K-12 schools

Maryland public schools remain stubbornly middle-of-the-pack on a national test, even as achievement inches upward.

Top education officials want to overhaul how the subject is taught after years of poor test scores.

After a former employee at Pikesville High School was accused of using AI to impersonate the school’s principal, lawmakers are considering a bill to target the practice.

Gov. Wes Moore is proposing to rewrite major portions of Maryland’s landmark education law, cutting nearly one-fifth of the new funding the state promised schools by 2029.

Dazhon Darien, 32, is now charged in U.S. District Court in Baltimore with sexual exploitation of children and receipt of child pornography.

Dazhon Darien is charged with disturbing school operations, retaliating against a witness, stalking and related offenses.

It was not immediately clear whether the suspects are fellow students.

Schools should be consulting with their lawyers first, protecting students’ privacy and keeping families in the loop, new guidance from the state education department says.

A mother filed a lawsuit claiming that Howard County school officials failed to provide her son with immediate medical care after he suffered cardiac arrest, leaving him quadriplegic.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security this week ended a longstanding policy that had kept them out of schools.

With frigid temperatures expected to last the next few days, here is a list of the schools that announced delayed openings for Wednesday morning.

With the savings, Moore wants to put a focus on literacy and math education — something that Carey Wright, state superintendent of schools, is known for.

What schools are either opening late or closed on Tuesday, Jan. 21.

Concerned. Disappointed. Terrified. Those are a few of the words high school students used to describe their reactions.

“The school system does not utilize buckets,” an administrator quickly clarified.

The U.S. Department of Education and the Howard County Public School System have reached an agreement on how to resolve antisemitic harassment in the county schools.

The caucus already flagged one component of Gov. Wes Moore’s budget proposal — unveiled the day before — that gives them pause: freezing the amount of money going to community schools that serve high-need neighborhoods.

Some education advocates commended the budget Superintendent Bill Barnes proposed, but other questioned whether adding certain jobs would work as intended.

The governor has proposed scaling back and delaying key parts of Maryland’s education reform plan.

The Baltimore City school board voted to close Edgewood Elementary School Tuesday night, a decision that will impact 134 students.