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A pole banner on UMBC campus near the Retriever Activities Center.
UMBC sexual misconduct investigation could cost the state $4.1 million
Maryland officials are set to pay $4.1 million to two groups of individuals identified from a Title IX investigation into the University of Maryland Baltimore County, which was just the subject of a blockbuster Title IX investigation of the university’s swim team by the Department of Justice.
From left, Tammatha Woodhouse, Principal of Renaissance Academy, and Jacque Hayden, Instructional Leadership Executive Director at Baltimore City Public Schools, stand in the hallway at Renaissance Academy on Friday, March 8, 2024 in Baltimore, MD.
Baltimore principals are being threatened, punched and stalked — by parents
“I have never seen it this bad,” one principal said about the rising number of parents showing up at school ready to fight on behalf of their children.
The UMBC mascot and logo outside of the Retriever Activities Center.
Teammates shunned them. Now victims of a UMBC swim coach feel vindicated.
The federal investigation was one step toward justice, former swimmers say.
Valerie Sheares Ashby, president of UMBC, speaks at the Impact Maryland conference in October.
UMBC failed to protect athletes sexually assaulted by swim coach for years, DOJ finds
The investigation found that the University of Maryland Baltimore County knew about allegations of sexual assault, harassment and discrimination by a former head coach and failed to protect the students on his team.
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.”
Baltimore City schools are constantly criticized. But here’s where they’re doing well
It’s a bright spot for the Baltimore City school system, which often trails the rest of the state on test scores.
A locker inside of Bluford Drew Jemison STEM Academy on Friday, Dec. 8, 2023.
Remember Baltimore City Schools’ grade-changing scandal? That seems to be over
An outside audit of 18 million grades showed no evidence of widespread grade changing last school year.
Library and campus of the University of Maryland located in College Park, MD.
Did the University of Maryland overreact in shutting down Greek life? Some say so.
The University of Maryland at College Park has suspended Greek life social activities involving alcohol amid allegations of hazing. Some national fraternity and sorority organizations think the college went too far.
The exterior of the Baltimore City Schools Administrative Headquarters on North Ave.
Everyone else got accepted to high school. Some Baltimore students were left in limbo.
Glitches in a new system designed to make school choice run more smoothly in Baltimore City backfired for 200 students.
Jeff Lawson, superintendent of Cecil County Public Schools, visits Bay View Elementary, one of the schools expected to see a dramatic rise in funding following the shift to the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future.
Why Maryland school budgets are in turmoil — and what that means in classrooms
The Blueprint for Maryland’s Future is doing what it was designed to do: redistribute money to the students who have the greatest needs.
Alumni sent a letter to the Park School of Baltimore after it canceled an assembly about the war between Israel and Gaza.
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.
Dr. Sonja Brookins Santelises, CEO of Baltimore City Public Schools, speaks at the Maryland Impact Conference Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023 in Baltimore.
Time is nearly up. Will Baltimore City schools keep CEO Sonja Santelises?
The silence in February is unusual.
The exterior of the Baltimore City Schools Administrative Headquarters on North Avenue.
Baltimore teachers negotiate a 9% pay bump for early-career educators
“It is probably the highest raise we have been able to secure in our history,” the Baltimore Teachers Union president said.
A student raises their hand during a reading class at Montebello Elementary/Middle School on Tuesday, June 6, 2023.
Far more Maryland students are missing too much school
Three-quarters of Maryland schools had high or extreme levels of students chronically absent.
The Park School entrance off Old Court Rd. in Baltimore.
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.
Charm City Virtual parents and students rallied outside the Baltimore City Public Schools Building on North Avenue on Jan. 11, 2023, to protest the proposed elimination of the program for elementary students.
Baltimore City school board eliminates virtual elementary school
The Baltimore City School Board voted to scale back virtual learning by eliminating the elementary grades of Charm City Virtual, despite significant parent pressure to keep it going.
Pava LaPere’s father Frank LaPere speaks at a press conference announcing a bill on reducing/eliminating diminution credits on January 16, 2023. LaPere’s murder was a catalyst to this bill.
LaPere family, Baltimore State’s Attorney call for limits on early release for some sex offenders
Maryland lawmakers are considering restrictions on the ability of some sexual offenders to earn time off their sentences.
Exterior of the former Baltimore Sun building in South Baltimore seen in 2022.
The Baltimore Sun media group sold to local businessman David Smith
Maryland's oldest newspapers are now back in local hands after nearly four decades.
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Howard County man shot and killed his teenage children in murder-suicide, police say
Braden Zanski, 17, and Hailey Zanski, 15, were students at Glenelg High School.
Young people perform during Baltimore’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade, which returned on Jan. 16, 2023 for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
Baltimore cancels MLK Day parade due to snow
Freezing temperatures and dusting of snow caused Baltimore City officials to cancel the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade.
Charm City Virtual parents and students rallied outside the Baltimore City Public Schools building on North Avenue on Jan. 11, 2023, to protest the proposed elimination of the program for elementary students.
Virtual learning isn’t dead yet. Baltimore families beg school leaders to keep it.
Baltimore City Public Schools may end virtual learning for elementary students.
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