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An empty hallway full of lockers inside Hampstead Hill Academy on 8/29/22. Monday was the first day back to school for Baltimore City students.
Is Maryland hiding test scores from failing schools?
Lawmakers say yes. Education officials say they’re protecting student privacy.
Oldfields School, established in 1867, will be closing at the end of teh school year.
Baltimore County’s Oldfields School to close at end of this school year
The private, all-girls school is negotiating with Garrison Forest School in Owings Mills to take its students and some faculty.
A buildings on St. Mark Parish property, in Catonsville, Tuesday, April 11, 2023.
A dozen sexually abusive priests served at St. Mark’s. It may not be a coincidence.
Five priests are known to have abused children while serving at St. Mark. Another seven abused children before or after they served at the Catonsville parish.
The exterior of the Archdiocese of Baltimore building as seen on Monday, March 13.
Archdiocese of Baltimore covered up ‘horrific and repeated abuse’ at children’s expense, report says
The report identified 158 priests who are accused of “sexual abuse” and “physical torture” of more than 600 people in the last 80 years.
The exterior of the Archdiocese of Baltimore building as seen on Monday, March 13.
Report detailing sex abuse within Catholic Church of Baltimore to be released Wednesday
Baltimore Circuit Judge Robert K. Taylor Jr. on Tuesday approved the release of the report “as the Office of the Attorney General shall see fit.”
Messages of support and a photo of Izaiah Carter, a 16-year-old Patterson High School shot and killed in early March, can be seen on one of Forno Restaurant and Wine Bar’s sandwich boards. Carter had been an employee at the restaurant.
Baltimore’s teen shooting surge strains mayor’s long-term approach to gun violence
Thirty-nine high school-age residents were shot and 11 died in the first three months of this year – the deadliest start to a year for Baltimore teens since at least 2015.
Are ratings on GreatSchools influencing the housing market?
Homebuyer beware: Zillow often lists the wrong Baltimore schools
The real estate website pulls in GreatSchools ratings — often misleading homebuyers considering Baltimore City.
Police Commissioner Michael Harrison and Mayor Brandon M. Scott host a press conference to provide an update in reference to the homicide investigation of 16-year-old Izaiah Carter on March 20, 2023.
Police arrest 23-year-old man in the fatal shooting of Patterson High School student
Police arrested Roger Alexander Alvarado-Mendoza in connection with the murder of 16-year-old Izaiah Carter.
Students sit together on a rug inside their Hampstead Hill Academy classroom on 8/29/22. Monday was the first day back to school for Baltimore City students.
Court rules against education advocates seeking more funding for Baltimore City schools
Education advocates hoping to secure more state funding for Baltimore City schools lost in the latest round of a nearly 30-year-old lawsuit.
Mohammed Choudhury, state school superintendent, during a state school board meeting on February 28, 2023.
How Maryland’s top schools official is tackling poverty and the teacher shortage
Maryland’s State School Superintendent Mohammed Choudhury has become an activist in his new role, pushing legislation in a way that prior superintendents haven’t.
Baltimore City Public Schools bus.
Baltimore City school board votes to keep Collegiate School for Boys open
After a split vote a week ago, the city school board voted unanimously to give Collegiate School for Boys a second chance.
The entrance to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore
Catholic Center located in Baltimore, Md., on December 2, 2022.
Baltimore judge orders release of redacted investigation into Archdiocese of Baltimore sex abuse
Circuit Judge Robert Taylor Jr.’s order said he will hear arguments later on whether to release the entire report at a later date.
Exterior of Gilman School, an all-boys independent school in the Roland Park neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland.
Broken boundaries: How private schools like Gilman handle sexual abuse by teachers
Like many independent schools, the all-boys school in North Baltimore fosters close relationships between students and teachers that have at times been exploited by abusers.
A SWAT team investigates a house on Warren Rd near Loch Raven Reservoir during a manhunt for 24-year-old Cockeysville resident David Emory Linthicum.
Following manhunt, David Linthicum apprehended, charged in shootings of 2 officers
The 24-year-old Cockeysville man faces a total of 11 counts in connection with the recent shootings of a police officer and a detective in separate incidents.
Scenes from inside of Edmondson Westside High School on January 13, 2023.
How violent neighborhoods threaten otherwise safe Baltimore schools
A rise in shootings within blocks of city high schools has rattled parents and students, who say they feel safe within school walls.
Exterior of Gilman School, an all-boys independent school in the Roland Park neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland.
Recently fired Gilman School teacher arrested on child sexual abuse charges
Chris Bendann, who taught at the private school for boys in North Baltimore, was charged with rape and sexual abuse of a minor.
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
New AP African American studies curriculum won’t limit Baltimore-area teachers
Following criticism from conservative politicians in Florida, the College Board revised the curriculum to make some contemporary topics optional.
A student fills out an assignment for class inside Hampstead Hill Academy on Aug. 29, 2022.
Maryland test scores: See how your school performed
In 196 schools in the Baltimore region, less than 5% of students passed the math test in at least one grade.
Photo collage showing brick office building, with medication blister pack floating over a boy’s silhouette.
Lawsuit alleges foster care children given psychiatric drugs without adequate oversight
Of the more than one-third of the foster children prescribed psychotropic drugs, half are given more than one drug, despite concerns by the medical community about the use of multiple psychotropic drugs by children, according to the complaint.
Darryl L. Williams, Superintendent of the Baltimore County Public School System, listens during the Board of Education’s bi-weekly meeting at the Greenwood Campus on 8/23/22.
Time’s up: Clock ticks for school board to decide fate of Baltimore County schools superintendent
Superintendent Darryl Williams has faced criticism over school bus delays and lagging academic performance. Now a newly elected school board must decide whether to stay the course or start over with a new leader.
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