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City College students headed to UB after school board approves move
After an onslaught of support for Baltimore City College, the city school board approved a plan to allow students to move to the University of Baltimore for three years during the renovation of the high school’s century-old building.
Baltimore City College is seen on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024.
City College students thought they were moving to UB. Now that’s up in the air.
The sudden uncertainty has caused an uproar among students and parents.
Baltimore City College students thought they would be moving to the University of Baltimore during renovations. Those plans are now up in the air.
Severna Park Elementary teacher accused of sex abuse
Matthew Scott Banks Schlegel, 44, was arrested Thursday.
Matthew Scott Banks Schlegel was a teacher at Severna Park Elementary School in Anne Arundel County.
Baltimore City schools is asking for $30 million more. Here’s what to know.
The Baltimore City school board could vote on the budget as soon as Wednesday night, even though few details have been released.
The Baltimore City school board could vote on the budget as soon as Wednesday night, even though few details have been released.
Cohen wins Baltimore council president race, toppling Mosby
Zeke Cohen jumped out to an early lead Tuesday in the Democratic primary for Baltimore City Council president, as initial returns showed the 1st District councilman a few thousand votes ahead both incumbent Nick Mosby and Shannon Sneed.
Zeke Cohen embraces his wife Reena at his election night party on May 14, 2024.
Baltimore schools CEO could leave amid contract dispute. Insiders are worried.
Sonja Santelises would be one of the longest-serving urban superintendents if her contract is renewed.
Baltimore City School CEO Sonja Santelises talks to student during a school tour.
Johns Hopkins ‘free Palestine’ protest remains peaceful, but tensions run high
Johns Hopkins University’s encampment has been growing every day into a tense but peaceful stalemate.
Pro-Palestinian protesters have turned a grassy area on Johns Hopkins’ Homewood campus called “the beach” into a tent encampment.
Ravens owner, M&T Bank will spend millions to help Baltimore kids get through college
Fewer than half of city graduates go to college, but the Ravens, the team’s owner and M&T Bank want to change that.
Shirley Collado, left, is the president and CEO of College Track, the organization that has supported Mamady Diallo, right, through high school and as a student at UMBC.
7-year-old shot Saturday at Mondawmin Mall; Baltimore Police say she wasn’t the target
A 7-year-old was shot at Mondawmin Mall on Saturday, and Baltimore Police searched for the shooter.
Mayor Brandon Scott and Police Commissioner Richard Worley address reporters Saturday, April 13, 2024, outside the Mondawmin Mall, where a 7-year-old girl was shot.
Key Bridge collapse could change rules for tugboats
Tugboats often don’t stay beside vessels as they come and go from the harbor.
A tugboat and barge, shown here March 29, move past the twisted remains of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which was destroyed when a cargo ship collided with it in the early hours of March 26. The bridge collapsed after being struck by the massive cargo ship Dali.
Baltimore school board and schools CEO Sonja Santelises silent on contract talks
Sonja Santelises, Baltimore City Public Schools’ longest-serving CEO in recent history, appears to be negotiating another four-year contract.
Sonja Santelises, CEO of Baltimore City Public Schools, speaks at the Maryland Impact Conference in October 2023.
NTSB to investigate whether ‘dirty fuel’ contributed to Key Bridge collapse
Total power failures like the one the Dali experienced before hitting the Key Bridge are rare, possibly caused by faulty equipment or contaminated fuel, experts said.
A portion of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed after it was struck by a large container ship early Tuesday morning, March 26, 2024, sending several vehicles and people into the frigid water below.
A frantic three minutes: How the ship’s pilot tried to prevent Key Bridge collapse
A Maryland pilot was in command of navigating the Dali in the three minutes before it hit the Key Bridge.
The cargo ship Dali crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Tuesday in the early morning hours. Rescuers are still searching for six construction workers who were on the bridge at the time of the crash.
Baltimore County principal’s racist comments faked by AI, experts say
Audio purporting to be Pikesville High School principal Eric Eiswert was almost certainly faked using artificial intelligence.
Photo collage shows Pikesville High School sign with pixellated audio waves in the background.
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.
A pole banner on UMBC campus near the Retriever Activities Center.
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.
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.
Teammates shunned them. Now victims of a UMBC swim coach feel vindicated.
The federal investigation was one step toward justice, former swimmers say.
The UMBC mascot and logo outside of the Retriever Activities Center.
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.
Valerie Sheares Ashby, president of UMBC, speaks at the Impact Maryland conference in October.
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.
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.”
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.
A locker inside of Bluford Drew Jemison STEM Academy on Friday, Dec. 8, 2023.
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