K-12 schools

    Ambitious MTA plan would get Baltimore students to class, advocates tell Moore
    The BMORE Bus plan, released in June, calls for increasing the frequency of bus service on all MTA routes and adding new, limited-stop express routes, among other improvements.
    A city bus on Pratt Street in downtown Baltimore. The Fund for Educational Excellence is calling on the Governor to fund a recently released Maryland Transit Administration plan.
    5 things to know about Somerset County’s education fight
    It’s about more than trying to remove the school district superintendent.
    Somerset County Board of Education in Westover, MD, Saturday, July 26, 2025.
    Federal education officials investigating Baltimore schools for antisemitism
    An ADL complaint alleged that Baltimore school officials ignored incidents of antisemitic discrimination and harassment.
    The Baltimore City Public Schools Administrative Headquarters on Tuesday, July 22, 2025.
    How life has gotten worse for immigrant children under Trump 2.0
    As deportation efforts and anti-immigrant rhetoric ramp up, kids are feeling more isolated, losing benefits and risking long-term detriments.
    State warns Eastern Shore school district seeking to oust superintendent
    Maryland's schools leader says they could withhold funding or seek to remove school board members if Somerset County tries to oust its superintendent.
    A queer author moved to Maryland to dodge discrimination. Book bans have followed.
    Author Saundra Mitchell, 51, has been fighting back against book restrictions — in protests at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., and in the pages of her stories.
    Saundra Mitchell is a queer Maryland author whose stories feature LGBTQIA+ characters and appeal to young adult audiences.
    Math in Maryland is about to change
    Board President Josh Michael, a former math teacher, said he expects the standards to foster deeper learning and greater equity across the state’s classrooms.
    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.
    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
    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.
    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.
    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.
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