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    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.
    Overlea High School on Friday, February 7, 2025.
    Baltimore County schools investigate teacher over apparent offer to help ICE
    Posts on X allegedly showed a social studies teacher telling ICE to message him for assistance.
    Exterior of the Edward A. Garmatz U.S. Courthouse in Baltimore, Md. on Tuesday, January 21, 2025.
    Pikesville High AI suspect faces additional child sexual exploitation charges
    The indictment returned this week contains 12 counts, including five counts of sexual exploitation of children.
    Families got to enjoy snow days in early January. But students will have to make up the lost time in other ways.
    School’s out: What recent snow days mean for school calendars
    Parents should expect a delayed start to summer or virtual learning makeup days.
    Historians and educators continue to highlight the relevance of Faith Ringgold, Henrietta Lacks, and Martin Luther King, Jr.
    Black History Month is under attack. We have to teach it harder.
    Three local educators have found holistic ways to incorporate Black History Month into their lessons, despite increasing national pressure to drop such focus.
    Starting March 3rd, no Howard County Public Schools students will be able to use their cellphones during the school day.
    5 things to know about Howard County’s school cellphone ban
    Howard County Public Schools students will not be allowed to even glance at their cellphones during the school day starting March 3, under changes recently approved by the school board.
    Gov. Wes Moore visits Reisterstown Elementary School on Thursday, January 30, 2025, to talk with educators and highlight his funding plan for public schools.
    Gov. Moore’s Baltimore County school visit was bright, even as budget woes loom
    Moore enthusiastically shared his commitment to education, highlighting a $550 million bump in funding for public schools next year. There was no mention of the losses local school system leaders say they will face if the governor’s budget plans are approved.
    By a 7-1 vote, the Howard County school board on Thursday approved stricter rules on cellphone use.
    Howard County students can’t use cellphones on campus during school day
    Come March, no Howard County public school students will be able to use their cellphones during the school day.
    Dazhon Darien arrives on Monday at the Baltimore County Courts Building in Towson, where FBI special agents arrested him on charges of sexual exploitation of children and receipt of child pornography.
    Man charged in Pikesville High School AI case will remain in custody on federal charges
    U.S. Magistrate Judge Erin Aslan concluded in the case of Dazhon Darien that there was no combination of conditions that could adequately assure the safety of the community.
    In mid-January, the Baltimore City school board voted to keep Southwest Baltimore Charter School open. But it's not exactly what advocates envisioned.
    To save this school from closure, Baltimore took it back. What does that mean?
    The Southwest Baltimore community successfully rallied to keep a school's doors open. But they didn't get exactly what they wanted.
    Maryland legislation calls for teachers to have more time for out-of-classroom work. The governor is proposing those plans be put on hold.
    Gov. Moore has a plan to recruit more Maryland teachers. Is it enough?
    Gov. Wes Moore has proposed new ways to get Maryland schools 15,000 more educators. But some educators aren’t convinced the new plan would work.
    Maryland students’ scores mirror national trends showing achievement declining in the past decade.
    Maryland students make limited progress on ‘Nation’s Report Card’
    Maryland public schools remain stubbornly middle-of-the-pack on a national test, even as achievement inches upward.
    Under the proposed plan, students would no longer be separated into math classes of different levels in pre-K through second grade.
    Maryland could ax advanced math classes in elementary schools
    Top education officials want to overhaul how the subject is taught after years of poor test scores.
    Maryland could make it a crime to use AI to create harmful impersonations
    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.
    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has proposed redirecting $110 million per year away from the state’s landmark education reform plan.
    Moore’s changes to education spending could hurt students in poverty the most
    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 arrives to Baltimore County Circuit Court on Monday, January 27, 2025. Darien was arrested on a federal warrant upon arrival.
    Suspect in Pikesville High AI case arrested on child porn charges
    Dazhon Darien, 32, is now charged in U.S. District Court in Baltimore with sexual exploitation of children and receipt of child pornography.
    Dazhon Leslie Darien
    Man accused of using AI to impersonate Pikesville High School principal to stand trial
    Dazhon Darien is charged with disturbing school operations, retaliating against a witness, stalking and related offenses.
    Anne Arundel Police detain two suspects in Meade High School stabbing
    It was not immediately clear whether the suspects are fellow students.
    A student walks past lockers in the hallway outside Damien Ford’s Baltimore School for The Arts classroom on Dec. 21, 2022. Ford teaches an African American Literature class where shows his students comparisons between Lauryn Hill lyrics and the work of Zora Neal Hurston.
    How Maryland schools should handle ICE at their doors
    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.
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