This weekly update will cover events that take place near or at home (the “H”), events in the United States (the “U”) outside of Maryland, and events on a global level (the “G”). There will typically be three events in total and will cover local, national and global events.
Home- In a speech at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) on Tuesday, Sept. 4, Governor Martin O’Malley announced that Maryland has been ranked number one in public school education for the past four years. O’Malley commented that he wanted to see more career and technical education classes in the schools as well. In addition to more digital learning in the classrooms, such as the Promethean boards now available in many Montgomery County Schools, O’Malley added that he would also like to try to replace regular hardcover textbooks with Apple iPads. According to O’Malley, Maryland needs to keep up with the growing technological trends, which will help create the best public school education experience for students.
United States- The DNC started in Charlotte, NC on Tues., Sept. 4. During the convention, First Lady Michelle Obama gave a speech which addressed military families and what the public can do to support them, her Let’s Move program, balancing her role as the first lady and her responsibilities as a mother, and, above all, campaigning for her husband to be re-elected as the president of the United States of America, after which the entire convention yelled, “Four more years,” many times. President Obama was scheduled to give a speech in Bank of America Stadium on Thur., Sept. 6. but it was moved to the Time Warner Cable Arena due to potential weather constraints. Additionally, security was and is tight and protests have broken out against the Obama administration and Democratic beliefs. Protests have included marches, anti-Obama and Islam signs as well as anti-abortion signs showing pictures depicting different aborted fetuses.
Globe- Iran has resumed to supply Syria with military equipment by shipping it “via Iraqi airspace” in order to support President Bashar al-Assad’s government that is, as the New York Times put it, embattled. The flights of supplies have enabled Iran to ship them to Syria out of harms way of the Syrian rebels, and these flights have continued since July, much to the disappointment of American officials. Iran is supporting al-Assad because they are trying to strengthen the Syrian government to protect it against the rebels so it can fight whenever it needs to.
Information gathered from interviews and the New York Times.