Baltimore County’s $2.5 billion school budget passes, cutting jobs and changing class sizes
The school board approved the funding plan after an uneasy budget season.
Protests interrupt Moms for Liberty meeting about removing books in Howard County schools
The conservative parents’ group Moms for Liberty was met by a flood of protesters at a Columbia library meeting room Monday.
Where will your kids go to school next year? Baltimore County is about to decide.
The school board will vote in March on plans to redistribute thousands of students among 25 elementary schools.
Baltimore County’s superintendent wants to shrink some class sizes. That comes at a cost.
The investments in elementary schools Myriam Rogers has proposed will come with trade-offs.
Moms for Liberty takes aim at Howard County school library books
The conservative parents group is enlisting the help of the “mastermind” behind a book-ban campaign in Carroll County schools.
Park School alumni group agrees on one thing: Opinions on Gaza shouldn’t be censored
More than 200 people have signed a letter to The Park School of Baltimore condemning the decision to abruptly cancel an assembly about the war between Israel and Hamas.
Baltimore Co. superintendent wants to cut hundreds of school jobs but won’t say which ones
Most of the jobs on the chopping block are vacant, but school system leaders want to give proper notice to the few who will be reassigned.
Baltimore County is courting diverse teachers with a new scholarship
The county and its Education Foundation are giving up to $1 million in scholarships for people of color and women in STEM pursuing a teaching career.
Baltimore’s Park School canceled a talk on Israel and Gaza. Chaos ensued.
The Park School is the latest local institution where passionate discourse about the conflict in the Middle East has turned to controversy.
More than 40 vehicles crash on Bay Bridge, span shut down for about 6 hours
The crash Saturday morning closed the Bay Bridge’s westbound lanes as police sorted out what happened.
Where’s Taylor Swift? If you believe the memes, she’s all over Baltimore before the Ravens game.
If you look on social media, you might see Taylor Swift in and around Baltimore. Memes of her in various city and county locations have proliferated.
Opinions vary over Pikesville principal as public debates recording’s authenticity
While public officials denounced the remarks in the recording, users on social media questioned whether it was actually Pikesville High School Principal Eric Eiswert making the racist and antisemitic comments.
Maryland doubles down on science of reading with new literacy plan
The state board unanimously adopted a resolution that will require all schools to have research-backed instruction by next school year.
Baltimore County Public Schools investigates offensive recording alleged to be principal
A union leader says the principal did not make the racist and antisemitic comments in an audio recording circulating on social media.
No more ‘sexually explicit’ books in Carroll County schools, new policy says
The school board vote came in response to a months-long campaign by the conservative parent group Moms for Liberty.
Baltimore County schools chief presented a modest budget. How did she do it?
Myriam Rogers’ proposed budget will reduce class sizes, avoid layoffs and make progress toward education reform, she said. How she’ll do it is still fuzzy.
What makes a book ‘sexually explicit’? Carroll County schools are about to decide
A proposed policy change in Carroll County Public Schools could remove library books the group Moms for Liberty flagged as inappropriate.
Black teachers are leaving. How can Maryland schools get them to stay?
Research has shown Black students are more likely to graduate and go to college if they have a Black teacher, yet thousands don’t have one at all.
Parents raise concerns about busy roads after student hit by car in Baltimore County
Baltimore County police increased patrols and will add a new speed camera after a boy was hit by a car near Stoneleigh Elementary School.
Howard County Public School System names William Barnes acting superintendent
The Howard County Public School System promoted the district’s chief academic officer, William Barnes, on Thursday to be the acting superintendent of the school system.