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Tylenol causes autism? Hopkins scientists bristle at Trump’s unproven pronouncement
A Hopkins study not only seeks to uncover causes of autism, but what might better the lives of people who have it.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., speaks as President Donald Trump listens in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Monday, Sept. 22, 2025, in Washington. Trump said his administration was linking acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, to autism and urging pregnant women to largely avoid the medication.
Maryland names 7 Blue Ribbon schools after feds end national awards
Maryland had ended its program after the 2019-2020 school year but will now resurrect it.
Students at St Joseph School celebrated their Blue Ribbon win with cheers, signs and confetti on Sept. 23, 2024. The U.S. Department of Education ended the national program this year.
Towson, Morgan State universities both cleared after bomb threats
At least two local universities evacuated parts of their campus because of bomb threats Tuesday.
Towson is one of two universities that responded to bomb threats they received this morning.
Parents and teachers need state child care funding. So why is the money frozen?
The state projected getting back down to 40,000 child care scholarships by September. But the program is still thousands of vouchers over budget.
Students take advantage of the nice weather and play outside in the sandbox and on the playground
Somerset County school board retreats online after heated meetings
The board’s decision came after two meetings in which a parent was escorted out of the room after forcefully questioning the board and raising his voice.
A still from the livestream of the last in-person board meeting on August 19 as parent Joe Hylton speaks before the Somerset County school board.
5 key questions about the MCPS plan to change school boundaries and programs
Big changes are in store for Montgomery County’s public high schools — new boundaries and a very different approach to specialized programs.
The Montgomery County Public Schools headquarters in Rockville.
Howard County kids lose access to Dolly Parton’s free books program amid funding woes
Each year, the program gave free books to about 2,500 kids every month. It ends after October.
A collection of children’s books inside a classroom at 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.
Ukrainian researcher’s future in doubt as Trump administration’s new H-1B visa fees hit Hopkins, UMD
Looking at Donald Trump’s new changes to H-1B visas, which now include a hefty $100,000 fee. Will Maryland colleges start hiring less foreign born faculty because of it?
The University of Maryland is the third-largest user in the state of H-1B visas for college-educated foreign faculty and researchers.
Former Baltimore educator, now a superintendent in Iowa, detained by ICE agents
Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcements agents Friday morning.
This photo provided by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shows Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts on Feb. 26, 2025. (ICE via AP)
Which positions were cut from Baltimore County schools? The system’s answer is vague.
Baltimore County Public Schools cut more than 400 positions last school year, with most coming from inside the schools. But the system has offered few specifics.
Westowne Elementary students in Catonsville practice reading with an AI instruction program called Amira.
Leaks, mold and more: MCPS staff says building conditions are unacceptable
Parents and staffers told the school board that intolerable campus conditions are causing illness and interrupting learning.
The Montgomery County Public Schools board heard from frustrated parents and staff members complaining about poor building conditions.
Howard County schools superintendent scales back redistricting plan
Howard County Schools Superintendent Bill Barnes released a widely anticipated redistricting plan that tackles overcrowding at one elementary school but stops short of addressing swelling enrollment at another.
School system superintendent Bill Barnes attends a Howard County Board of Education Meeting at their headquarters in Ellicott City, Md. on Friday, May 9, 2025.
Clayton Cresvell Stansbury Jr. was the epitome of Morgan State University
Clayton Creswell Stansbury Jr. was once Morgan State’s director of student affairs, head of the honors program and its longest-serving marshal.
Dr. Clayton C. Stansbury Jr. at a Morgan State University graduation ceremony.
Some Howard County students are getting moved again. Here are 5 things to know.
Before Bill Barnes, Howard County’s schools superintendent, presents his redistricting proposal to the county Board of Education on Sept. 25, here’s a refresher on the redistricting process.
Community parents, Cindy LaFollette, left center, and Bena Zeng, right center, protest ahead of the school board meeting against the redistricting proposals outside of the Howard County school board offices on July 17, 2025. The group says that the district’s “short-sighted” decision to place pre-K programs at over-capacity schools is causing the problem.
Montgomery County has a shortage of child-care options. Here’s 2 ways officials want to fix it.
Montgomery County leaders celebrated a $10 million investment to expand Head Start services to children 3 and younger, as well as to provide financial support for community child-care providers.
County Executive Marc Elrich is joined by other Montgomery County leaders as they tout a plan to expand early childhood education access while at the Academy Child Development Center in North Potomac on Wednesday.
Free child care comes to Howard County for babies less than 2 months old
Early Head Start provides free early learning for low-income kids starting as young as 6 weeks old. It’s a lifeline for some families in Howard County.
Ashleigh Peddicord, director of the Dasher Green Center for the Community Action Council of Howard County, stands for a portrait inside one of the classrooms at the Dasher Green Head Start center in Columbia, Md. on Wednesday, August 13, 2025.
State university officials warn ‘crippling’ federal cuts could prompt layoffs
In the last two years, the state has cut the public university system‘s budget by $233 million. The sharp cuts have been exacerbated by the Trump administration’s reductions in federal grants, financial aid, program funding and support for international students, leading to the likelihood of further cost-saving actions.
The University of Maryland, College Park, campus. In the last two years, the state has cut the public university system’s budget by $233 million, according to Chancellor Jay Perman.
How middle school farmers are helping feed their neighbors
Students at Loiederman broke ground on a one-acre campus farm in 2024, which now yields enough fresh produce for its own farmers’ market.
The farmer's market adjacent to the garden at Loiederman Middle School sells produce grown by students.
With the loss of Blue Ribbon program, Maryland school leaders are on their own
To “return education to the states,” the U.S. Department of Education ended the national Blue Ribbon program. Maryland education leaders need to find a new way to honor their shining schools.
Students at St Joseph School celebrated their Blue Ribbon win with cheers, signs and confetti on September 23, 2024. U.S. Department of Education announced the 2024 National Blue Ribbon Schools, the highest honor the department doles out. Five local Catholic schools within the Archdiocese of Baltimore have been selected this year based on their outstanding academic performance on national and state assessments.
Anne Arundel school board members propose new redistricting options amid threats from angry parents
Members of the Anne Arundel County school board this week introduced new ideas for tackling overcrowding and under-enrollment across the district, saying they faced threats from the community as they developed the plans.
From left: Anne Arundel County Board of Education members Erica McFarland, Joanna Bache Tobin, Dana Schallheim and Dawn Pulliam listen to public comment about proposed school redistricting plans during a meeting at Annapolis Middle School in Annapolis, Md. on Tuesday, April 29, 2025.
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