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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.
Kia dealership, Owings Mills.
The latest victim of the Kia auto theft trend: Baltimore Police Department
An unmarked 2018 silver Kia Optima owned by the department was stolen Tuesday.
A police officer goes under tape that marks off Glade Court in Brooklyn after a shooting early Sunday morning.
After South Baltimore mass shooting leaves 2 dead, 28 wounded, police staffing questioned
The shooting at the annual Brooklyn Day block party is the most people shot in one incident in Baltimore since at least 2015.
Photo collage showing map of Baltimore City with Western District cut out, Baltimore police badge, and man with another man’s hand on his shoulder.
After a strong start, Baltimore’s new approach to policing gun violence faces headwinds
The specialized unit charged with implementing the city’s flagship strategy has struggled with high-profile departures and simmering morale problems.
Auto thefts surge in Baltimore, with nearly 1,000 in May
Baltimore Police data show 960 cars were stolen in May, triple the number of any month prior to 2023.
Homicides are down in Baltimore. But gun violence data show reasons to be cautious.
The city is projected to end the year with 275 homicides, if trends continue.
This scan of the Baltimore Home Owner's Loan Corporation shows the boundaries that set redlining in Baltimore. Scan courtesy of "Mapping Inequality", from the Digital Scholarship Lab at the University of Richmond.
The two Baltimores: A year of data reporting shows segregation still defines the city
Racial segregation in Baltimore continues to define the city, an analysis of nearly every data set The Baltimore Banner data team analyzed in our first year has found. Why does the “Black Butterfly” keep appearing in Baltimore data?
Photo collage shows contractor wearing hard hat scratching his head, standing in front of maze that separates him from a Baltimore City construction permit.
‘Ridiculously inept’: Just how hard is it to get a permit in Baltimore?
The Banner reviewed nearly 1,000 responses to a city housing department survey that sought feedback about Baltimore’s online permitting system.
Photo collage showing map of land parcels at center of radiating circles, placed over background of eviction slip labeled “Failure to pay rent.”
Inside the eviction epicenter of Anne Arundel County
One in three evictions at all large apartment complexes in Anne Arundel County takes place in an area around the University of Maryland Medical Center.
Black migration has changed Baltimore. Look up your neighborhood here
How has that kind of migration changed your neighborhood? Use our interactive map to find out.
A sign informs customers that a pharmacy and convenience store is closing shortly on October 26, 2021 With empty shelves, regionally closed stores and increased security have greeted shoppers at many stores.
Pharmacy deserts pose challenges for residents of some Baltimore neighborhoods
Nationwide, there were disproportionately more pharmacy deserts in Black and Latino communities than in white or diverse neighborhoods, according to a 2021 study.
Lamar Richards, a current resident of DC, poses for portraits near his childhood home in Baltimore, Wednesday, March 29, 2023.
Black residents are leaving Baltimore in large numbers, heading to suburbs
Once the most loyal segment of the city, Black residents still make up the majority of the population at 57% of all residents, but they are also moving out the fastest.
How is downtown Baltimore doing?
Beat down by crime, disinvestment and a pandemic, can downtown Baltimore recover?
Investors, residents and business owners say crime concerns and a lack of vision are hurting the Central Business District in the wake of the pandemic.
Photo collage showing cropped photographs of a woman’s eyes, statue of the Virgin Mary, and two elderly hands holding one another, with a red background and the silhouette of a rosary and crucifix layered on top.
Search a database of Archdiocese of Baltimore sex abusers by name, location and posting
The Banner has made a searchable database of every sex abuser identified in the report, including the 32 names not previously known publicly.
Baltimore cherry blossom map: 6 places off the beaten path
Search a map of cherry trees in Baltimore to find out where you can see spring blossoms.
A student walks past lockers in the hallway outside Damien Ford’s Baltimore School for The Arts classroom on Dec. 21, 2022. Ford teaches an African American Literature class where shows his students comparisons between Lauryn Hill lyrics and the work of Zora Neal Hurston.
The Baltimore area’s highest-rated schools on the Maryland School Report Card
Use these searchable tables to compare the highest- and lowest-performing schools in the Baltimore region.
Gov. Wes Moore, with his son, James, 11, speaks during his inaugural ball, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023, in Baltimore.
Moore inaugural celebrations cost $4.3M, largely funded by big dollar donors
Less than half of the money raised by the Moore Miller Inaugural Committee came through individual ticket sales, with the rest coming from corporate and other donors.
There has been a rise in gunshot violence with youth in Baltimore.
Nearly one in three people shot in 2023 were 18 or under as gun violence flares near schools
A spike in youth gunshot victims is worsening even as nonfatal shootings and homicides are down.
Testing Sign at school
Anne Arundel MCAP results, 2022: See how your school scored
The MCAP is administered to students in grades 3 through 8 in math and English, as well as students in 10th grade for English and algebra.
Photo collage showing silhouette of gun within the Western District map on the left side. On the right side, a mess of scribbles sits above a close-up of a young man’s eyes.
What caused a 33% drop in gun violence in West Baltimore last year? We analyzed it
A Banner analysis of a revived Group Violence Reduction Strategy in the Western District suggests remarkable impacts.
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