K-12 schools

After the fourth fatal shooting of a teenager on or near school grounds this school year, teacher Kerry Graham writes: “Our city must change. Children are dying. Unnecessarily. Violently. Often.”

“The bill establishes a precedent, which is absent right now. And that precedent is protection of historical facts and the history of African Americans,” Mfume said.

Reading aloud to children lays the foundation for learning, says Claudia Nachtigal, head of school at The Highlands School in Bel Air.

Teacher Kerry Graham remembers when a student could tell that she was not OK — and she didn’t pretend that she was.

The school system expects a federal program will allow them to provide free breakfast and lunch to all students.

Anne Arundel County’s schools superintendent is leading an effort to dump the 180-day calendar, but his proposal faces an uncertain future in the General Assembly.

The school board approved a budget giving all employees a cost-of-living raise, giving all high schools an athletic trainer, and allowing most kids to stay in virtual learning.

Around the state, more than 50 of the buildings that once housed all-Black or so-called “colored schools” remain.

After a split vote a week ago, the city school board voted unanimously to give Collegiate School for Boys a second chance.

Superintendent Darryl Williams’ proposed budget has been lambasted from all sides, with educators calling for more funds and County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr. calling for less.

A Baltimore County high school student will spend a week in Washington, D.C., next month with U.S. Sens. Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen.

The Howard County school board approved a new bell schedule pushing high school start times back to 8 a.m.

Baltimore County is the latest school system grappling with whether to continue its online learning program and how to pay for it.

Chris Bendann, 38, of Towson — who taught at the independent, private all-boys school from 2007-2023 — is charged with sexual abuse of a minor, rape, perverted practice and related offenses.

Before David Linthicum was found and arrested, Baltimore County Public Schools closed six schools on Feb. 9 as a precaution. Parents had to explain to their kids why they had to stay home.

District staff say lower enrollment and cost savings justify cutting the jobs, but union leaders and the school board chair worry teachers could lose critical support.

Like many independent schools, the all-boys school in North Baltimore fosters close relationships between students and teachers that have at times been exploited by abusers.

Long before offensive tackle Orlando Brown Jr. was a member of the Kansas City Chiefs — long before he started preparing to play the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday night in Super Bowl LVII — he was an elementary student in Baltimore County.

About two decades before the sweeping educational reform known as the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future, there was a different commission that laid the foundation.

The Baltimore City Public Schools system is keeping a portion of state funding the charter schools say should be theirs.