Baltimore City desperately needs teachers, but the hiring process is frustrating to prospective educators, some of whom say they are leaving the city for the county.

A wide majority of Maryland residents say public schools should teach about racism in our institutions, according to Goucher College poll.

“These children are often abused or neglected and this is how the state is choosing to raise them,” one attorney said.

The name of the student-athlete as well as the circumstances surrounding the death remain unknown at this time.

A Fund for Educational Excellence survey of more than 400 teachers shows about half of Baltimore City school teachers are satisfied with their jobs and are motivated to stay because of the obligation they feel for their students. On the other hand, nearly a quarter said they weren't sure they would return after this school year, and they cited paperwork and student behavior as two reasons.

The victim was identified Saturday as 17-year-old Jeremiah Brogden, a Mervo student and athlete. Police said a 17-year-old has been formally charged with first-degree murder and was being held without bail.

Nearly two dozen officers each earned more than $100,000 in hourly pay and overtime combined from October 2020-October 2021 by staffing Orioles and Ravens games and working at city pools and after-school events.

The smiling faces of students, teachers and staff reflected the joy of being back to school, with fewer of the masks, protocols and fears that marked the first two years of the pandemic.

Students from Baltimore City and Baltimore County are hoping for a return to normalcy when classes resume on Monday, but schools are still struggling with teacher shortages and COVID concerns.

Maryland’s student school board members have become increasingly vocal about the limits on their voting authority, lobbying for more voting rights.

Only a third of Maryland's fifth and eighth graders scored proficient on the state's new science test, which are the first test results since 2019.

The longer kids stay in hospitals, physicians and administrators say, the more that their mental health deteriorates, and the more that limited and costly emergency-room resources are shifted away from other patients with critical needs.

As part our “Better Baltimore” series, we explored Maryland’s relationship with its deer populations and the complexities involved in curbing their numbers.

Baltimore City's health department is struggling to provide a nurse for every city public school.

Although violent incidents in Baltimore County schools rose this year, some large districts that had invested in alternative, less punitive forms of discipline saw their suspensions decrease.

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.

Eight candidates are vying for the first time for two seats on the Board of School Commissioners. Four candidates will win places in the primary in the nonpartisan race.

Baltimore City residents will have their first opportunity to elect two candidates for the school board. Here's the choice.

Even as Liz Bowie works patiently and waits for plants to grow in her home garden, she visits other gardens that fill her with ideas and joy

The long-standing practice of seclusion will be banned in Maryland's public schools when a new state law takes effect on July 1, but seclusion will still be allowed in private schools funded with public tax dollars.