K-12 schools

Baltimore high school students are less likely to pick a school — even the city’s best — if they face a long trip on Maryland’s unreliable transit system.

The U.S. Department of Education froze over $110 million for Maryland, including $11 million for Baltimore. Maryland’s Attorney General is suing to get it back.

To better understand how Baltimore County schools arrived at this impasse, The Banner reviewed the public records for each year leading to this point, including a comparison of how raises have been handled.

The board is expected to be interviewing candidates this fall with a new CEO hired by April.

Maryland could see an explosion of school voucher funding for students to attend schools now that President Donald Trump’s tax and policy bill passed.

How a camper, Isaiah Magruder, turned counselor hopes to support kids at Camp St. Vincent in Baltimore this summer.

Superintendent Mark Bedell said said his proposal is informed by the spirited, sometimes charged, meetings the district held this spring in the South County.

It’s unclear when, and even if, that money will get distributed to organizations that support low-income families in after-school and summer programs they otherwise couldn’t afford.

Saving money, damages to devices and concerns from the community were reasons why some Baltimore County Public Schools students won't get laptops next year.

The policy marks a significant shift from the school system’s approach to technology being widely available and equitable, even at home.

The Supreme Court’s decision to let Montgomery County parents exempt their children from public school lessons using LGBTQIA+ books is a subtle tool of hate.

A parent, an attorney and an educator weigh the court’s ruling and what it could mean for the rest of the nation.

Maryland's rewrite was criticized at points for some of the initial changes and for leaving social studies teachers out of the process.

Maryland’s school board changed state regulations to align with a law that prevents removing books from school libraries without due process.

Baltimore students have been followed, harassed, assaulted and held up at gunpoint while crisscrossing the city on public transit to get to and from school.

Anne Arundel County Circuit Judge Pamela K. Alban ordered that Matthew Schlegel, 45, of Severna Park, be released from the Jennifer Road Detention Center on his own recognizance.

A grand jury this week indicted Roger Myers, a longtime gym teacher in Baltimore County Public Schools, on 22 counts related to interactions with two students this past school year.

Ten years ago, an arts nonprofit launched a popular summer program at Thomas Jefferson Elementary/Middle School. In 2026, that vision will come to life full-time.

Sharon Saroff advocates for special education students in Baltimore County — sometimes with attitude.

Cuts to the orchestra program were among the difficult choices that the Howard County school board made to close a budget gap.