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.
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.