016 executive order requiring districts to complete the mandated 180-day school year by June 15 but start classes after Labor Day. The final vote was 31-13. The legislation, which would restore the authority of local school boards to determine their own start and end dates for school years, will now be considered by the House of Delegates. https://twitter.com/pwoodreporter/status/1095357689834680325  

The Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) is seeking public and private nonprofit organizations to serve free, nutritious meals to children and teens this summer through the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) program. According to MSDE: Over 392,000—more than 43 percent—of Maryland children are eligible for free or reduced-price school meals and may not have access to safe and nutritious food during the summer when schools are closed. The…