Medfield News

Supporters of candidates toiled to get out the vote in north Baltimore on Tuesday, but apparently without much success on a primary election day marked by low turnout.. Former city school board chairman Jim Campbell , supporting Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake , walked from house to house in Oakenshawe around noon.

Nearly 90 percent of Baltimore elementary and middle schools fell short of academic targets on state assessments this year, signaling a trend that education officials nationwide say will eventually label most American schools as failures.