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Early childhood education

‘Pandemic babies’ are off to school. Their early isolation has led to some struggles.

Sep 16, 2025

Students arrive to their first classes on the first day on school at Midtown Academy in August.

When an Ellicott City preschool fell apart, its teachers rebuilt 15 minutes away

Aug 19, 2025

Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025 — Sarah Willey assembles a play kitchen set in her classroom for 2-year-olds at the new Little Oak Nursery School in Sykesville.

Don’t let tariffs get you down: How to save on back-to-school shopping

Aug 15, 2025

Mental health is declining for parents. There are places to get help in Baltimore.

Aug 13, 2025

How life has gotten worse for immigrant children under Trump 2.0

Aug 6, 2025

It’s not just childless adults: Kids could get hurt by Medicaid, SNAP cuts

Jul 27, 2025

From left, Summer Cummings and Jade Waldron play a matching game together on a playground in Baltimore City.

Son of Mission BBQ cofounder dies in military helicopter crash in Washington state

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Three Andrew Kraus, 39, from Sanibel, Fla.

The A-10 era is over for the Maryland Air National Guard

Airmen walk past an A-10C Thunderbolt II on the tarmac following the Inactivation Ceremony of the 175th Operations Group and 175th Maintenance Group at Warfield Air National Guard Base at Martin State Airport.

Sinclair will keep some Marylanders from watching Jimmy Kimmel

Sinclair Broadcast Group headquarters in Cockeysville.

Thousands of dead fish flood the Baltimore harbor, again

Thousands of dead menhaden float in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor on Tuesday.

Annapolis primary election results: Littmann prevails in mayoral race

Annapolis mayoral candidate Jared Littmann responds to questions during a debate at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Annapolis & Anne Arundel County in Annapolis, Md., on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025.

Baltimore City Schools may need to plug an $11 million hole left by the feds

Jul 15, 2025

Amelia "Bindi" Ray, in red, a fifth grader at Riderwood Elementary School does school work with her classmates, in Baltimore, Thursday, May 1, 2025. Ray qualified to go to Scripps National Spelling Bee at the end of May.

More than 20 states, including Maryland, sue Trump admin over frozen after-school and summer funding

Bianca Vázquez, Associated Press

Jul 14, 2025

President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order alongside Secretary of Education Linda McMahon in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 20, 2025.

Howard County parents want to ax pre-K to avoid redistricting. It’s not that simple

Maya Lora and Jess Nocera

Jul 3, 2025

Centennial Lane Elementary School

Only half of kids under 5 in Baltimore can access early education, report says

Jun 25, 2025

A lack of affordable child care in Baltimore means parents can't get to work and kids may not be ready for kindergarten, according to a report released Wednesday.

Have an artsy kid? Baltimore approved a charter school just for them

Jun 16, 2025

The nonprofit Arts for Learning Maryland is planning to convert Thomas Jefferson Elementary/Middle School in West Baltimore into Dream Academy Charter School for the 2026 school year.

Your kid learned the ‘science of reading’ this year. Here’s how to help it stick.

May 28, 2025

Legacy Houston and Sin Armstead read together in Danielle White’s kindergarten class at KIPP Baltimore.

These parents are leaving work to stay home with their kids — but not by choice

May 22, 2025

Corey Bryce reads a book with her 1-year-old daughter, Julien, inside their Columbia, Maryland home on Wednesday, October 23, 2024. Julien has been in an infants & toddlers program since she was about 4 months old, and Bryce says she knows she won’t be able to afford preschool without the money the state plans to funnel into pre-kindergarten education.

Baltimore ‘baby bonus’ advocates hit another roadblock

Updated May 12, 2025

Advocates formed the Maryland Child Alliance to establish a fund for parents of newborns in Baltimore.

Even as spending rises, under half of Maryland 4-year-olds attend public pre-K

Apr 29, 2025

The Blueprint for Maryland's Future calls for all 4-year-olds to attend pre-K. Right now, fewer than half are enrolled in a publicly funded programs.

Maryland child care centers in federal buildings face an uncertain future

Apr 28, 2025

Sunny Days, a child care program in Riverdale, has been the near-perfect program for Jessalyn Schwartz's 3-year-old daughter. Sunny Days is expected to be shut down by the federal government in August.

Baltimore County Public Library takes a page from the Pratt with marquee author series

Apr 23, 2025

Bestselling authors Erik Larson, Jennifer Weiner, and Percival Everett are three of the upcoming speakers at the Baltimore County Public Library's author series.

How to get a Maryland child care scholarship before they’re gone

Apr 16, 2025

Maryland's popular child care scholarship program will stop giving out new scholarships for at least four months.

What Maryland lawmakers changed about child care, schools and colleges

Maya Lora, Kristen Griffith and Ellie Wolfe

Apr 10, 2025

Many education-related bills, some with big promises, failed to make it out of this year’s legislative session.

Port Discovery is getting an upgrade. Here’s a first look.

Apr 5, 2025

Around this October, Port Discovery will welcome two new exhibits: Galactic Builders and SKIES, funded both by private donations and some state support over the past couple of years.

Anne Arundel County to end free pre-K for 3-year-olds

Apr 3, 2025

Deanna Patterson helps daughter Ellis with arts and crafts. Catonsville Cooperative Preschool is unique in that parents have a present and hands-on educational experience with their children during the school day.

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