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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.
The Naval Academy in Annapolis.
Naval Academy faculty told to avoid ‘divisive concepts’ like ‘systemic racism’
After President Trump's recent DEI-focused executive order, Naval Academy faculty were told to stop teaching about systematic racism and sexism.
The Maryland House of Delegates on opening day of the Maryland General Assembly in Annapolis, Md., on Wednesday, January 8, 2024.
Maryland House passes bill on health, sex education requirements
The largely party-line vote represented the third year in a row that state delegates have sought to weigh in on curriculum.
A corner of the library can be seen at Nottingham Middle School on the first day of school on Monday, Aug. 26, 2024 in Rosedale, MD.
School libraries without librarians? Budget cuts could do that in one Maryland county
The 14 media specialists on the chopping block are among more than 90 positions that could be eliminated next year.
School administrators work hard to ensure that the thousands of means consumed by students across the district comply with the strict nutrional guidelines imposed by the federal government to establish healthy eating habits at a young age.
Letter: All Maryland students should have access to no-cost meals
Providing access to healthy meals for all students tears down the stigma and barriers that come with food scarcity and need, writes Mary Kay Connerton, the Anne Arundel County Public Schools coordinator of wellness.
Contractors ready the Francis Scott Key Bridge site for demolition and, ultimately, for the construction of a replacement span. Crews began preconstruction activities in early January, and the new structure is expected to be finished in 2028.
How CCBC plans to train workers to help build the Key Bridge
The Community College of Baltimore County is launching an initiative to address a shortage of welders needed to replace the Key Bridge.
A snow plow spreads salt on Loch Raven Boulevard in Towson as snow begins to stick late Tuesday.
List: School closings and delays for Wednesday
With snow starting to fall in and around Baltimore, school districts have begun to announce their operational plans for Wednesday.
The Johns Hopkins University plans to add between 20 and 30 new officers in 2025.
Johns Hopkins’ controversial police force to hire as many as 30 officers in 2025
The controversial Johns Hopkins police force intends to add new officers to campuses in 2025 despite unrest on its Accountability Board and backlash from students, faculty and community members.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 6: An ICE agent monitors hundreds of asylum seekers being processed upon entering the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building on June 6, 2023 in New York City.
Baltimore County schools‘ ICE policies scrutinized after teacher‘s alleged threat
CASA held a news conference after a Baltimore County teacher allegedly threatened to report undocumented students to ICE.
President Donald Trump stands on the Navy side of the field to start the second half of the Army-Navy game at Lincoln Financial Field on Dec. 14, 2019 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Citing ‘wokeness,’ Trump says he’s firing boards at Naval Academy, other military colleges
President Trump says he firing the boards of the nation’s military academies, including the Naval Academy. He claims they have been “infiltrated by Woke Leftist Ideologues.”
A lawsuit, joined by the Johns Hopkins University, filed late Monday stemmed from NIH’s announcement last week that it would cap the availability of indirect funds.
Johns Hopkins joins lawsuit against NIH cuts to universities
Johns Hopkins University joined several universities in a lawsuit on Monday evening suing the federal government over NIH funding.
Baltimore County Executive Kathy Klausmeier said the school system’s proposed budget is not realistic.
Baltimore County schools will not get the money they want, county executive says
The school system is asking for an almost 11% increase in spending. Klausmeier said it’s not happening.
Vincent Andrews
Former teacher and attorney remembered for his love of Baltimore and bringing people together
Vincent Andrews died after a two-year battle with cancer.
Students walk across the campus of Howard Community College between classes.
Tensions rise between Howard Community College, new faculty union
Hours before Howard Community College faculty union members testified in support of legislation that intends to bring more transparency to the college, several of their offices were raided.
Overlea High School on Friday, February 7, 2025.
Baltimore County schools investigate teacher over apparent offer to help ICE
Posts on X allegedly showed a social studies teacher telling ICE to message him for assistance.
Exterior of the Edward A. Garmatz U.S. Courthouse in Baltimore, Md. on Tuesday, January 21, 2025.
Pikesville High AI suspect faces additional child sexual exploitation charges
The indictment returned this week contains 12 counts, including five counts of sexual exploitation of children.
Families got to enjoy snow days in early January. But students will have to make up the lost time in other ways.
School’s out: What recent snow days mean for school calendars
Parents should expect a delayed start to summer or virtual learning makeup days.
Starting March 3rd, no Howard County Public Schools students will be able to use their cellphones during the school day.
5 things to know about Howard County’s school cellphone ban
Howard County Public Schools students will not be allowed to even glance at their cellphones during the school day starting March 3, under changes recently approved by the school board.
Historians and educators continue to highlight the relevance of Faith Ringgold, Henrietta Lacks, and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Black History Month is under attack. We have to teach it harder.
Three local educators have found holistic ways to incorporate Black History Month into their lessons, despite increasing national pressure to drop such focus.
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 27: U.S. President Donald Trump walks across the South Lawn of the White House after returning from a weekend trip on January 27, 2025 in Washington, DC. Over the weekend, Trump traveled to North Carolina and California to survey storm and fire damage, to Nevada for a rally and to Florida to address a Congressional Republican conference.
Donald Trump and his closed society come for the minds of the Naval Academy
This is a contest to define America‘s character, how we balance between an open and closed society.
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