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K-12 schools

    Police investigating allegation that Aberdeen Middle School teacher sent sexually explicit video to student
    School officials told police Monday morning that the video featured a teacher and had been sent to a student’s cellphone, which police seized.
    Police are investigating a complaint that a sexually explicit video featuring a teacher was sent to a student at Aberdeen Middle School.
    What Baltimore County parents and teachers want in their next schools superintendent
    It’s clear the Baltimore County Public Schools community wants the system’s new leader to be a lot different from the current one.
    An adult walks a child to the front of a school building.
    A Maryland school district stopped excusing therapy appointments. Parents were enraged.
    Allegany County’s school system blames one provider for what it calls excessive absences and unsafe transportation to appointments.
    Photo collage showing silhouette of young forlorn boy, school desks, and therapist taking notes on clipboard.
    Aruna Miller: State policy guidance reflects diverse views, interests
    The Moore-Miller transition team gathered input from more than 5,000 Marylanders to identify the state’s biggest challenges, develop solutions and help set priorities, says Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller, who chaired the transition team.
    Lieutenant governor-elect, Aruna Miller poses for a few candid photo during an interview at the Baltimore Banner.  Miller, a Democrat from Montgomery County, is a transportation engineer by training, served in the Maryland House of Delegates, immigrated to the U.S. from India as a child, will be the first woman of color as Maryland lieutenant governor.
    How a teacher connected with a student through plants
    A student was grappling with the relapse of his mother. His teacher hoped taking care of plants brought him comfort.
    Illustration shows a boy’s profile, with roots growing from the top of his head, on the side of a terracotta plant pot. Pot is flanked by watering can and garden shears, and there are plants in the background.
    Maryland is rapidly adding community schools. But are they working?
    The community school model has grown exponentially in Maryland. But even some of the strongest supporters acknowledge that the rapid growth comes with some downsides.
    James Matamoros teaches his fifth grade class at Berkshire Elementary School on March 3, 2023.
    Police arrest 23-year-old man in the fatal shooting of Patterson High School student
    Police arrested Roger Alexander Alvarado-Mendoza in connection with the murder of 16-year-old Izaiah Carter.
    Police Commissioner Michael Harrison and Mayor Brandon M. Scott host a press conference to provide an update in reference to the homicide investigation of 16-year-old Izaiah Carter on March 20, 2023.
    Letters: Objections to scholarship program reflect selective outrage
    A scholarship program for kindergarten to 12th-grade students is the target of selective outrage, Tony Campbell, a Towson University faculty member, says. Loss of Medicare Advantage plans is putting the health of Maryland seniors at risk, Rev. Alvin Hathaway Sr., president and founder of Beloved Community Services, says. Promising and rewarding careers are available at facilities serving seniors, Allison Roenigk Ciborowski, president and CEO of LeadingAge Maryland, says.
    Students sit together on a rug inside their Hampstead Hill Academy classroom on 8/29/22. Monday was the first day back to school for Baltimore City students.
    Police identify Achievement Academy student killed Thursday
    Breon Traquan Ennis, 20, was shot in front of a gas station in Hamilton Hills.
    Achievement Academy at Harbor City High School in Baltimore.
    Achievement Academy student shot and killed Thursday
    The shooting occurred near a bus stop many students at the school use, a school official said.
    Achievement Academy at Harbor City High School in Baltimore.
    The Baltimore area’s highest-rated schools on the Maryland School Report Card
    Use these searchable tables to compare the highest- and lowest-performing schools in the Baltimore region.
    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.
    Southeast Baltimore residents renew calls for enhanced security after teen killed in park
    Councilman Zeke Cohen said $500,000 will be allocated to renovate and reopen the rec center at the park where Izaiah Carter was killed and provide additional resources.
    Councilman Zeke Cohen speaks to the Bayview Community Association during its monthly meeting on March 14, 2023. The Bayview Community is the neighborhood where 16-year-old Izaiah Carter was shot last week.
    16-year-old REACH! student wounded in off-campus shooting
    Police were called to the school after the student returned to campus following the shooting.
    The BP gas station on Harford Road where a 16-year-old student at REACH! Partnership School was grazed by a bullet during a shooting Wednesday afternoon.
    A Maryland bill could change who controls what’s taught in schools
    What started as a health education bill could end up giving the Maryland schools superintendent broad power to withhold funding from school districts who don't follow curriculum guidance.
    6/10/22—Ash Tough, 13, holds a Pride flag up in front of Northwest Middle School in Taneytown.
    Court rules against education advocates seeking more funding for Baltimore City schools
    Education advocates hoping to secure more state funding for Baltimore City schools lost in the latest round of a nearly 30-year-old lawsuit.
    Students sit together on a rug inside their Hampstead Hill Academy classroom on 8/29/22. Monday was the first day back to school for Baltimore City students.
    3 reasons Baltimore City and Baltimore Co. schools were rated lowest in the region
    A closer look at Maryland School Report Card data helps answer why Baltimore City and Baltimore County schools performed so poorly.
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    Izaiah Carter’s mom says she was concerned about son’s safety after Patterson HS fight
    Carter was an “intelligent kid who came into the program to keep out of the noise," his JROTC instructor said.
    Courtesy of WJZ-TV.
    New Maryland school ratings are out. Baltimore City and county performed among the worst.
    In the first update to Maryland School Report Card ratings since 2019, Baltimore City and county schools performed worst in the region.
    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’s top schools official is tackling poverty and the teacher shortage
    Maryland’s State School Superintendent Mohammed Choudhury has become an activist in his new role, pushing legislation in a way that prior superintendents haven’t.
    Mohammed Choudhury, state school superintendent, during a state school board meeting on February 28, 2023.
    Something in the water? Black actresses with Maryland ties flourish in television and film
    Moses Ingram is part of a contingent of Black Maryland women dominating TV and film roles.
    Jada Pickett Smith, Moses Ingram, Isis King and Mo'Nique all hail from Baltimore.
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