K-12 schools

The Baltimore City school board voted to ban cell phones during the school day beginning next school year, enacting one of the toughest policies in the region.

Finances are sound enough to handle a significant hit from the federal government without creating a financial crisis, school officials said this week.

Most eyes were locked on the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future this legislative session. Here’s how the state’s other education bills faired.

The outcome put some education advocates at ease, reassuring them that school system budgets — already stretched by inflation — won’t take as big a hit as they’d feared.

The school board unanimously approved Puzzle Pieces Learning Academy Public Charter School at its Tuesday meeting.

Myriam Rogers disputes assertions that she doesn’t live in Baltimore County.

A Howard County bus attendant, contracted to serve students at the Linwood Center, was arrested and charged with two counts of assault and one count of fourth-degree sex offense this week.

Thousands of city school students will immediately be effected by the federal cuts to education.

Myriam Rogers’ contract requires the superintendent to live in Baltimore County.

The U.S. Department of Education told Maryland education leaders that they will not reimburse schools for $418 million in funds they had already committed to giving them.

Gov. Wes Moore directed education leaders to help displaced federal workers fill open teaching positions. These are their current options.

Three years in, the Blueprint has become synonymous with budget cuts, leaving school leaders reconsidering how they spend every dime.

Stephanie C. Chupein says Marylanders should reject school vouchers and support public schools that serve all children, not just the wealthiest.

The rare move to publicly reprimand Maggie Domanowski was hotly debated, despite a vote not to discuss it.

Maryland education leaders want to get more kids taking advanced math sooner.

Maryland kids underperformed on state math tests. Banner subscribers struggled, too.

The Maryland Senate is charting a middle ground between a revamp sought by the governor and minimal tweaks sought by the House of Delegates.

The president conflated an Algebra I test with “basic mathematics.”

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education.

Benjamin Schmitt, president of the Howard County Education Association, says students with disabilities deserve fairness when it comes to educational funding priorities.