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The Howard County Board of Education approved the school system’s approximately $1.26 billion operating budget for next school year.
Howard County school budget adds athletic trainers after basketball player paralyzed
The inclusion of additional athletic trainers was among nearly 20 budget amendments approved last week, putting the school system’s funding request $107.3 million above what the county is required to pay.
Versia Thomas, center, during storytime at Greenbelt Children’s Center in Prince George’s County, where about 90% of the children who attend are on state-funded scholarships.
Maryland parents could pay more for child care as scholarship program faces cuts
Lawmakers are considering two options to get costs under control. Both would shift the burden to families.
Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts was scheduled to speak at the University of Maryland law school in Baltimore on Monday night.
Project 2025 author Kevin Roberts cancels talk at University of Maryland law school
Kevin Roberts won’t speak in Baltimore because of an illness.
Dazhon Darien, Pikesville High School’s former athletic director, was flagged in a national database of educators for submitting fraudulent transcripts in Florida. He did the same in Maryland before facing criminal charges for sexual exploitation of children and other crimes.
Maryland could require teacher screenings after questionable Pikesville High hire
Legislation would require schools to use a national educator database to help weed out bad actors.
Morgan State University’s acrobatics and tumbling team.
Morgan State’s acrobatics and tumbling team lands another first
The Baltimore-based historically Black college is one of 13 schools in the country to offer acrobatics and tumbling at the Division I level.
Students and other attendees hold signs during a hearing last week for the Excellence in Maryland Public Schools Act, Gov. Wes Moore’s proposal to revamp the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future.
Moore’s plan to revamp education Blueprint hits roadblock in Annapolis
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore’s proposal to revamp the state’s education-improvement plan was largely rejected by state lawmakers Friday.
Dale Glenwood Green, seen giving a virtual presentation about historic preservation for the Maryland State Archives, taught at Morgan State University since 2008.
After license flap, architecture professor no longer at Morgan State
Dale Glenwood Green, who taught at Morgan State University since 2008, was fined $20,000 in December for practicing architecture without a license.
Brooke Bourne, a senior at Western High School, has quite the journey home from school. She takes a bus and the subway to get home on a foggy December day. Each form of transit has nine stops.
Letter: Are student transportation problems tied partly to lack of auto insurance?
Al Redmer Jr., executive director of Maryland Auto Insurance, says the difficulties facing students getting to school on time are likely exacerbated by problems many people face getting auto insurance.
Emily Ariail preps DNA for protein purification in the lab at the Translational Tissue Engineering Center, adjacent to Johns Hopkins Hospital, on February 21, 2025.
Johns Hopkins bet big on federal funding. The losses could now be $200 million a year.
The Trump cost-cutting measures for health research would prompt layoffs, the Johns Hopkins University says.
Zūm, a California based tech company, handles 230 of Howard County Public Schools’ roughly 500 school bus routes.
Howard County Zūm school bus drivers vote to unionize
The 300 drivers, trainers and bus attendants work for a contractor for the Howard County Public School System.
The largest part of the Baltimore County school system’s budget is a staff compensation package
Baltimore County schools approve a budget the county executive won’t fund
Baltimore County Executive Kathy Klausmeier has said, “We just have to say no,” to the school system’s $2.98 million budget.
Students and other attendees hold signs during a joint bill hearing for Gov. Wes Moore's proposal to scale back a statewide education plan.
Moore’s effort to reshape statewide education plan hits major opposition
The strong opposition leaves little chance that Moore’s legislation — which would reduce the total increases in spending by $1.6 billion over four years — will remain unchanged before it gets a legislative vote.
Sister Patricia McCarron, currently the head of the Notre Dame Preparatory School in Towson, will take over as superintendent of the Archdiocese of Baltimore's Catholic schools in August.
Archdiocese of Baltimore names head of Notre Dame Prep to lead Catholic schools
Sister Patricia McCarron, the longtime head of Notre Dame Preparatory School in Towson, will become superintendent of the Baltimore area’s Catholic schools system in August.
The child care industry struggles to attract educators.
How Maryland legislators would fix the child care workforce shortage
Since the pandemic, Maryland has hemorrhaged day care and preschool teachers. These are some of the ways the state can rebuild its early childhood workforce.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, shown at his State of the State speech this month, needs the buy-in of lawmakers for his plans to revamp the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future education plan.
Moore’s proposed education revamp faces key test
On Wednesday, Maryland lawmakers will begin reviewing Gov. Wes Moore’s proposed revamp of the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future, the state’s plan to improve public schools.
A’Nya Lucas, a senior at Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School, gets ready to transfer busses in downtown Baltimore, MD on Nov. 14, 2024. Lucas’ bus ride to school takes over an hour.
Subscriber event replay: Reporters discuss Baltimore’s school transit nightmare
Reporters Liz Bowie and Greg Morton explain why thousands of kids aren't getting to school on time.
Brooke Bourne, a senior at Western High School, has quite the journey home from school. She takes a bus and the subway to get home on a foggy December day. Each form of transit has nine stops.
Transit nightmare: Thousands of Baltimore kids can’t get to school on time
Unreliable public transportation turns school choice into a false promise.
Which Baltimore school is best for you? Compare routes using this tool.
Use this tool to compare routes from your neighborhood to any Baltimore public school.
A’Nya Lucas, a senior at Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School, rides the bus across Baltimore, MD on Nov. 14, 2024. Lucas’ bus ride takes over an hour.
We tracked every MTA bus Baltimore students ride to school. Here’s how.
This first-of-its-kind analysis shows it’s nearly impossible for city students to get to school on time every day on public transit.
This year, Juan Webster and his team will train about 2,000 Montage International employees at its 16 properties worldwide, including the Sagamore Pendry Baltimore, in diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging best practices.
Why these Marylanders are doubling down on DEI
Marylanders are leaning into DEI as the term itself is being weaponized and its initiatives have become a target of the Donald Trump administration.
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