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Baltimore News Collaborative

These stories were published as part of the Baltimore News Collaborative, a project exploring the challenges and successes experienced by young people in Baltimore. The collaborative is supported by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Members of the collaborative include The Baltimore Banner, Baltimore Beat, Morgan State University, MPT and WYPR. All participants retain full editorial control.

For more information on the collaborative, visit aecf.org.

Morgan State could one day run entirely on AI
The historically Black college may be one of the few universities in the country, perhaps even the world, that has its own sovereign AI.
Morgan State University may be one of the few universities in the country, perhaps even the world, that has its own sovereign AI.
Teen artists are using AI but fear its consequences
Students in Baltimore’s arts programs are navigating how to use AI in their creative processes as they worry about its growing influence.
Wide Angle Youth Media provides internship and apprenticeship opportunities in video production and design to young adults.
Need homework help or personal advice? These college students are turning to AI
Some students at Morgan State University say AI use is a natural part of learning, while others are skeptical and stay away from it.
Students walk around campus several weeks before classes begin at Morgan State University on August 5, 2025.
Speech therapists are stressed and short-staffed. Enter generative AI.
Speech language pathologists are mostly wary of being replaced by AI while still being drawn in by the chance to cut down on workloads.
Will teacher-sharing bring instruments and music lessons to Baltimore students?
Only five elementary schools offer band or orchestra classes. Starting next fall, the district will hire one instrumental music teacher to work between two schools in a pilot model.
Violin students at Abbottston Elementary School in Baltimore.
For Baltimore high school students, this arts competition offers more than scholarships
Now in its ninth year, Courting Art Baltimore provides both scholarships and a public platform to Baltimore City Public School students who love art.
Opinion: From ‘useless’ to unstoppable: Arts education empowers Baltimore students
Young people discover confidence, purpose and opportunity through creative programs that government funding rarely prioritizes.
What life is like for children navigating Baltimore’s immigration court
For the last decade, children have been traveling to the U.S. southwest border in record numbers, with more than 33,000 unaccompanied children arriving in Maryland since October 2014.
Photo collage of silhouette of young girl with ponytail and backpack next to bright orange stuffed toy rabbit. The background shows on the left a photo of the border wall between the USA and Mexico, and on the right a grayscale photo of a judge in a courtroom.
New security measures at Morgan State: Will they work?
Morgan State is increasing security measures to prevent violence on campus since the shooting in October.
The exterior of Morgan State University’s Tyler Hall on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023.
Nonprofit helps West Baltimore kids shoot for ‘unlimited potential’
Ultimately, Hardy said the aim is to let kids be kids, however that manifests for each of them. It’s a luxury he wasn’t afforded.
Haneef Hardy, founder of the Unlimited Potential nonprofit, is photographed next to his 9-year-old niece, Sky Jones, during an interview with The Baltimore Banner at the Robert C. Marshall Recreation Center on July 3, 2023.
I was afraid of being called a single mother. Now I embrace it.
I held stigmas about single mothers before I became one. The statistics and truths behind the descriptor tell a much more nuanced story.
Leslie Gray Streeter and her son, Brooks, in 2019 at the Capitol Reef National Park in Utah.
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