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    Brooke Bourne, a senior at Western High School, spends more than 90 minutes getting home from school each day on public transit, a distance that takes 17 minutes by car.
    Baltimore City Council is ready to talk about kids’ struggles to get to school
    A Thursday hearing will be the first time public officials discuss transit’s impact on students since a Banner investigation found it’s nearly impossible for them to get to school on time every day.
    The Howard County Board of Education approved the school system’s approximately $1.26 billion operating budget for next school year.
    Howard County school budget adds athletic trainers after basketball player paralyzed
    The inclusion of additional athletic trainers was among nearly 20 budget amendments approved last week, putting the school system’s funding request $107.3 million above what the county is required to pay.
    Dazhon Darien, Pikesville High School’s former athletic director, was flagged in a national database of educators for submitting fraudulent transcripts in Florida. He did the same in Maryland before facing criminal charges for sexual exploitation of children and other crimes.
    Maryland could require teacher screenings after questionable Pikesville High hire
    Legislation would require schools to use a national educator database to help weed out bad actors.
    Students and other attendees hold signs during a hearing last week for the Excellence in Maryland Public Schools Act, Gov. Wes Moore’s proposal to revamp the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future.
    Moore’s plan to revamp education Blueprint hits roadblock in Annapolis
    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore’s proposal to revamp the state’s education-improvement plan was largely rejected by state lawmakers Friday.
    Zūm, a California based tech company, handles 230 of Howard County Public Schools’ roughly 500 school bus routes.
    Howard County Zūm school bus drivers vote to unionize
    The 300 drivers, trainers and bus attendants work for a contractor for the Howard County Public School System.
    The largest part of the Baltimore County school system’s budget is a staff compensation package
    Baltimore County schools approve a budget the county executive won’t fund
    Baltimore County Executive Kathy Klausmeier has said, “We just have to say no,” to the school system’s $2.98 million budget.
    Students and other attendees hold signs during a joint bill hearing for Gov. Wes Moore's proposal to scale back a statewide education plan.
    Moore’s effort to reshape statewide education plan hits major opposition
    The strong opposition leaves little chance that Moore’s legislation — which would reduce the total increases in spending by $1.6 billion over four years — will remain unchanged before it gets a legislative vote.
    Sister Patricia McCarron, currently the head of the Notre Dame Preparatory School in Towson, will take over as superintendent of the Archdiocese of Baltimore's Catholic schools in August.
    Archdiocese of Baltimore names head of Notre Dame Prep to lead Catholic schools
    Sister Patricia McCarron, the longtime head of Notre Dame Preparatory School in Towson, will become superintendent of the Baltimore area’s Catholic schools system in August.
    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, shown at his State of the State speech this month, needs the buy-in of lawmakers for his plans to revamp the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future education plan.
    Moore’s proposed education revamp faces key test
    On Wednesday, Maryland lawmakers will begin reviewing Gov. Wes Moore’s proposed revamp of the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future, the state’s plan to improve public schools.
    A’Nya Lucas, a senior at Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School, gets ready to transfer busses in downtown Baltimore, MD on Nov. 14, 2024. Lucas’ bus ride to school takes over an hour.
    Subscriber event replay: Reporters discuss Baltimore’s school transit nightmare
    Reporters Liz Bowie and Greg Morton explain why thousands of kids aren't getting to school on time.
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    Brooke Bourne, a senior at Western High School, has quite the journey home from school. She takes a bus and the subway to get home on a foggy December day. Each form of transit has nine stops.
    Transit nightmare: Thousands of Baltimore kids can’t get to school on time
    Unreliable public transportation turns school choice into a false promise.
    A’Nya Lucas, a senior at Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School, rides the bus across Baltimore, MD on Nov. 14, 2024. Lucas’ bus ride takes over an hour.
    We tracked every MTA bus Baltimore students ride to school. Here’s how.
    This first-of-its-kind analysis shows it’s nearly impossible for city students to get to school on time every day on public transit.
    The Maryland House of Delegates on opening day of the Maryland General Assembly in Annapolis, Md., on Wednesday, January 8, 2024.
    Maryland House passes bill on health, sex education requirements
    The largely party-line vote represented the third year in a row that state delegates have sought to weigh in on curriculum.
    A corner of the library can be seen at Nottingham Middle School on the first day of school on Monday, Aug. 26, 2024 in Rosedale, MD.
    School libraries without librarians? Budget cuts could do that in one Maryland county
    The 14 media specialists on the chopping block are among more than 90 positions that could be eliminated next year.
    School administrators work hard to ensure that the thousands of means consumed by students across the district comply with the strict nutrional guidelines imposed by the federal government to establish healthy eating habits at a young age.
    Letter: All Maryland students should have access to no-cost meals
    Providing access to healthy meals for all students tears down the stigma and barriers that come with food scarcity and need, writes Mary Kay Connerton, the Anne Arundel County Public Schools coordinator of wellness.
    A snow plow spreads salt on Loch Raven Boulevard in Towson as snow begins to stick late Tuesday.
    List: School closings and delays for Wednesday
    With snow starting to fall in and around Baltimore, school districts have begun to announce their operational plans for Wednesday.
    NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 6: An ICE agent monitors hundreds of asylum seekers being processed upon entering the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building on June 6, 2023 in New York City.
    Baltimore County schools‘ ICE policies scrutinized after teacher‘s alleged threat
    CASA held a news conference after a Baltimore County teacher allegedly threatened to report undocumented students to ICE.
    Baltimore County Executive Kathy Klausmeier said the school system’s proposed budget is not realistic.
    Baltimore County schools will not get the money they want, county executive says
    The school system is asking for an almost 11% increase in spending. Klausmeier said it’s not happening.
    Vincent Andrews
    Former teacher and attorney remembered for his love of Baltimore and bringing people together
    Vincent Andrews died after a two-year battle with cancer.
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