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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Baltimore City school leaders are proposing to close two small traditional schools — Dallas F. Nicolas Elementary and Renaissance Academy — along with charter Baltimore Collegiate School for Boys.