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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.
A Montgomery County teacher is heading to the “Jeopardy!” stage
The Takoma Park Middle School educator will appear Nov. 4.
A Takoma Park Middle School educator will appear on "Jeopardy" on Nov. 4.
Somerset superintendent exits amid months of conflict with MAGA-aligned school board
The Somerset County school board voted Monday to part ways with its superintendent after months of turmoil in the school system.
Somerset County Board of Education in Westover, MD, Saturday, July 26, 2025.
AI mistake led to Baltimore County gun scare caught on bodycam
With guns drawn, Baltimore County Police surrounded a group of students after the Omnilert AI Gun Detection System warned school leaders that a student had a gun. 
Stills from body camera footage show police confronting a group of students outside Kenwood High School after an A.I.-powered gun detection system mistook a bag of chips for a weapon.
Five shot near Howard University during homecoming celebration
Multiple people were shot during what was supposed to be a celebration near the campus of Howard University in D.C., on Friday evening.
Towson University Professor Thomas Lieb inspired students to work hard
Thomas Lieb, a longtime communications professor at Towson University, died of cancer this month. Friends, family and former students remember him as passionate, hardworking and kind.
Thom Lieb.
MacKenzie Scott makes historic, $38 million donation to HBCU University of Maryland Eastern Shore
The University of Maryland Eastern Shore announced Friday that it received a historic donation of $38 million from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott.
BEVERLY HILLS, CA - MARCH 04:  MacKenzie Bezos attends the 2018 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 4, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California.
BMA to receive $10 million, the single largest gift in its 110-year history
Philanthropists Amy and Marc Meadows will donate more than $10 million to the Baltimore Museum of Art for arts education initiatives.
Baltimore Museum of Art
The $148 fee at the center of the University of Maryland’s free speech controversy
Turning Point USA claims a security charge targets the group’s free speech at the University of Maryland, College Park.
The University of Maryland College Park chapter of Turning Point USA was asked to pay for security when it brought a speaker to campus.
Baltimore County councilman calls for review of school’s AI gun-detection system
Julian Jones wants a review of the events that led to “police officers pulling up on a kid with guns drawn.”
Police were called to Kenwood High School after gun-detection software mistook a bag of chips for a weapon.
Baltimore County school’s AI gun detection system mistook a bag of chips for a weapon
The false alarm was triggered by Omnilert, Baltimore County Public Schools’ gun detection system.
Kenwood High School in Essex.
These Anne Arundel parents thought they’d escaped school redistricting. They were wrong.
Whose children get to stay at Davidsonville Elementary is now among the most contentious battles in Anne Arundel County's yearlong redistricting process.
Parents and students wait for the school bus to Davidsonville Elementary School in Riva.
You got into college! The catch: You still have to apply.
More and more colleges in Maryland are offering direct admissions through the Common App, meaning students are receiving acceptances without even applying.
Notre Dame of Maryland University president will retire
Notre Dame of Maryland University Marylou Yam will retire June 30 after leading the school for 12 years.
Notre Dame of Maryland University president Marylou Yam
South Baltimore’s closed schools are prime real estate. For now, they’re full of trash.
While they wait for a developer, two Cherry Hill school buildings have been burned, vandalized and used as a dumping ground.
Trash and abandoned furniture on the grounds of the former New Era Academy school in Cherry Hill.
What does it take to root out fraud in Maryland’s biggest school districts?
Montgomery County’s Inspector General is the only office of its kind in Maryland that acts as a watchdog for its county school system. That could soon change.
Megan Limarzi, the Inspector General for Montgomery County, in her office in Rockville.
The only charter school in Montgomery County is hitting speed bumps
The charter school’s enrollment has dropped by more than 25% since the school opened in August.
Mecca Business Learning Institute leaders hoped to launch this fall in a newly renovated Germantown campus, but construction delays meant they had to instead start the year in an old Montgomery County Public School building in Bethesda. The two campuses are about 20 miles apart, leading to transportation issues and enrollment declines.
Preschool without a building could be in Maryland’s future
Maryland is one of just a handful of states piloting licenses for outdoor, nature-based child care programs.
Students in the Little Reds outdoor pre-K class at Roland Park Country School in Baltimore explore around a creek behind the school.
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