The teacher shortage and students’ experiences from the past couple years leave parents worried about the coming school year and questioning if their children’s needs will be met.

The money would cover raises for just one year, and the school system would need to scrounge up millions more within its existing budget to sustain the higher pay in subsequent years without added cost to taxpayers.

Eight candidates ran for two open positions on what will be a 12-member city school board, and four have advanced: Ashley Esposito, April Christina Curley, Kwame Kenyatta-Bey and Salimah Jasani.

It’s still unclear whether the Baltimore County Board of Education is allowed to stick to a voting rule that calls for seven yea votes to approve an agenda item. Things would have been different if they hadn’t.

Six of the 10 Baltimore County board of education candidates are moving onto the general election this November after the counting of mail-in ballots from the July 19, 2022 primary finished Friday afternoon.

Baltimore County Public Schools hosted its first partnership fair for organizations in the community to partner with the school system and with one another.

School officials in Baltimore City and County are scrambling to fill 1,200 teaching positions before students return to the classroom Aug. 29, 2022. Officials attribute the shortage to plenty of available jobs nationwide, the pandemic, the financial challenges of getting a master’s in education, and the demands of being a teacher.

Candidates for the Baltimore County school board were seeking to advance Tuesday night from primaries to the November general election.

The Baltimore County school board has recently fought with its auditor in court, appeared on the verge of ousting its superintendent, and had its ugly internal interactions aired in a courtroom.

Responses from the Baltimore County school board candidates in this nonpartisan race show wide differences of opinion on contentious topics such as race, LGBTQ issues and masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

The State Board of Education must now rule on whether the school board acted correctly in renewing her contract

Long-simmering divisions among Baltimore County school board members turned into ugly accusations in a county courtroom on Wednesday, with one board member accusing the other of threatening a lawsuit against her.

Auditor Andrea Barr contended that the decision not to renew her contract followed threats by some school board members to bend to their agendas.

The fate of Superintendent Darryl Williams remains a closely guarded secret among a divided school board a week after calls for dismissal.

School board plans closed-door meeting about personnel issues, and Superintendent Darryl Williams is not invited