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New, Improved "Audacious Ideas" Blog Launches
Audacious Ideas, the blog of the Open Society Institute-Baltimore, now includes even more ideas for Baltimore, profiles of individuals who are making change in our community, and a calendar of social justice events. The new site has launched with a feature about former mayor Kurt Schmoke and a blog post from OSI-Baltimore’s director, Diana Morris.
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About OSI-Baltimore
The Open Society Institute-Baltimore focuses on three intertwined problems: untreated drug addiction, overreliance on incarceration, and obstacles that impede youth from succeeding inside and outside the classroom. We also support the Community Fellows, a corps of social innovators who work to revitalize underserved communities.
How a Debate League Changes Young Lives
Debra Rubino
July 29, 2011
 BLOG
A high school teacher suggested that because of his "mouth and attitude," Jarrell Anderson might do well to join the Baltimore Urban Debate League. So he tried debate—and was forever changed.
ACLU, Open Society Foundations Ask State Board of Education to Address High Rates of Suspension
Press Release
May 25, 2011
Concerned about the continuing high, and disproportionate, level of suspensions in Maryland public schools and the lack of significant action to address the problem, the ACLU of Maryland and the Open Society Institute-Baltimore have written to Maryland State School Superintendent Nancy Grasmick and the Maryland State Board of Education seeking reform.
OSI-Baltimore Launches Forum Series on Learning
May 11, 2011
This year-long series aims to examine Baltimore as a learning environment—with the goal of identifying ways it can expand, improve, and amplify learning, in and outside of the classroom.
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Breaking the Barriers: Helping Black Males Achieve Academic Success
Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore
October 20, 2011
Ivory Toldson of Howard University and Raymond Winbush of the Institute for Urban Research at Morgan State University will talk about what educators, parents, and families can do to ensure that young black men succeed.
Baltimore's Boys: Promising Trends and Important Lessons
OSI-Baltimore
October 20, 2011
Ivory A. Toldson will discuss his work on educating African American young men, and also address the school-to-prison pipeline that disproportionately affects this population in Baltimore City public schools.
Audacious Thinking: Summer 2011
Summer 2011
This issue of Audacious Thinking, the newsletter of the Open Society Institute-Baltimore, shows how a good idea can grow.
Bed Space Forecast for Baltimore Youth Detention Facility
May 2011
The National Council on Crime and Delinquency, an OSI-Baltimore grantee, has released a report stating that the bed need for youth charged as adults is substantially lower than what state officials originally projected.
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