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Clayton Cresvell Stansbury Jr. was the epitome of Morgan State University
Clayton Creswell Stansbury Jr. was once Morgan State’s director of student affairs, head of the honors program and its longest-serving marshal.
Dr. Clayton C. Stansbury Jr. at a Morgan State University graduation ceremony.
Some Howard County students are getting moved again. Here are 5 things to know.
Before Bill Barnes, Howard County’s schools superintendent, presents his redistricting proposal to the county Board of Education on Sept. 25, here’s a refresher on the redistricting process.
Community parents, Cindy LaFollette, left center, and Bena Zeng, right center, protest ahead of the school board meeting against the redistricting proposals outside of the Howard County school board offices on July 17, 2025. The group says that the district’s “short-sighted” decision to place pre-K programs at over-capacity schools is causing the problem.
Montgomery County has a shortage of child-care options. Here’s 2 ways officials want to fix it.
Montgomery County leaders celebrated a $10 million investment to expand Head Start services to children 3 and younger, as well as to provide financial support for community child-care providers.
County Executive Marc Elrich is joined by other Montgomery County leaders as they tout a plan to expand early childhood education access while at the Academy Child Development Center in North Potomac on Wednesday.
Free child care comes to Howard County for babies less than 2 months old
Early Head Start provides free early learning for low-income kids starting as young as 6 weeks old. It’s a lifeline for some families in Howard County.
Ashleigh Peddicord, director of the Dasher Green Center for the Community Action Council of Howard County, stands for a portrait inside one of the classrooms at the Dasher Green Head Start center in Columbia, Md. on Wednesday, August 13, 2025.
State university officials warn ‘crippling’ federal cuts could prompt layoffs
In the last two years, the state has cut the public university system‘s budget by $233 million. The sharp cuts have been exacerbated by the Trump administration’s reductions in federal grants, financial aid, program funding and support for international students, leading to the likelihood of further cost-saving actions.
The University of Maryland, College Park, campus. In the last two years, the state has cut the public university system’s budget by $233 million, according to Chancellor Jay Perman.
How middle school farmers are helping feed their neighbors
Students at Loiederman broke ground on a one-acre campus farm in 2024, which now yields enough fresh produce for its own farmers’ market.
The farmer's market adjacent to the garden at Loiederman Middle School sells produce grown by students.
With the loss of Blue Ribbon program, Maryland school leaders are on their own
To “return education to the states,” the U.S. Department of Education ended the national Blue Ribbon program. Maryland education leaders need to find a new way to honor their shining schools.
Students at St Joseph School celebrated their Blue Ribbon win with cheers, signs and confetti on September 23, 2024. U.S. Department of Education announced the 2024 National Blue Ribbon Schools, the highest honor the department doles out. Five local Catholic schools within the Archdiocese of Baltimore have been selected this year based on their outstanding academic performance on national and state assessments.
Anne Arundel school board members propose new redistricting options amid threats from angry parents
Members of the Anne Arundel County school board this week introduced new ideas for tackling overcrowding and under-enrollment across the district, saying they faced threats from the community as they developed the plans.
From left: Anne Arundel County Board of Education members Erica McFarland, Joanna Bache Tobin, Dana Schallheim and Dawn Pulliam listen to public comment about proposed school redistricting plans during a meeting at Annapolis Middle School in Annapolis, Md. on Tuesday, April 29, 2025.
Anne Arundel schools superintendent rebukes employee’s ‘hateful’ posts after Kirk killing
Anne Arundel County superintendent’s remarks come one week after Kirk’s allies discovered Instagram comments celebrating his murder that they believe were posted by a school district employee.
Dr. Mark Bedell, Anne Arundel County Schools Superintendent, addresses the audience after the end of public comment on proposed school redistricting plans during a meeting at Annapolis Middle School in Annapolis, Md. on Tuesday, April 29, 2025.
Anne Arundel school bus drivers reach tentative agreement, averting strike
School bus drivers and attendants in Anne Arundel County reached a tentative agreement with employers, halting any potential strikes that would have lefts thousands of students without a ride to school.
yellow school buses
MCPS vape sensors bombarded administrators with false alarms
The vape sensors were purchased using money from a settlement with e-cigarette manufacturer JUUL, but have flooded administrators with false alarms.
If high school doesn’t prepare teens for college, one leader wants a ‘money-back guarantee’
Montgomery County Public schools Superintendent Thomas Taylor made a bold commitment to reimburse county public school graduates for the cost of any remedial math and literacy courses at Montgomery College.
The Montgomery College campus in Takoma Park, Md.
Microsoft to open quantum research center near University of Maryland
Microsoft is opening a new quantum research center near the University of Maryland, part of a push to make the state a hub for quantum science.
Quantum particles — quibits — can be in multiple states at once, and linked in pairs that let you determine the state of one anywhere in the world by observing the other.
‘Pandemic babies’ are off to school. Their early isolation has led to some struggles.
In a major pandemic milestone, the babies born during the early days of COVID-19 are finally old enough to start school.
Students arrive to their first classes on the first day on school at Midtown Academy in August.
Poll: Parents give MCPS a strong endorsement, but some residents worry about decline
Most Montgomery County Public Schools parents would grade the district as an A or B. However, 34% of poll respondents said they believe the quality of public schools is getting worse.
Johns Hopkins’ AI future is coming, and the neighbors are not happy
Johns Hopkins’ planned Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Institute may be a boon for the city, but Remington residents are concerned about loud construction, rude workers, litter and parking.
Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025 — Remington residents gather together to talk about concerns regarding Johns Hopkins University’s plans to remove trees for new construction of a Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Institute. Baltimore City, Md.
Earl Richardson, who helped transform Morgan State and other Maryland HBCUs, has died
Dr. Earl Richardson, who served as Morgan’s President for more than two decades, has died. He was 81.
Dr. Earl S. Richardson.
Maryland professors were targeted by Charlie Kirk. Now what?
After Charlie Kirk was assassinated on Wednesday, some of his professor targets in Maryland worry for their own safety and feel anxious about the climate of distrust he sowed among young people.
WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA—JULY 26: Charlie Kirk, who founded Turning Point USA, speaks before former President Donald Trump's arrival during a Turning Point USA Believers Summit conference at the Palm Beach Convention Center on July 26, 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Trump had earlier in the day met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago.
Lifeline for first-generation Maryland students could be cut by Trump administration
The Trump administration in its proposal called TRIO a “relic of the past,” adding “access to college is not the obstacle it was for students of limited means.”
Jason Ramirez Yohe, a sophomore at The University of Maryland, poses for a portrait on campus on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025, in College Park, Md.
A backpack of teenage angst: Some Howard County middle schoolers don’t like new rules
Select Howard County middle schools aren’t allowing students to carry backpacks from class to class. The teenagers have thoughts.
The backpacks of middle school students in class at Nottingham Middle School hang on their chairs on the first day of school on Monday, Aug. 26, 2024 in Rosedale, MD.
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