K-12 schools

Book-banning and other censorship efforts were a threat to journalistic freedom 100 years ago, and they still are today, DeWayne Wickham, The Banner’s public editor, says.

Lawmakers say yes. Education officials say they’re protecting student privacy.

The last day of school for students and teachers will be Tuesday, June 13, 2023, instead of June 21, as previously scheduled.

The private, all-girls school is negotiating with Garrison Forest School in Owings Mills to take its students and some faculty.

Baltimore County Public Schools on Tuesday began the process to close Golden Ring Middle School, despite operating for months as though the closure decision was final.

After a friend dies, I ask my students to be gentle with me. And they are. Because they know these early, impossible moments so well.

Baltimore County school redistricting proposals are misguided and would present hardships for children and families, say Del. Kathy Szeliga and Del. Ryan Nawrocki, who represent a Baltimore County district in the Maryland House of Delegates.

Johnny Olszewski Jr.’s proposed budget would give Baltimore County schools most, but not all, the funds the system requested.

The governor appointed three new members to the school board but chose not to pick a recommended candidate for the final open seat.

Vocal opposition from Carroll Manor elementary parents, and map options that barely moved the needle, kept school district diversity at status quo.

Baltimore and Maryland school officials need to reverse course and keep Steuart Hill Academic Academy open, a leader of a community activist group says. Cecilia Gonzalez says children and families of the West Baltimore neighborhood surrounding Steuart Hill have been well-served by the elementary school.

What exactly are community schools? How are they funded? How are they different? And how well do they work? Maryland is spending almost $4 billion a year to convert public schools to the community school model, and Baltimore Banner reporters Hallie Miller and Kristen Griffith join Aaron to visit some community schools and see how it’s going for students and their families.

Confusion is brewing over what will happen to the Rosedale school. A Baltimore County Public Schools will only say it’s being “repurposed.”

Segregation remains a reality in Baltimore County schools, a parent of a county school student says; lack of an effective inclusionary housing policy reinforces a system that subsidizes segregation in Baltimore, a policy analyst says; families can take steps to ease the transition of people with developmental disabilities into adulthood, a services coordinator says.

The real estate website pulls in GreatSchools ratings — often misleading homebuyers considering Baltimore City.

On Thursday, delegates and senators wouldn’t meet face-to-face to hash out differences on education spending. By Friday, they’d reached a deal.

Maryland lawmakers have hit an impasse in their budget negotiations over $2 million for a private school tuition program, the first sign of friction this year in the State House, which is entirely Democratic-run for the first time in eight years.

Steuart Hill Academic Academy will close at the end of the academy year, following an impassioned appeal process waged by parents and community advocates.

School officials told police Monday morning that the video featured a teacher and had been sent to a student’s cellphone, which police seized.

It’s clear the Baltimore County Public Schools community wants the system’s new leader to be a lot different from the current one.