Should Howard County Schools Reduce Spring Break?
Schools have reduced recess, cut back on physical education and done away with field trips. Now spring break could be the next target as some educators try to find more teaching time to accommodate testing requirements of the federal No Child Left
Travel experts: 2009 will be the year of the deal
The value of the U.S. dollar is surging, gas prices are at their lowest levels in four years, and hotel rates are softening. If you can afford a vacation, 2009 will be "the year of travel deals," predicts Genevieve Shaw Brown, senior editor of Travelo-
'It's definitely going to be a buyer's market' for travelers in 2009
The value of the U.S. dollar is surging, gasoline prices are at their lowest levels in four years and hotel rates are softening. If you can afford a vacation, 2009 will be "the year of travel deals," predicts Genevieve Shaw Brown, senior editor of
Weather conditions delay new primary school
Rogersville -- Several weather-related hurdles have shoved back the opening date for the Logan-Rogersville School District's new primary school, but officials hope to see the school in use before spring break.
Students were originally to move into the
Young writer's study in England unforgettable
Tears burned my eyes and blurred my vision as I waved goodbye to my family at Los Angeles International Airport. "Call us when you get in!" Mom said. "We love you!" Dad added.
I made my way through security and into The Unknown, jumbled nerves
The Great Gasparilla: Legendary inn and club is queen
Once upon a time, doctors and lawyers didnt advertise their services. And neither did the Gasparilla Inn.
Oh, there was mention in The New York Times following the right type of wedding at the resort hotel. But any other details about the inn have been
Monte Kiffin Personifies Old School
TAMPA - Bucs defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin is so focused on today's game against Oakland, he does not want to think about his future job or his coaching legacy.
Kiffin and I spoke for this week's column, and out of respect for the 26-year NFL
A year-end look at the lists of the 'best' places to visit
A list of travel lists could fill this page all by itself. Web sites, glossy travel magazines, me ? we all love writing up those year-end "best of" travel lists.
So here?s the list of lists. My annual random and unabashedly incomplete roundup of the
Spring Break Might Shrink in Howard
Next month, the Howard County school board will consider a plan to shorten spring break, in part to give students more instruction before statewide exams. A handful of other Maryland districts, including Frederick, as well as elsewhere in the country,
