K-12 schools

Five of the races are head-to-head matchups against candidates with visions for the school system that can differ dramatically.

The city's school board voted 7-3 on Tuesday to extend the contract of CEO Sonja Santelises through June 2026. It was set to expire June 30, 2025.

The state’s hotly debated literacy policy calls for holding struggling readers back, with some exceptions.

The new rule comes a week after a Howard High School student with a prior criminal record was charged with first-degree murder.

Four candidates are running for two open seats on the Carroll County school board.

The bacteria infecting children right now, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, typically triggers a spike in pneumonia cases in children every 3-7 years. However, like so many other things, the COVID pandemic disrupted the cycle.

Howard County School Superintendent Bill Barnes said the school district did not know until a bail hearing what the extent of the teenager’s offenses were.

Howard County Schools’ superintendent reassured the school community that safety and finding answers are his first priorities after the arrest of a Howard High School student in the shooting death of a Baltimore man.

Opioids have devastated not just individuals in the rural Cecil County, but impacted children so heavily that officials are now treating addiction as a family affair.

Chuck Yocum and Erica McFarland appeared at a forum for the Anne Arundel County school board race, but the subject of his past was not up for debate.

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Charles “Chuck” Yocum is running against Erica McFarland in District 3, which includes Pasadena and Gibson Island.

Anne Arundel County school board candidate Chuck Yocum has received donations from Republican officeholders and groups, but his race is about more than party. It’s about a deeply flawed candidate who has taken advantage of a moment of deep division to reach the cusp of power he absolutely should not have.

Thousands of drivers have been given warning citations for illegally passing school buses since the start of the school year.

Anne Arundel County candidate Chuck Yocum never returned to his teaching job at Northeast High School.

Brendan Gieron, 65, leaves behind his family and third grade students.

Kat Locke-Jones was one of seven teachers from around the state selected as finalists.

Can you find the area of a cylinder? Solve a system of equations? Eighth graders in Maryland are supposed to know how to do all of that and more.

Two Harford County school employees were arrested and charged with failing to report a rape allegation after a student told school staff they were assaulted, the Aberdeen Police Department said.

Anne Arundel students won't be able to redo or turn in as many late assignments as they once could.