Maryland public schools remain stubbornly middle-of-the-pack on a national test, even as achievement inches upward.

Gov. Wes Moore is proposing to rewrite major portions of Maryland’s landmark education law, cutting nearly one-fifth of the new funding the state promised schools by 2029.

The governor has proposed scaling back and delaying key parts of Maryland’s education reform plan.

While state education leaders are on board with Gov. Wes Moore’s plan to pause more collaboration time for teachers, which they see as fiscally responsible, some educators are worried about the impact on their already time-consuming jobs.

The Gilman School, his alma mater, stayed mostly silent as national media descended.

He went on to study engineering at the University of Pennsylvania.

Charter schools have to share the cost of special needs students, the state school board said, but may be due more funding.

The Baltimore City school board will be led by two new members after the sudden departure of its chair and vice chair earlier in the day.

Ronald McFadden and Shantell Roberts have resigned amid internal disagreements among board members over Santelises' contract and the board's process for decision making.

In Anne Arundel County’s school board race, four of the seven board members appeared to have won re-election, ensuring the county’s superintendent will likely continue to have the board’s support.

Jai’den Alexander Winchester was pronounced dead at the scene.

“I am tired of hiding,” said the woman, who testified against Chuck Yocum in court 30 years ago.

The city's school board voted 7-3 on Tuesday to extend the contract of CEO Sonja Santelises through June 2026. It was set to expire June 30, 2025.

Chuck Yocum and Erica McFarland appeared at a forum for the Anne Arundel County school board race, but the subject of his past was not up for debate.

Charles “Chuck” Yocum is running against Erica McFarland in District 3, which includes Pasadena and Gibson Island.

Anne Arundel County candidate Chuck Yocum never returned to his teaching job at Northeast High School.

Kat Locke-Jones was one of seven teachers from around the state selected as finalists.

As many as 120 Yorkwood Elementary School students could be pushed out of their community, with devastating consequences to their school.

The school board “was made aware of a potentially unsafe situation in the boardroom,” according to a statement from the school system.

Students in Baltimore City, Anne Arundel, Howard and Baltimore counties made steady progress on the Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program, known as MCAP.