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A camp for adults with disabilities shows what it means to be included
“Once you turn 18, you are staring at the abyss as far as Jewish programming is concerned," the program’s founder said.
Jessica Bly, center, helps camp attendees dance under a parachute during the Spark Summer Program.
It’s not just childless adults: Kids could get hurt by Medicaid, SNAP cuts
Spending cuts may be aimed at adults on paper, but kids could still end up without sufficient food and health care under the One Big Beautiful Bill.
From left, Summer Cummings and Jade Waldron play a matching game together on a playground in Baltimore City.
Education Department says it will release billions in remaining withheld grant money for schools
President Donald Trump’s administration had withheld more than $6 billion in funding on July 1, as part of a review to ensure spending aligned with the White House’s priorities.
Linda McMahon, President Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Education, attends a hearing of the Health, Education, and Labor Committee on her nomination.
Johns Hopkins University Press will license its authors’ books to train AI models
Authors at the Johns Hopkins University Press will be able to opt out of the AI licensing agreement until the end of August; if they do not, their work will be used to train AI models.
Gilman Hall is seen on the Johns Hopkins University Homewood campus.
Baltimore Police investigating pornographic school board interruption as hate crime
In an email Wednesday, the Baltimore City school system apologized to the community after the pornographic interruption.
The Baltimore City Public Schools Administrative Headquarters on Tuesday, July 22, 2025.
Baltimore County schools agree to new pay raise deal with teachers
The raise is less than what teachers initially bargained for, but a reprieve for the more than 9,000 educators represented by the union.
Cindy Sexton, head of the Teachers Association of Baltimore County, talks to reporters about having to renegotiate salary raises with Baltimore County Public Schools on May 14 outside the union's Towson headquarters.
Anne Arundel unveiled its school redistricting plan. Some parents called it short-sighted.
Redistricting may be necessary as Anne Arundel County grows and school enrollment swells, but few experiences are more agonizing for parents.
Mark Bedell, Anne Arundel County Schools superintendent, addresses public comment on proposed school redistricting plans during a meeting in Annapolis in April.
New bilingual Baltimore County charter school won’t open this fall
Bilingual Global Citizens Public Charter School was approved by the board, but does not yet have a charter agreement to open in Baltimore County.
Teacher pointing at paper on the floor with students.
‘Graphically offensive’ video interrupts Baltimore school board meeting
Tuesday night’s livestream of the Baltimore City school board meeting was ended after a major disruption.
The Baltimore City Public Schools Administrative Headquarters on Tuesday, July 22, 2025.
Harford County’s first book ban has parents and teachers concerned
Harford County parents and teachers spoke out against the school board’s decision to ban an award-winning illustrated novel from its libraries.
Books on desk in library at the elementary school
Will teacher-sharing bring instruments and music lessons to Baltimore students?
Only five elementary schools offer band or orchestra classes. Starting next fall, the district will hire one instrumental music teacher to work between two schools in a pilot model.
Violin students at Abbottston Elementary School in Baltimore.
Opinion: From ‘useless’ to unstoppable: Arts education empowers Baltimore students
Young people discover confidence, purpose and opportunity through creative programs that government funding rarely prioritizes.
Hegseth removed the Naval Academy’s first female leader. How did she last this long?
Vice Adm. Yvette Davids is out as superintendent of the Naval Academy. The surprise isn't that she's leaving but that an administration invested in ideological purity didn't get her before now.
Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, crosses the field at halftime Vice Adm. Yvette Davids, Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy, during the 2024 Army-Navy Game at Northwest Stadium in Landover, MD, December 14, 2024.
A rocky start and disappointing end for the Naval Academy’s first female leader
Some Naval Academy alumnae are dismayed by the Pentagon’s decision to remove Vice Adm. Yvette Davids, the first female superintendent of the Naval Academy
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Jan. 11, 2024) The U.S. Naval Academy holds the change of command ceremony in Bancroft Hall where the 64th Naval Academy Superintendent Rear Adm. Fred Kacher was properly relieved by Vice Adm. Yvette Davids. A decorated naval officer, class of 1990, who will head to Yokosuka, Japan to take the reins as commander of the United States Seventh Fleet. As the undergraduate college of our country’s naval service, the Naval Academy prepares young men and women to become professional officers of competence, character, and compassion in the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.
Pentagon confirms Naval Academy’s first female leader is being reassigned after 18 months
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth confirmed news reports that the first female superintendent of the Naval Academy, Yvette Davids, has been reassigned.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Aug. 15, 2024) U.S. Naval Academy Superintendent Vice Adm. Yvette Davids addresses the Naval Academy Brigade of Midshipmen for the start of the new school year in Alumni Hall. As the undergraduate college of our country’s naval service, the Naval Academy prepares young men and women to become professional officers of competence, character, and compassion in the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.
Howard County school officials present three redistricting options amid protests
The Howard County Public Schools needs to relieve overcrowding at two elementary schools — Bryant Woods in Columbia and Centennial Lane in Ellicott City. Doing so could affect attendance zones in as many as 11 of the county’s 78 schools starting in fall 2026.
Community parent Cindy LaFollette speaks to the Howard County School Board during Thursday's meeting, which included redistricting proposals.
Naval Academy’s first female superintendent is reportedly being removed, in latest Trump-era shift
USNI News is reporting that Vice Adm. Yvette Davids, who has served as Naval Academy superintendent since January 2024, is being reassigned. Davids is the first Latina and first woman to hold the post.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth walks alongside Vice Adm. Yvette Davids, academy superintendent, during his visit to the U.S. Naval Academy on April 1, 2025.
Conservative legal group with Trump ties sets its sights on Hopkins medical school
America First Legal is asking the U.S. Department of Justice to launch a formal investigation into diversity policies at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Empty lounge chairs sit on the quad at Johns Hopkins University on July 3, 2025.
Long bus rides limit students’ school choices, Hopkins study finds
Baltimore high school students are less likely to pick a school — even the city’s best — if they face a long trip on Maryland’s unreliable transit system.
Baltimore city buses pick up students outside Dunbar High School in June.
UMD’s president was accused of plagiarism. 10 months later, the investigation still isn’t done.
Ten months later, the probe into the research work of University of Maryland President Darryll Pines is still ongoing.
University of Maryland president Darryll Pines at a press event in Baltimore in January.
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