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Maryland spent $1B renovating Baltimore schools. Fixing the heat could add millions.
As many as 100 schools across Maryland use faulty HVAC systems, including those in Montgomery and Baltimore counties.
Jonathan Collins, director of mechanical services and engineering at Baltimore City Public Schools, shows a malfunctioning thermostat, which should keep the heat between 70 and 75 degrees, at Arlington Elementary School.
Baltimore lawmakers want to cut the community out of school board picks
Legislation being considered by the Maryland General Assembly would give Baltimore City's mayor more power in picking school board members and cut out members of the public.
State Sen. Antonio Hayes, center, speaks with colleagues in the Senate chamber in January. Hayes’ bill, which he said he introduced to provide greater transparency and to streamline the process, has the support of his fellow city senators.
Sacked by Trump, Peggy Carr now has a job on Maryland’s school board
Gov. Wes Moore appointed the prominent education leader, who will represent Montgomery County.
Peggy Carr, Commissioner of the National Center for Education, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press about the National Assessment of Education Process, Friday, Oct. 21, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Maryland’s education watchdog will soon be out of a job
Richard Henry investigated wrongdoing by school boards and superintendents in Maryland for six years. Gov. Wes Moore administration wants someone new.
Richard Henry began his role as the inspector general for education on in 2020.
9 Baltimore schools struggle with burst pipes and heating issues in extreme cold
Baltimore City Public Schools officials are struggling to keep all their buildings running properly in the extreme cold.
The Baltimore School for the Arts in Mount Vernon has been closed since a pipe burst last week, with students taking courses online.
Trump administration won’t withhold $700 million from Maryland schools
The Trump administration dropped a threat to take away federal funds from school districts if they did not comply with demands on DEI.
Carey Wright, the state superintendent of schools, had said her agency disagreed with the Trump administration’s interpretation of civil rights law.
Baltimore School for the Arts closed for days after burst pipe floods building
School officials did not say which parts of the building have been damaged or how extensive the damage is.
Baltimore School for the Arts is closed for the next week after a burst sprinkler line flooded parts of the historic building.
Baltimore City students struggle to get to school through snowcrete, bus cancellations
With inches of ice on top of snow and freezing temperatures, what is now left is snowcrete — an impenetrable coating of white that doesn’t easily yield to a snow shovel. Baltimore City students are left struggling getting to school.
Students wait to board a public bus near Western High School off Falls Road after school on Tuesday.
Francis Scott Key Elementary/Middle students moved after mold discovered in walls
Nearly 600 South Baltimore students will be bused eight miles to the former Thurgood Marshall Middle School building in East Baltimore.
Francis Scott Key Elementary/Middle School students have been moved after mold was discovered in the walls of the school.
Maryland sees drop in Hispanic graduations as immigration raids ramp up
A precipitous drop in the number of Hispanic students and foreign students learning English has fueled a 1 percentage point decline in the state’s graduation rate for 2025.
A student walks past lockers in the hallway outside Damien Ford’s Baltimore School for The Arts classroom on Dec. 21, 2022. Ford teaches an African American Literature class where shows his students comparisons between Lauryn Hill lyrics and the work of Zora Neal Hurston.
After the snow comes the next challenge for schools — extreme cold
As Maryland schools are clearing out from the winter snow storm, officials are trying to prepare for the next weather event: extreme cold.
Lockers in a hallway inside of Oakland Mills High School in Columbia, Md. on Wednesday, April 9, 2025.
Could this weekend’s snowstorm extend the school year in Maryland?
Here’s what happens if Central Maryland schools use all their snow days.
A school bus drives through the Charles Village neighborhood of Baltimore as the first snow of the season falls in the city on Friday.
Maryland leaders silent on Baltimore students’ transit woes
It’s been nearly a year since a Banner investigation revealed just how hard it is for Baltimore children to get to school on time, but Maryland’s most powerful lawmakers remain mum on the issue.
A’Nya Lucas, a senior at Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School, rides the bus across Baltimore, MD on Nov. 14, 2024. Lucas’ bus ride takes over an hour. As the ride goes on, more Baltimore students fill the bus.
Baltimore has a big problem with small schools. Just look at West Baltimore.
A Baltimore City school built for 1,000 students serves fewer than 200, while schools on the other side of the city are bursting at the seams.
Renaissance Academy Principal Tammatha Woodhouse says she recognizes that the small educational environment can come at a cost.
UMD President Darryll Pines cleared of plagiarism allegations
The University System of Maryland announced Friday it has cleared its College Park president of allegations that he plagiarized a paper published during his time as a professor at the university.
Darryll Pines has been the president of the University System of Maryland’s College Park campus since 2020.
Community members rally to oppose proposed school closures in Baltimore
More than 100 people jammed into the Baltimore City schools boardroom Thursday night to protest the proposed closure of several schools in June.
More than 100 people jammed into the Baltimore City schools board room on Thursday Dec. 11, 2025 to protest the proposed closure of several schools in June 2026.
Maryland tries to settle decades of fighting over funding its charter schools
The Maryland state school board will vote Tuesday on a regulation they hope will bring peace between warring factions.
The school hallway showing classrooms decorated with university themes in KIPP Harmony Academy is seen on December 5, 2024.
Maryland school board to Somerset: Hire lawyers in public or lose funding
This is just the latest attempt to rein in a MAGA-aligned Maryland school board that has run amok.
Gordana Schifanelli, center, Maryland's Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, who ran with Republican gubernatorial candidate Dan Cox, not pictured, waves during a campaign results reception, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Annapolis, Md.
Maryland schools lost students this year, early estimates show. What’s to blame?
It's an unexpected turn in a state that predicted an overall increase in the number of students in the next decade.
Seventh-grade students eat lunch at Robert Frost Middle School in Rockville.
School buses for every Baltimore student seemed impossible — until now
School transportation company HopSkipDrive used AI and a Banner analysis to map how yellow buses, vans and cars could get Baltimore students to school safely and on time for less than 5% of the district’s budget.
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