The latest from Maya Lora
Britain’s Prince Edward will visit a Baltimore high school
The ladies of Western High School are about to welcome royalty, all thanks to their principal’s boss.
Want a spot at a competitive Baltimore high school? Start planning in fourth grade.
Baltimore City Public Schools is the only district in Maryland to offer universal school choice, beginning in sixth grade.
Counting sheep? At the Maryland State Fair, kids read them bedtime stories.
The final Cow Tales bedtime stories of this year’s fair are Friday and Saturday from 7-8 p.m.
The trade-off for helping more families afford childcare? Skyrocketing bills for parents.
Some families using childcare scholarships could go from paying $3 a week to more than $100 as early as January.
Baltimore City College renovations delayed by up to a year
Students were supposed to return to campus in fall 2028.
Baltimore City Public Schools signs on to ChatGPT for Teachers
Baltimore City Public Schools is the only Maryland district to sign on in this newest wave of OpenAI partnerships.
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.
A Baltimore mom created a fully outdoor preschool for kids who love nature as much as hers do
At one of the first licensed fully outdoor preschools in Maryland, low-income and kids of color won't be shut out of the benefits nature brings.
Baltimore Teachers Union demands missing pay for dozens of members
Roughly 60 Baltimore City Public Schools employees have reported being underpaid or say they have not been paid at all since May, according to the Baltimore Teachers Union.
Bel Air deacon, former Catholic school teacher charged with soliciting minor
Kenneth Goedeke has taught religion and worked in schools for over a decade.
These blind student filmmakers make magic on both sides of the camera
Six students at the Maryland School for the Blind wanted to make a film about pizza. They ended up making one about themselves.
Baltimore students’ English test scores are rising fast, even as they struggle in math
Baltimore schools’ post-pandemic gains are some of the highest in the state in English.
Maryland students still struggle with high school-level math: See your school’s scores
Maryland students continue to struggle with high school-level math, with only 21.3% passing the Algebra I MCAP exam and disparities across districts and demographic groups.
Baltimore’s first Latina council member calls for more protection from ICE near schools
Immigration enforcement is “changing childhood itself,” experts told Baltimore City Council at a three-hour hearing Thursday.
One of Hampden’s hottest preschools is run by Mennonites
A conservative Anabaptist group runs one of the hottest preschools in Baltimore’s liberal Hampden neighborhood.
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.
Former Baltimore schools CEO snags top job at DC’s Council on Foreign Relations
Sonja Brookins Santelises wants to make classroom conversation civil again.
A Baltimore school told its immigrant families they were safe. Then ICE came to campus.
An arrest on the Commodore John Rodgers campus shattered the sense of safety school staff spent years building.
More Maryland kids are coming to school in pull-ups. Teachers are told to help.
Since the pandemic, Maryland educators say they’ve seen more children starting school not fully potty-trained.
How on-site daycare helps close the graduation gap for Baltimore’s teen moms
Half of teen moms don’t graduate high school. Excel Academy is different.
