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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.
Towson University’s big man on campus is a robot named Snack Efron
A fleet of 14 food-delivery robots at the Baltimore County university tends to hungry students.
A fleet of 14 food-delivery robots at the Baltimore County university tends to hungry students.
Baltimore families are 10 million diapers short
Changing a child less frequently can lead to painful medical complications, like urinary tract infections and diaper rashes.
ShareBaby spends up to $350,000 a year on buying diapers in bulk and at cost to give to families with small children. That's between 300,000 and 400,000 diapers, depending on the sizes families need, every two months. Photo credit: Alicia Sindlinger with ShareBaby.
Towson U. ‘No Kings’ rally relocates over speaker background checks
Towson University students moved their “No Kings” rally off campus after school officials told them speakers’ names would be run through federal government databases and vetted for security reasons.
Towson University
Montgomery County’s high school boundary study could be getting a major change-up
Superintendent Thomas Taylor wants to consider using the new Crown High building as a “holding school” to house students while their own campuses undergo renovations.
The Montgomery County Public Schools headquarters in Rockville.
Impact Maryland 2025: Moore, other leaders discuss challenges in the state — and opportunities
The Banner’s third annual thought leadership conference, taking place at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore, tackles how Maryland can respond to threats from federal spending cuts, the future of college research and the impact of the arts.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and moderator David Rubenstein in conversation during Impact Maryland 2025 on Tuesday.
Baltimore’s education dynasty gathers around a Roland Park dinner table
Around the Hornbeck family table are two Baltimore school principals, a former Maryland state superintendent of schools and two teachers.
The Hornbeck family, including from left Matt Hornbeck, David Hornbeck, Becky Hornbeck and Mark Gaither, gathers for dinner.
Baltimore City Community College faculty were ‘blindsided’ by Schmoke’s merger plan, union chair says
Baltimore City Community College faculty were “blindsided” by a plan to consolidate their employer with the University of Baltimore, according to Laura Pope, the faculty union chair.
University of Baltimore President Kurt Schmoke speaks ahead of a mayoral debate held at at the school’s H. Mebane Turner Learning Commons on April 30, 2024.
3 in 4 Maryland kids are shut out of after-school programs
Too many Maryland families are ‘scrambling to figure out what they’re doing at 3 p.m.' since most kids are shut out from after school programs.
Students engage in an after-school program within one of the educational spaces at Okinawan Karate Dojo on 6/13/24 in Ellicott City, MD.
MacKenzie Scott gives $63 million to Morgan State, its largest-ever donation
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has now given Morgan State University a total of $103 million.
Morgan State University has now received a total of $103 million from MacKenzie Scott.
Art teachers sue Baltimore City schools, nonprofit for missing pay
The teachers, employed through Leaders of Tomorrow Youth Center, allege they haven’t been paid for work they did months ago, putting them behind on rent and car payments.
From left, Jermaine Melvin, Cedric Benning Jr., Valerie Hall-Butler and Camrie Hilton are former instructors for Leaders of Tomorrow Youth Center and four of eight plaintiffs suing the Baltimore City Public Schools and a contracted nonprofit for months worth of payments they have yet to receive.
Montgomery County is losing students. Here’s why that matters.
Montgomery County Public Schools predicts a dramatic dive in enrollment: a 9% drop from its 2019 peak to the enrollment forecast for 2031.
Teacher pointing at paper on the floor with students.
Howard schools say some union bus drivers used students to spread pay message
The school system says unionized Zūm bus drivers passed out flyers to students, encouraging families to join their pay fight.
yellow school buses
Kurt Schmoke’s bid to save a struggling college
Kurt Schmoke, president of the University of Baltimore, has a new idea to help stabilize the embattled university: consolidation with Baltimore City Community College.
University of Baltimore President Kurt Schmoke wants to merge his institution with Baltimore City Community College.
3 women grads of the Naval Academy are running for office. Pete Hegseth should take notice.
Mikie Sherrill. Amy McGrath. Eileen Laubacher. All Naval Academy graduates, all running for office. Fifty years after the first women entered the academy, they represent a generational moment of change.
Democrat Mikie Sherrill responds to questions during the first general election gubernatorial debate with Republican opponent Jack Ciattarelli.
Montgomery County superintendent wants billions of dollars to fix aging schools
If the MCPS superintendent’s proposal is approved, several elementary school buildings could be replaced by 2031, as could Damascus High.
MCPS Superintendent Thomas Taylor is asking for $2.7 billion for campus infrastructure.
Former Naval Academy midshipman threatened ‘mass execution,’ feds say
“Honestly not that surprised I’ll be carrying out the mass execution of my peers in a couple,” Jackson Elliot Fleming wrote from his home in Chesterton, Indiana, according to federal prosecutors.
U.S. Navy Security officers attend Gate 1 at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis on Sept. 11 as the academy went on lockdown following reports of a shooter on campus.
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