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    Math in Maryland is about to change

    Students in an eighth grade math class at KIPP Harmony Academy last year.
    Baltimore schools ignored antisemitism complaints, ADL alleges
    Baltimore City Public Schools, the complaint says, knew its schools were hostile places for Jewish students.
    An ADL complaint says the Baltimore school system, which is headquartered on North Avenue, hasn't done enough to address what the group says is harassment of Jewish students.
    How a MAGA school board takeover roiled an Eastern Shore county
    After a MAGA-aligned majority took control of Somerset County's school board, they tried to get rid of librarians and fire the superintendent. The community pushed back.
    The Somerset County Board of Education in Westover.
    It’s not just childless adults: Kids could get hurt by Medicaid, SNAP cuts
    Spending cuts may be aimed at adults on paper, but kids could still end up without sufficient food and health care under the One Big Beautiful Bill.
    From left, Summer Cummings and Jade Waldron play a matching game together on a playground in Baltimore City.
    Baltimore Police investigating pornographic school board interruption as hate crime
    In an email Wednesday, the Baltimore City school system apologized to the community after the pornographic interruption.
    The Baltimore City Public Schools Administrative Headquarters on Tuesday, July 22, 2025.
    Baltimore County schools agree to new pay raise deal with teachers
    The raise is less than what teachers initially bargained for, but a reprieve for the more than 9,000 educators represented by the union.
    Cindy Sexton, head of the Teachers Association of Baltimore County, talks to reporters about having to renegotiate salary raises with Baltimore County Public Schools on May 14 outside the union's Towson headquarters.

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    Anne Arundel unveiled its school redistricting plan. Some parents called it short-sighted.
    Redistricting may be necessary as Anne Arundel County grows and school enrollment swells, but few experiences are more agonizing for parents.
    Mark Bedell, Anne Arundel County Schools superintendent, addresses public comment on proposed school redistricting plans during a meeting in Annapolis in April.
    New bilingual Baltimore County charter school won’t open this fall
    Bilingual Global Citizens Public Charter School was approved by the board, but does not yet have a charter agreement to open in Baltimore County.
    Teacher pointing at paper on the floor with students.
    ‘Graphically offensive’ video interrupts Baltimore school board meeting
    Tuesday night’s livestream of the Baltimore City school board meeting was ended after a major disruption.
    The Baltimore City Public Schools Administrative Headquarters on Tuesday, July 22, 2025.
    Harford County’s first book ban has parents and teachers concerned
    Harford County parents and teachers spoke out against the school board’s decision to ban an award-winning illustrated novel from its libraries.
    Books on desk in library at the elementary school
    Will teacher-sharing bring instruments and music lessons to Baltimore students?
    Only five elementary schools offer band or orchestra classes. Starting next fall, the district will hire one instrumental music teacher to work between two schools in a pilot model.
    Violin students at Abbottston Elementary School in Baltimore.

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    Opinion: From ‘useless’ to unstoppable: Arts education empowers Baltimore students
    Young people discover confidence, purpose and opportunity through creative programs that government funding rarely prioritizes.
    Hegseth removed the Naval Academy’s first female leader. How did she last this long?
    Vice Adm. Yvette Davids is out as superintendent of the Naval Academy. The surprise isn't that she's leaving but that an administration invested in ideological purity didn't get her before now.
    Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, crosses the field at halftime Vice Adm. Yvette Davids, Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy, during the 2024 Army-Navy Game at Northwest Stadium in Landover, MD, December 14, 2024.
    Howard County school officials present three redistricting options amid protests
    The Howard County Public Schools needs to relieve overcrowding at two elementary schools — Bryant Woods in Columbia and Centennial Lane in Ellicott City. Doing so could affect attendance zones in as many as 11 of the county’s 78 schools starting in fall 2026.
    Community parent Cindy LaFollette speaks to the Howard County School Board during Thursday's meeting, which included redistricting proposals.
    Long bus rides limit students’ school choices, Hopkins study finds
    Baltimore high school students are less likely to pick a school — even the city’s best — if they face a long trip on Maryland’s unreliable transit system.
    Baltimore city buses pick up students outside Dunbar High School in June.
    Baltimore City Schools may need to plug an $11 million hole left by the feds
    The U.S. Department of Education froze over $110 million for Maryland, including $11 million for Baltimore. Maryland’s Attorney General is suing to get it back.
    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.

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    Baltimore City Schools may need to plug an $11 million hole left by the feds
    The U.S. Department of Education froze over $110 million for Maryland, including $11 million for Baltimore. Maryland’s Attorney General is suing to get it back.
    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.
    Baltimore County schools never had a plan to pay for years of promised teacher raises
    To better understand how Baltimore County schools arrived at this impasse, The Banner reviewed the public records for each year leading to this point, including a comparison of how raises have been handled.
    Cindy Sexton, head of the Teachers Association of Baltimore County, talks to reporters about having to renegotiate salary raises with Baltimore County Public Schools on May 14 outside the union's Towson headquarters.
    Who will be Baltimore’s next school leader? It may take nine months to find out.
    The board is expected to be interviewing candidates this fall with a new CEO hired by April.
    Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners vice chair Ashiah Parker, left, and chair Robert Salley earlier this year. The school system plans to hire a new CEO by April.
    Trump tax bill could mean a lot more money for Maryland private school vouchers
    Maryland could see an explosion of school voucher funding for students to attend schools now that President Donald Trump’s tax and policy bill passed.
    St. Vincent offers a haven for homeless kids. For one counselor, it’s also a homecoming
    How a camper, Isaiah Magruder, turned counselor hopes to support kids at Camp St. Vincent in Baltimore this summer.
    Camp counselor Isaiah Magruder, center, with his campers during one of Camp St. Vincent’s youth activity sessions at Patterson Park in June.
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