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Manie Anthony dances alongside Rhonda Richetta, principal of City Springs School, outside the school building, Wednesday, May 10, 2023.
8 things Maryland parents should know before kids go back to school
With the first day of school right around the corner, here’s a primer on the Baltimore area’s new school leaders, bus changes, COVID policies and more.
Adam Denton teaches his fourth grade math class at Berkshire Elementary School on March 3, 2023.
Maryland schools recovered from pandemic learning losses in English. Math is a different story.
Three quarters of Maryland public school students failed the state’s math tests in grades three through eight this spring, an indication of just how much math students didn’t learn during the year of Zoom classes, and how difficult it has been for teachers to catch them up.
Johns Hopkins University campus
For Maryland colleges, Supreme Court decision means working harder to recruit diverse students
Maryland educators and academics said the ban on race-conscious college admissions will make them work harder to encourage Black and Latino students to apply to selective colleges.
Flannery Gallagher sits in front of a childhood photo of her deceased father, Frank X. Gallagher Jr., during a press conference announcing a lawsuit against St. Mary’s Seminary and the Archdiocese of Baltimore on Tuesday, June 27, 2023. Flannery and Liam Gallagher, the children of Frank X. Gallagher Jr., say that after the abuse their father “experienced extreme emotional distress” and began experimenting with drugs and engaging in compulsive and risky sexual encounters.
Gallagher family members sue Archdiocese of Baltimore, St. Mary’s Seminary over father’s abuse and death
Flannery and Liam Gallagher, the children of Frank X. Gallagher Jr., say that after the abuse their father “experienced extreme emotional distress” and began experimenting with drugs and engaging in compulsive and risky sexual encounters.
Mohammed Choudhury, state school superintendent, during a state school board meeting on February 28, 2023.
Maryland’s education leaders sought big changes in child care funding — then abruptly reversed course
The now-canceled plans had shocked Maryland Family Network officials, who worried child care providers could lose crucial funding and face staff furloughs.
Maryland, Baltimore City, Baltimore County politics
Banner political notes: New poll; racing board named; Moore picks school board members
Marylanders approve of the job Moore is doing, but not his push to eventually ban the sale of new gas-powered vehicles by 2035, according to a new poll.
Illustration of teacher holding stack of books and papers, separated from student by six moments from her busy day.
Baltimore City teacher workloads are unsustainable, report finds
Baltimore City Public Schools is losing about 12% of its teacher workforce each year.
Photo collage of red torn image of Virgin Mary and child statue, with dark background that includes number 149 and redaction boxes.
Final name stripped from Maryland report on Catholic sex abuse is nun from Philadelphia
With the identification of the late Philadelphia nun, all the names have been unmasked in the attorney general report.
Oldfields School, established in 1867, will be closing at the end of teh school year.
Parent sues to stop sale of Baltimore County’s Oldfields School
The suit seeks a temporary restraining order to prevent the Oldfields School board from selling the land to Garrison Forest School.
The Baltimore Banner CEO, Imtiaz Patel, announces his departure from The Baltimore Banner, Wednesday, May 31, 2023.
Baltimore Banner CEO Imtiaz Patel to step down
Imtiaz Patel, the chief executive officer of The Baltimore Banner, will step down on July 7 to take a senior leadership position with Gannett.
Silhouette of teen in front of office building and family house
Disability rights group sues Maryland for housing foster kids in hospitals
Attorneys say state officials have “illegally and unconstitutionally” housed foster children in hospitals and restrictive institutions beyond medical necessity.
Mohammed Choudhury, state school superintendent, during a state school board meeting on February 28, 2023.
Maryland hired a visionary schools leader. Some say his management style is driving staffers away.
Maryland’s state school board will decide in the coming months whether to give Mohammed Choudhury a new, four-year contract as superintendent when his ends on June 30, 2024.
The Baltimore County Public School Board logo as seen during a board meeting on 12/6/22.
What to know about the Baltimore County schools superintendent finalists
The board is expected to pick a new leader for Baltimore County Public Schools as soon as Tuesday.
Photo collage of page from Baltimore archdiocese directory of parishes next to page from 1973 newspaper including photo of St. Ann’s in Baltimore, with red border and red redaction marks sprinkled over the image.
Two more alleged Catholic Church abusers revealed: ‘It still haunts me’
Two alleged abusers whose names were redacted in the Maryland Attorney General's report on child sexual abuse have been identified as Michael V. Scriber and the Rev. Joseph G. Fiorentino.
The Baltimore County Board of Education’s logo as seen the wall during their bi-weekly meeting at the Greenwood Campus on 8/23/22.
Deputy superintendent among finalists for Baltimore County schools chief
The Baltimore County school board has narrowed the superintendent search to four finalists.
Mohammed Choudhury, state school superintendent, during a state school board meeting on February 28, 2023.
Investigation finds no evidence of Maryland education department hiding test score data
After complaints by Republican legislators that the state education department was hiding failing test score data, Maryland's inspector general has concluded the state is following federal privacy laws and guidance.
David Lorenz speaks at sidewalk news conference along with abuse survivors and advocates who are part of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, on May 8, 2023 outside of the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
‘They are all still at large’: Clergy abuse survivors call for suspensions, release of names after investigative articles
Fallout begins over church sexual abuse report; one official, Monsignor Richard Woy, resigned from the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center’s board of directors.
Archdiocese of Baltimore
How clues in the Catholic Church abuse report helped The Banner uncover hidden clergy names
The investigation identified three of the clergy members and one church official whose names were redacted from the report.
Photo collage showing printout with some text redacted with black boxes. It has a rip in the middle of the page, revealing fuzzy photograph of priest underneath on red background.
Secret no more: 3 priests from sex abuse report identified
Reporters matched details in the Maryland attorney general's report into the Archdiocese of Baltimore to court transcripts, archdiocesan letters, church directories, news articles and other public documents.
Yellow taxi fleet parked in lot, New York City, photo on black
Inspector general finds thousands in suspicious Yellow Cab charges to Baltimore City schools
The Maryland inspector general found that Baltimore City Public Schools paid as much as $631,000 over three years to a cab company for rides to school that students may never have taken.
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