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Hopkins’ dimming DEI efforts worry students who feel left behind
Johns Hopkins University is at a complicated crossroads as President Donald Trump’s administration threatens to pull federal funding from institutions with programs that support marginalized groups.
Johns Hopkins University graduating senior Akosa Obianwu says the university’s priorities don’t include DEI.
Baltimore teacher sues state Republicans, Moms for Liberty members, Libs of TikTok
Alexa Sciuto, an LGBTQIA+ advocate who formerly taught in Baltimore County, claims the conservative legislators falsely accused her of making online death threats toward a Moms for Liberty member.
Alexa Sciuto is pictured outside Stemmers Run Middle School in Essex, Maryland, where she is a teacher, on November 10, 2023.
Kids who escaped school by boat finally get a field day
Some of the children are frightened by rain now. Westernport counselor Tessa Fitzgerald invites them to talk about their fears.
Westernport Elementary School Principal Derek Horne leads a group of students to their bus at the end of the school day at Frostburg State University on Thursday.
Johns Hopkins, University of Maryland seek to join Harvard lawsuit against Trump over funding
Johns Hopkins and the University of Maryland look to join 16 other colleges in filing a brief in support of Harvard University
The Gilman Hall cupola is seen above the Johns Hopkins University Homewood campus on Thursday, April 17, 2025.
How a Woodlawn High senior helped boost the graduation rate
Sean Marshall helped design and fund a student-led tutoring program that’ll live on after he leaves Woodlawn High School.
Woodlawn High School senior Sean Marshall is looking forward to graduating and studying cyber security at Coppin State University.
MICA faces ‘financial harm’ from rejected interior design program
The decision was a blow to the art college, whose leaders argued in the hearing that the new program was a “fundamental element” of the school’s financial plan.
The Maryland Institute College of Art won’t be allowed to offer a new interior design program.
Howard County school board OKs cuts, eliminates 127 positions to close funding gap
The Howard County school board voted 6-1 to approve roughly $11.3 million in budget cuts.
The Howard County Board of Education is slated to vote on its operating budget on June 12.
Maryland college tuition is set to rise this year. Here’s how much.
Though it isn’t official quite yet, the University System of Maryland is expected to authorize tuition increases of up to 5%.
Tuitions are set to rise for colleges and universities across Maryland.
This Annapolis college suddenly got a new president
J. Walter Sterling, president of the college’s second campus in Santa Fe, New Mexico, has assumed the role of college-wide president.
Nora Demleitner participates in the Mellon Hall ribbon cutting ceremony at St. John's College on September 29, 2023.
Teachers in Baltimore County are stopping their work days on time. It’s a protest over pay.
Baltimore County Public Schools teachers will not perform any work outside of their contractually obligated hours, according to the Teachers Association of Baltimore County.
Baltimore County Public School teachers will not perform any work outside of their contractually obligated hours, according to the Teachers Association of Baltimore County.
More Howard County students will be able to ride the bus this fall. Will yours?
With more Howard County Public Schools students eligible to ride a yellow school bus this August, families can check an online map to verify their transportation for the 2025-26 academic year.
Howard County school bus driver Javion Hinmon waits to depart on a practice route in Hanover last year.
Johns Hopkins University pauses pay increases, freezes hiring amid federal cuts
Johns Hopkins University will freeze staff hiring and pay increases as it deals with federal funding losses.
Johns Hopkins University will freeze staff hiring and pay increases as it deals with federal funding losses.
Baltimore County gym teacher charged with sex offenses is released from jail
Roger Myers, 61, of Towson, a physical education teacher at Deep Creek Middle School in Essex, is charged with third- and fourth-degree sex offense and second-degree assault.
Domenic Iamele, Deel Creek Middle School physical education teacher Roger Myers’ attorney, talks to reporters on Monday outside the District Court of Maryland for Baltimore County in Towson after a bail review hearing on Monday, June 2, 2025.
Baltimore schools sued for failing to protect students from predatory teacher
Three women are suing Baltimore’s public school system, alleging they were sexually abused by a special education teacher decades ago while administrators failed to protect students from his predatory behavior.
The lawsuits add to a growing pile of child sexual abuse claims filed in Maryland since  the state eliminated its statute of limitations for such cases.
Baltimore County physical education teacher accused of sex offenses against 2 students
Roger Myers, 61, of Towson, is charged in the District Court of Maryland for Baltimore County with third- and fourth-degree sex offense and second-degree assault.
The Baltimore County Public School Board logo as seen during a board meeting on 12/6/22.
Conservatives want to reform higher education. Johns Hopkins is helping.
A new partnership with the American Enterprise Institute aims to bring more political balance to the faculty.
These Maryland colleges would be hardest hit if they lose international students
More than a third of Maryland’s roughly 24,000 international students were from China last school year.
From left: Montgomery College had 1,257 international students; The University of Maryland, College Park, had 6,627; and almost half of the international students studying in Maryland last year — 10,054 of them — were at Johns Hopkins University.
Howard County students face redistricting again — and parents are already pushing back
It’s nothing new for the school district, which grappled with a contentious countywide redistricting nearly six years ago that left lingering wounds.
No plans have been proposed to the Board of Education on redistricting yet.
For Anne Arundel’s top teacher, immigrant students are assets, not burdens
“There’s a belief that a lack of language means a lack of intelligence, and that’s definitely not the case,” said Jacqueline Sanderson.
English language development teacher Jacqueline Sanderson teaches students at Belle Grove Elementary on May 19, 2025. She is Anne Arundel County's teacher of the year.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says US will begin revoking the visas of Chinese students
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday the U.S. will begin revoking the visas of some Chinese students, including those studying in “critical fields.”
WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 21: Secretary of State Marco Rubio testifies before the House Committee on Appropriations | Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs at the Rayburn House Office Building on May 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. Rubio testified on the proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2026 for the Department of State. (Photo by John McDonnell/Getty Images)
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