Liz Bowie is a Maryland education reporter for the Baltimore Banner. She covers how statewide education decisions are made: Who wields the power, who wins, who loses and what that means for Maryland's kids. She spent more than two decades covering city, county and state education issues for The Baltimore Sun. Her favorite stories are those that focus on students. She was a Spencer Fellow in Education Reporting at Columbia University. She grew up in Baltimore.
The boardโs decision came after two meetings in which a parent was escorted out of the room after forcefully questioning the board and raising his voice.
After a MAGA-aligned majority took control of Somerset County's school board, they tried to get rid of librarians and fire the superintendent. The community pushed back.
Baltimore high school students are less likely to pick a school โ even the cityโs best โ if they face a long trip on Marylandโs unreliable transit system.
Maryland could see an explosion of school voucher funding for students to attend schools now that President Donald Trumpโs tax and policy bill passed.
Baltimore students have been followed, harassed, assaulted and held up at gunpoint while crisscrossing the city on public transit to get to and from school.
More than 300 people rallied in Upton on Friday evening to demand justice for Bilal โBJโ Abdullah, the well-known arabber fatally shot in Upton by police this week.
Chair of a police oversight board and city council member say they are heartbroken and awaiting answers after Tuesdayโs fatal police shooting in West Baltimore.
A man, who police say walked up to a car in Brooklyn with a rifle, ordered the driver out of the car and then sped away, later crashed in South Baltimore.