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Maryland schools are changing the way they teach reading. One district is lagging.
The superintendent defended a controversial curriculum that some say is not teaching kids how to read properly.
Schools throughout the state are shifting toward the science of reading, a form of literacy instruction with an emphasis on phonics.
Baltimore County schools chip away at overcrowding with new boundaries
The school system has approved the first of two redistricting processes, relocating about 430 students.
Scotts Branch Elementary School in Windsor Mill is part of two Baltimore County Public Schools boundary studies this year.
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.
Myriam Yarbrough listens during a Baltimore County Board of Education meeting on July 11, 2023.
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.
Gabriella Monroe holds a poster that says “Ban Bigotry Not Books” outside Howard County’s Central Branch library in Columbia on Feb. 26.
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.
Wellwood International School in Pikesville is one of the overcrowded schools participating in a northwest area redistricting process organized by Baltimore County Public 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.
Baltimore County Public Schools superintendent Myriam Rogers has proposed a budget that would lower class sizes in third through fifth grades.
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.
The Howard County chapter of Moms for Liberty plans to follow Carroll County’s lead in a campaign to get “sexually explicit” school library books off the shelves.
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.
Alumni sent a letter to the Park School of Baltimore after it canceled an assembly about the war between Israel and Gaza.
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 Public Schools superintendent Myriam Yarbrough pictured at a public forum on Thursday, June 15, 2023.
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.
Classroom at Overlea High School, in Baltimore, Tuesday, May 31, 2023.
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.
The Park School entrance off Old Court Rd. in Baltimore.
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.
A multivehicle 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.
Taylor Swift performs during the Eras Tour at Paycor Stadium in Cincinnati, OH on June 30, 2023.
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.
People gather in attendence for the Baltimore County Board of Education meeting on July 11, 2023.
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.
___ works on an assignment in reading class at Montebello Elementary/Middle School 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.”
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.
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