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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.
LaWanda Wilson, principal of Bluford Drew Jemison STEM Academy, is interviewed inside the school on Friday, Dec. 8, 2023.
A West Baltimore principal chose her students’ future over her school’s
With funding dwindling and classes on the chopping block, LaWanda Wilson did something rare and remarkable this fall.
Lockers inside a Baltimore City public school.
‘I may have lost my gun,’ teacher’s assistant told principal before arrest
The Baltimore charter school employee didn’t mean to bring the weapon into the school, charging documents say.
KIPP Harmony employee arrested after bringing gun to charter school
The gun was found by another employee in a school bathroom.
Bob Cohn, president of The Economist, has been named the new chief executive officer of The Baltimore Banner.
Veteran media executive Bob Cohn named CEO of The Baltimore Banner
Cohn, a journalist-turned-media executive who was president of The Atlantic and now leads The Economist, will head the local news organization.
A student works on an assignment in reading class at Montebello Elementary/Middle School on Tuesday, June 6, 2023.
Maryland school ratings are lower this year. Is attendance to blame?
Fewer schools received three, four and five stars in the 2023 Maryland School Report Card ratings, even as test scores rose this year. So what happened?
A child holds a pencil in school.
Anne Arundel Co. schools will embrace the science of reading — for real this time
The school board approved a $19.5 million contract for a new, research-based reading curriculum.
Voting poll at Paul Laurence Dunbar Community High School
Dunbar students collapsed after ingesting marijuana edibles, officials say
The five Dunbar High School students who suddenly became ill on Monday had ingested marijuana, according to Baltimore City Public Schools.
Voting poll at Paul Laurence Dunbar Community High School
5 Dunbar High School students sickened Monday after consuming ‘unidentified substance’
Two of the three students taken to a hospital had been released by Monday evening, school officials said. Two other students had been taken home by their parents.
Howard County Public School System Superintendent Michael Martirano takes questions at a press conference on Aug. 30 about issues with school buses during the first week of school.
In surprise announcement, Howard County schools superintendent to retire in January
Howard County’s school board will have to immediately select an interim superintendent.
Donna McSee and Jackie Scott, drivers for Howard County Public Schools employed by Zūm, talk in front of a line of brand new yellow school buses at Zūm’s Jessup operations hub on Aug. 22.
Zūm’s Howard County school bus drivers file to form a union
Employees of Zūm, the company that assumed half of Howard County’s school bus routes, are seeking union representation.
Tim Tooten, WBAL’s TV education reporter, is retiring after 35 years.
WBAL’s Tim Tooten to retire from TV news after 35 years
After 35 years as an education reporter, Tooten is leaving journalism, but he’ll continue as a pastor and adjunct professor.
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