The Baltimore charter school employee didn’t mean to bring the weapon into the school, charging documents say.

The gun was found by another employee in a school bathroom.

Cohn, a journalist-turned-media executive who was president of The Atlantic and now leads The Economist, will head the local news organization.

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?

The school board approved a $19.5 million contract for a new, research-based reading curriculum.

The five Dunbar High School students who suddenly became ill on Monday had ingested marijuana, according to Baltimore City Public Schools.

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’s school board will have to immediately select an interim superintendent.

Employees of Zūm, the company that assumed half of Howard County’s school bus routes, are seeking union representation.

After 35 years as an education reporter, Tooten is leaving journalism, but he’ll continue as a pastor and adjunct professor.

After shootings at Morgan State University and Bowie State University, campuses are adding safety measures. Shootings at HBCUs most often happen in October.

The science of reading is finally making its way to Maryland, but the shift has been slow and uneven.

Carey Wright will take over the lead role at the Maryland State Department of Education later this month.

Mohammed Choudhury had previously announced he would not seek a new four-year contract.

Mohammed Choudhury, who had previously fought to save his job, has told the state school board he does not want a four-year contract beginning next July.

High schoolers in Howard County will get a bit less sleep after Sept. 20.

The bus contractor that abruptly canceled the routes will offer $8,000 signing bonuses to attract new drivers, the Howard County schools superintendent said Thursday.

Zūm, a California-based school bus contractor that just took over about half of the district's routes, said it could not cover 20 routes for the rest of the week. And parents have reported widespread problems with buses arriving nearly an hour late or not at all.

So many school buses showed up late, or didn’t show up at all, that Howard County schools Superintendent Michael Martirano apologized to families in an email.

The schools affectionately known as City, Western, Poly and Douglass are next in line for renovations. But the city school system doesn’t have the funds to match what parents and alumni want.