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These are Anne Arundel County’s newest 5-star schools
The annual Maryland School Report Card ratings allow parents and community members to compare how their local schools are performing.
Student holding pencil.
Maryland’s best schools: See new state ratings for 2025
Search our database to compare Maryland schools and their ratings.
Maryland schools get new star ratings today — maybe for the last time
For the sixth year, the Maryland State Department of Education will rate each school on a scale of one to five stars.
Baltimore County gym teacher awaiting trial on sex abuse charges fights termination
Roger Myers filed a lawsuit in Baltimore County Circuit Court against Baltimore County Public Schools and Superintendent Myriam Rogers, contending he officially retired effective July 1.
The Baltimore County Public School Board logo as seen during a board meeting on 12/6/22.
Furloughed parents are jumping into thorny school debates
Montgomery County school leaders announced major plans at practically the same time many parents were sent home from their jobs.
Victoria Hougham, a furloughed federal worker, has been using her unexpected time away from work to research and advocate on Montgomery County Public Schools proposals.
The latest viral outbreak in Maryland schools is yucky but rarely dangerous
There are a lot of cases of hand, foot and mouth disease in Maryland and around the country right now, but officials says it’s rarely dangerous.
Hand, foot and mouth disease HFMD Human hand of scarlet fever in coxsackievirus palmarosa virus and child hand on white background
Happy homecoming, Bowie State. Blexit is here.
The Turning Point USA-affiliated group stopped at the Maryland campus on its HBCU tour.
Conservative commentator Siaka Massaquoi, left, interviews junior DeeAndrew Hogan at Bowie State University on behalf of Blexit.
Ex-Pikesville High principal impersonated in racist AI case settles lawsuit
Eric Eiswert had sued Baltimore County Public Schools and Dazhon Darien after an audio clip made it sound like Eiswert made racist and antisemitic comments.
Eric Eiswert, former principal of Pikesville High School, leaves the Baltimore County Courthouse after Dazhon Darien, the man accused of using artificial intelligence to impersonate him took a plea deal.
Will Maryland’s Head Start programs survive the shutdown?
Head Start is a popular free program with bipartisan support. But the federal shutdown could shutter some classrooms nationally.
A classroom packed up for the summer inside of the Dasher Green Center for the Community Action Council of Howard County, which houses the Dasher Green Head Start Center, in Columbia, Md. on Wednesday, August 13, 2025.
Annapolis charter school once hampered by Trump tariffs sets sights on 2026
New Village Academy, a charter high school, has been hampered by roadblocks for years. Now it sets its sights on an Annapolis opening in 2026.
The interior of the Westfield Annapolis mall, seen on August 5, 2024.
Maryland lawmaker wants to reopen state child care scholarships in 2026
The waitlist has grown to more than 2,700 Maryland kids since May.
Del. Vanessa Atterbeary, chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, said that ending the freeze on state child care scholarships would be a "priority."
University System of Maryland sees highest enrollment in history
Enrollment in the Maryland system’s 11 public institutions increased to record numbers.
The University of Maryland, College Park is among the campuses whose enrollment grew this year.
New job just dropped. Want to lead Baltimore City schools?
The new CEO could earn up to $375,000 annually.
Baltimore City public schools CEO Sonja Santelises makes her annual visit to city schools on the first day of the new school year on Aug. 25. This is her last year in the position.
Inside Morgan State and MacKenzie Scott’s $100 million partnership
Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott’s second gift to Morgan State University, $63 million, came as a surprise.
Morgan State President David Wilson at Morgan State University on August 5, 2025.
What is the Montgomery County school board going to do about Crown High?
MCPS Superintendent Thomas Taylor wants to use the newly constructed campus as a “holding school.”
Montgomery County parents, including Nihar Shah, center, hold signs at Thursday's school board meeting, urging members not to use Crown High as a temporary holding campus.
Gov. Moore sticking by human services secretary despite missteps
Gov. Wes Moore said Wednesday that he was confident in Maryland Human Services Secretary Rafael López, despite the many challenges the embattled state agency has faced.
Rafael Lopez, Maryland secretary of human services, speaks during a panel on healthcare during the Baltimore Banner’s Inside the Legislative Session event.
Columbia earthquake caused ‘substantial’ water main break at Howard Community College
Howard Community College traced a “substantial” water main breach on its main campus to the magnitude 2.5 earthquake near Columbia.
The campus of Howard Community College is seen along Little Patuxent Parkway in Columbia.
More Montgomery County students suspended so far this year
The 29% increase was driven by more suspensions assigned to Hispanic students, children who are learning English and those who receive special education services.
Montgomery County Public Schools recently revised its student code of conduct.
Baltimore County schools to retrain staff after AI gun-detection system flub
Baltimore County Public Schools officials say a retraining is in order after police drew guns on a Kenwood High School student whose bag of chips was mistaken for a gun.
Police were called to Kenwood High School last week after Baltimore County Public Schools’ weapon-detection system alerted officials of a possible gun on campus.
Why Jane Austen superfans pick Baltimore as their ballroom in novelist’s 250th year
By chance, a little college in Towson has come to hold the largest Jane Austen collection in the world outside of England.
Members of the Jane Austen Society dance at a ball held during the 250th birthday celebration for Austen at the Baltimore Marriot Waterfront earlier this month.
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