K-12 schools

“What happened this year ... frankly it’s never happened before in 25 years,” said Peter Baily, executive director of the Association of Independent Maryland & D.C. Schools.

Among the candidates will be Acting Superintendent Bill Barnes.

The school system’s largest redistricting process has come to a close. Not everyone is confident the relief will be permanent.

Baltimore Circuit Judge John Addison Howard said it would be a “miscarriage of justice” to impose a harsh sentence for Tracie Minor, 36, of Mondawmin, a former educator who accidentally dropped her bag containing a loaded handgun at KIPP Harmony Academy in West Baltimore on Dec. 21, 2023.

“I have never seen it this bad,” one principal said about the rising number of parents showing up at school ready to fight on behalf of their children.

While shootings victimizing teens between ages 13 and 18 remain above pre-pandemic levels, they have fallen sharply this year compared to the same time period in 2023, according to a Baltimore Banner analysis of police data.

James Michael Harris, 46, stole $29,000 tied to the chocolate sale organized by the parent teacher student association for Stemmers Run Middle School in Essex, Baltimore County.

It’s a bright spot for the Baltimore City school system, which often trails the rest of the state on test scores.

The superintendent defended a controversial curriculum that some say is not teaching kids how to read properly.

An outside audit of 18 million grades showed no evidence of widespread grade changing last school year.

The attack happened about a quarter of a mile from the school.

Maryland must make free meals available to all its public school students to promote good health, academic achievement and educational equity, two faculty members at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health say.

After multiple budget proposals, the Howard County Board of Education approved a $1.5 billion operating budget Thursday evening.

Howard County school board members voted on several budget proposals at a work session Tuesday, but couldn’t agree. They’ll try again Thursday.

Baltimore’s young people older than 16 often find a lack of educational and other resources aimed at helping them transition to adulthood, Julia Baez, the CEO of Baltimore’s Promise, says.

The school system has approved the first of two redistricting processes, relocating about 430 students.

The plea represents the first time John Vigna, who taught at Cloverly Elementary School for over two decades, has admitted guilt. For years, he denied accusations against him.

The $1.13 billion budget released by Acting Superintendent Bill Barnes in January called for eliminating roughly 350 positions across the district. But when school board members gathered for their final budget work session on Feb. 29, they reduced that potential figure to about 180 positions.

The project will transform the 24,000-square-foot station into six squash courts that will host tournament play, dedicated workspace for students and room to expand.

An introductory Q&A with 10 of the 11 candidates who have filed to run for the Howard County Board of Education.