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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.
The Baltimore County Public School Board logo as seen during a board meeting on 12/6/22.
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.
Baltimore County Public Schools superintendent Myriam Yarbrough pictured at a public forum on Thursday, June 15, 2023.
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.
Books on desk in library at the elementary school
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.
Pocomoke High School's La'Tier Evans is Worcester County’s only Black secondary math teacher.
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.
Zum, a California based tech company, will handle 230 of Howard County Public School's roughly 500 school bus routes for the next three years.
Maryland school ratings are lower this year. Is attendance to blame?
Fewer schools received three, four and five stars in the 2023 Maryland School Report Card ratings, even as test scores rose this year. So what happened?
A student works on an assignment in reading class at Montebello Elementary/Middle School on Tuesday, June 6, 2023.
Anne Arundel Co. schools will embrace the science of reading — for real this time
The school board approved a $19.5 million contract for a new, research-based reading curriculum.
A child holds a pencil in school.
What a shooting false alarm says about Baltimore County school safety
It’s been years since someone has been shot inside a Baltimore County school building, but threats of danger and a heightened sense of fear on and around campus have persisted.
Alexa Sciuto is pictured outside Stemmers Run Middle School in Essex, Maryland, where she is a teacher, on November 10, 2023.
In surprise announcement, Howard County schools superintendent to retire in January
Howard County’s school board will have to immediately select an interim superintendent.
Howard County Public School System Superintendent Michael Martirano takes questions at a press conference on Aug. 30 about issues with school buses during the first week of school.
Literacy experts will evaluate reading instruction in every Maryland school district
The evaluations will determine whether children are being taught to read in a way that’s backed by research.
Darice Cates, a kindergarten teacher at Montebello Elementary/Middle School, teaches a reading class on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. Schools throughout the state are beginning to shift toward using a phonics style of instruction for reading, which is also known as “the science of reading.”
9 great gift ideas to buy in Baltimore County
Not every holiday gift has to come from Amazon or even a huge chain store. Baltimore County offers many options for potential presents.
Are you a Black teacher who quit? We need your help.
Black teachers leave Maryland schools at higher rates than any other group. We want to hear why.
Male tutor listening to female student reading in empty class
Why a Maryland HBCU started a college degree program for men in prison
Bowie State University has about 20 students at Jessup Correctional Institution working toward a bachelor's degree in sociology.
Kyle Longerbeam, Jermain Williams and Timothy Hawkins, all Bowie State University students, flip through a book in the Maryland Correctional Institution library on August 1, 2023.
12 Baltimore County students injured in school bus crash
A school bus taking students to Vincent Farm Elementary School was involved in a crash in White Marsh.
Baltimore City school buses.
Baltimore City school system proposes a teacher-pay overhaul. Other districts could follow.
Baltimore City school officials say they want to overhaul a merit-based salary scale that was considered a groundbreaking approach to teacher pay when it was adopted more than a decade ago.
Students work on an assignment for class inside Hampstead Hill Academy on 8/29/22. Monday was the first day back to school for Baltimore City students.
How two-dozen Prince George’s County schools drastically improved English test scores
Several school leaders said they used data to target help for struggling students.
A little boy takes a standardized test on a laptop.
Want a say in Baltimore County schools’ $2 billion budget? Attend a meeting.
For the first time, Baltimore County residents can tell the superintendent where they want to see school money spent at a series of community meetings.
Baltimore County Public Schools superintendent Myriam Rogers pictured at a public forum on Thursday, June 15, 2023.
Interim Maryland schools superintendent wants to stay on the job
Carey Wright, incoming interim state superintendent, said she’ll apply for a four-year term as the leader of the Maryland State Department of Education.
Clarence Crawford, president of the Maryland State Board of Education, sits with the new interim superintendent of Maryland Public Schools Carey Wright and Josh Michael, vice president of the board, at a news conference on Thursday.
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