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Former Coppin State University Police Cpl. Jamar Brockington, who was a 17-year veteran of the force, pleaded guilty on Wednesday in Baltimore Circuit Court to misconduct in office and fourth-degree sex offense.
Ex-Coppin State University Police officer pleads guilty to forcibly touching 16-year-old girl
Former Coppin State University Police Cpl. Jamar Brockington pleaded guilty on Wednesday in Baltimore Circuit Court to misconduct in office and fourth-degree sex offense.
Supporters of charter schools rally outside of the Supreme Court.
Roberts might hold key Supreme Court vote over first publicly funded religious charter school
Roberts was the only justice whose vote seemed in doubt after the court heard more than two hours of arguments Wednesday.
Johns Hopkins University campus
Federal cuts have been brutal for Johns Hopkins. Here’s how its endowment can help.
The university tapped its endowment to replace some research grants, a highly unusual move.
Carey Wright, the Maryland State Superintendent of Schools, said that no other state has heard from the federal education department about getting reimbursements from the U.S. Department of Education.
Feds silent as Maryland pleads for $232 million in missing school money
Maryland is just one of the states that have submitted or resubmitted bills to the U.S. Department of Education.
Baltimore County Public Schools staff were due 5% raises for the next two school years.
Baltimore County schools to renegotiate salary raises for staff
Budget challenges are forcing Baltimore County school district officials to rethink the pay increases they’d promised staff.
The Blueprint for Maryland's Future calls for all 4-year-olds to attend pre-K. Right now, fewer than half are enrolled in a publicly funded programs.
Even as spending rises, under half of Maryland 4-year-olds attend public pre-K
Here’s how Maryland pre-K compares to the rest of the nation, by the numbers.
Johns Hopkins University plans to launch research grant programs of its own to help make up for lost federal funding.
Johns Hopkins to tap earnings from endowment to help address federal cuts
As the federal government scales back funding for research, Johns Hopkins is launching its own grant programs to keep the work going.
Eric Eiswert, the former principal of Pikesville High School, talks to his lawyers outside the Baltimore County Courts Building after Dazhon Darien, the man accused of using artificial intelligence to impersonate him, took a plea deal.
‘Life would never be the same’: Ex-Pikesville principal speaks after man’s plea in AI case
Baltimore County Circuit Judge Jan Marshall Alexander sentenced Dazhon Darien, 32, the former athletic director of Pikesville High School who split his time between Baltimore and Houston, to serve four months in the Baltimore County Detention Center.
Rhonda Phillips, the incoming president of St. Mary's College.
St. Mary’s College of Maryland names new president
Rhonda Phillips will join the public college in Southern Maryland in July.
Sunny Days, a child care program in Riverdale, has been the near-perfect program for Jessalyn Schwartz's 3-year-old daughter. Sunny Days is expected to be shut down by the federal government in August.
Maryland child care centers in federal buildings face an uncertain future
One Maryland day care's likely closure shows how easily life can be disrupted for families relying on child care in federal buildings.
Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown joined 18 other states challenging the U.S. education department’s threats to withhold school funding.
Maryland lawsuit challenges federal threats to withhold education funding
Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown joined attorneys general from 18 other states to sue the Trump administration.
New Village Academy faced a series of setbacks, including the sale of the Annapolis Mall to a new owner just as the school was negotiating its lease.
Annapolis was supposed to get a new charter school. Then Trump took office.
New Village Academy canceled plans to open this fall, blaming tariffs and upheaval in federal funding.
The University of Maryland is among nine Big Ten colleges whose faculty senates voted to join an alliance called a mutual defense compact.
University of Maryland faculty vote to join Big Ten alliance against Trump
University of Maryland faculty voted to join nine major universities that want to band together in a NATO-like agreement.
Carey M. Wright, Maryland state superintendent of schools, and Josh Michael, the state school board president, released a joint statement Thursday on diversity programming in schools.
Maryland schools won’t end diversity programs, despite Trump demands
Thursday's statement was carefully worded and didn’t contain the strong language coming from some states that openly defied the Trump administration.
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 12: Former Special Counsel Robert Hur returns from a short break to resume his testimony before the House Judiciary Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 12, 2024 in Washington, DC. Hur investigated U.S. President Joe Biden’s mishandling of classified documents and published a final report with contentious conclusions about Biden’s memory.
How a former Maryland U.S. attorney became key in Harvard’s legal battle
Robert Hur is one of the two lawyers defending Harvard University against the Trump administration’s federal funding cuts.
Education Secretary Linda McMahon had directed school districts to sign a letter certifying they were in compliance with the Trump administration's interpretation of civil rights law.
Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s push to end DEI in K-12 public schools
The ruling came in a lawsuit brought by the National Education Association and the American Civil Liberties Union.
Bestselling authors Erik Larson, Jennifer Weiner, and Percival Everett are three of the upcoming speakers at the Baltimore County Public Library's author series.
Baltimore County Public Library takes a page from the Pratt with marquee author series
The Baltimore County Public Library is taking a page from the Pratt library’s playbook and engaging the public with lively talks, much-needed services and even some parent-and-me desks so you can take your child to the library and get some work done.
A selection of books featuring LGBTQ characters that are part of a Supreme Court case are pictured, Tuesday, April, 15, 2025, in Washington.
Supreme Court signals support for Maryland parents opposed to LGBTQ books in schools
The Supreme Court seemed likely to find that the Montgomery County school system could not require elementary school children to sit through lessons involving the books if parents expressed religious objections.
Baltimore City Public Schools CEO Sonja Santelises was among the employees whose data was involved in a cybersecurity breach.
Baltimore schools cyberattack compromised staff and student data
The data breach involved information on more than half of current employees and over 1,000 students.
A selection of books featuring LGBTQ characters that are part of a Supreme Court case
Maryland’s largest school district heads to the Supreme Court. Here’s what to know.
Some Montgomery County families want the right to opt kids out of reading inclusive storybooks.
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