K-12 schools

Montgomery County’s Inspector General is the only office of its kind in Maryland that acts as a watchdog for its county school system. That could soon change.

The charter school’s enrollment has dropped by more than 25% since the school opened in August.

Superintendent Thomas Taylor wants to consider using the new Crown High building as a “holding school” to house students while their own campuses undergo renovations.

Around the Hornbeck family table are two Baltimore school principals, a former Maryland state superintendent of schools and two teachers.

Too many Maryland families are ‘scrambling to figure out what they’re doing at 3 p.m.' since most kids are shut out from after school programs.

The teachers, employed through Leaders of Tomorrow Youth Center, allege they haven’t been paid for work they did months ago, putting them behind on rent and car payments.

Montgomery County Public Schools predicts a dramatic dive in enrollment: a 9% drop from its 2019 peak to the enrollment forecast for 2031.

The school system says unionized Zūm bus drivers passed out flyers to students, encouraging families to join their pay fight.

If the MCPS superintendent’s proposal is approved, several elementary school buildings could be replaced by 2031, as could Damascus High.

LifeWise Academy is seeking to introduce Christian education programs in three Maryland school districts, with support in Harford County and efforts underway in Anne Arundel and Montgomery counties.

It cost about $57 million to send roughly 700 Montgomery County students to nonpublic schools last year.

A ninth grader at Parkville High School has been charged as an adult on Friday after officers found the student in possession of a gun.

Two brand-new redistricting options could quell concerns at one school and reopen the floodgates at another.

It’s going to be messy.

If approved, a redistricting plan would increase the portion of students living in poverty at a Columbia elementary school.

Montgomery County public high schools will hold graduation ceremonies at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County’s campus in May and June of the coming year, the school system announced.

The author of the illustrated novel “Flamer” spoke to a crowd in Harford County on Tuesday after his book was banned by the county’s Board of Education earlier this year.

Somerset County’s school board accused its superintendent of insubordination. She said the board chair threatened her before she left town.

Baltimore County Police charged an 18-year-old with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a Lansdowne High School student earlier this year.

Montgomery County Council members will pepper MCPS leaders with questions about a plan to divide high schools into six regions, each with a slate of parallel academic pathways.