The latest from Liz Bowie
Want less segregated Baltimore schools? Fix housing and transit first, researchers say.
The Baltimore region has some of the most segregated schools in the nation.
Eastern Shore school board paid $525,000 for superintendent to leave
A Somerset County judge ordered the county school board to release its separation agreement with Ava Tasker-Mitchell following an ACLU lawsuit.
Maryland schools will teach math differently this year. Here’s what to expect.
Parents will be happy to know they shouldn’t have to rearrange their evenings to help their children with math homework.
Towson University hires former St. John’s College president to lead new civics center
Nora Demleitner, who led Annapolis-based St. John’s College for three years, will become executive director of the Ben and Myrna Cardin Center for Civic Engagement and Discourse at Towson University.
Head Start gave low-income children a chance to thrive. That is now at risk.
Changes to federal rules could dismantle hallmarks of the early childhood education program that serves 7,000 Maryland kids.
Why have Maryland’s school test scores stalled?
Maryland posted lackluster scores on the annual standardized tests, but experts say they expect greater improvement in years to come and the results are in keeping with the national trend.
The fight to get heating and air-conditioning to work in Baltimore schools has taken a turn
The Maryland Stadium Authority said it will work more collaboratively with the Baltimore City schools to resolve issues at schools it built.
Maryland to release MCAP scores today, with a new statewide test on deck
Maryland students will probably like their next standardized testing experience a little better. Why? It’s shorter.
Judge orders release of mother taken into ICE custody on Baltimore school campus
U.S. District Judge Matthew Maddox ordered Adriana Gavilan Sanchez’s release from immigration custody.
Maryland schools rank 10th worst for racial segregation
A new report ranks Maryland’s schools as more racially and economically segregated than most in the nation.
‘War scene’: MTA bus crash, string of collisions injure more than 30 in Pikesville
Baltimore County fire crews responded after a bus crashed into a building Wednesday in Pikesville, leaving more than 30 people injured.
An Eastern Shore school board wants an 18-and-over rule for young-adult books
Classics like ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ and ‘Little Women’ might be off limits to most students under the proposed policy.
Baltimore schools are shedding an old reputation built on years of dysfunction
Sonja Santelises brought hard-won stability. Will incoming CEO Jermaine Dawson take City Schools to the next level?
Why Maryland law can’t always keep ICE off school grounds
After two parents were detained outside an East Baltimore elementary/middle school, local leaders are searching for ways to prevent it from happening again.
ICE vehicles hit Baltimore father’s car as he took his children to school, attorney says
ICE says Jesus Acevedo Sanchez and his wife, who were detained while dropping off their children at a Baltimore school, face federal charges.
ICE agents detain parents dropping off kids outside Baltimore school
ICE agents detained two adults on public school property Thursday in a chaotic scene caught on video.
Will Maryland opt in to a national school voucher program? It’s a risky calculation.
Gov. Wes Moore soon faces what could turn out to be one of the most influential education decisions he makes as governor.
Sack is back: The 1990s game for stoners is the latest craze for a different crowd
Maryland’s private school boys are obsessed with hacky sack.
Maryland students made one of the fastest pandemic recoveries
The state ranks third for improvement in reading and fifth in math.
He’s climbed quickly and moved often. Can Baltimore schools’ new CEO make lasting change?
Jermaine Dawson will finally fulfill his goal of leading a school district. Baltimore will be the ultimate test.
