K-12 schools

    Maryland’s reading comeback may hinge on $10.9M for teacher coaches
    State Superintendent of Schools Carey Wright led a similar turnaround in Mississippi with literacy coaches.
    Ecaterina Bittner, left, literacy coach at Armistead Gardens Elementary/Middle School, goes over student scores with Darlene Green, a literacy paraeducator for the first grade.
    11 students evaluated after pepper spray discharged again on Baltimore County school bus
    For the second time in a week, pepper spray was discharged on a Baltimore County school bus, prompting 11 students to be evaluated by emergency responders Wednesday afternoon.
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    ‘Save Wootton’ families intensify their fight to keep their school
    Rockville families are ramping up their fight to keep Thomas S. Wootton High School in their community ahead of a consequential vote next week.
    A “Save Wootton Cluster” sign encouraging people to vote no on Option H is seen outside Thomas S. Wootton High School in Rockville, on Monday, March 2, 2026.
    Missing Baltimore boy Tristan King was found. What happens now?
    Tristan is now in a specialized foster home, his grandmother said.
    Tristan King was taken to a Baltimore hospital for an evaluation and has since been sent to what’s known as a treatment foster home in Prince George’s County, according to his grandmother.
    Former Gilman School teacher charged with 1970s child sex abuse
    An 81-year-old Connecticut pastor has been indicted on charges in Maryland that he sexually abused a child at the Gilman School in the 1970s.
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    List: Schools to close early Monday due to threat of severe storms
    Several school systems across Maryland are closing early on Monday due to the threat of severe weather.
    Strong to severe storms are forecast for Monday.
    Baltimore County could lose a charter school over a paperwork dispute
    Bilingual Global Citizens Public Charter School's building plans were put on hold.
    Bilingual Global Citizens Public Charter School was approved by the Baltimore County school board back in 2024 but has been struggling to get off the ground ever since. They have finally found a home at 7941 Corporate Drive in Nottingham.
    Streeter: As a public-school parent, I thought kids had too much time off. Was I wrong?
    It seems, as a parent, that Baltimore City Public School kids have too much time off. Some educators tried to set me straight.
    Children sled down the hill at Wyman Park Dell on the morning after the first lasting snowfall of the winter, in Baltimore, MD on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025.
    Some Baltimore County students skip class to protest Trump amid school warnings
    Thirty schools in five Maryland districts signed up to protest the actions of President Donald Trump’s administration. However, some school administrators warned against it, threatening disciplinary action if students skipped class.
    Students participate in a walkout at Eastern Technical High School in Essex to protest the Trump administration and ICE on Friday.
    Finding Tristan King top priority as officials pledge accountability
    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore called it “tragic.” Mayor Brandon Scott said the situation has him “pissed.” Baltimore Schools CEO Sonja Santelises is “heartbroken” because of the Tristan King story.
    Baltimore County students plan more walkouts. Schools say there will be consequences.
    The demonstrations, planned for Friday at 11 a.m., mark the second time in two months that students across Baltimore County organized school-day protests they say are within their First Amendment rights.
    Towson High School students Sam LaBuff, 17, left, and Ben Kasofsky, 17, are organizing the intra-school school walk out efforts on Friday.
    A missing boy was unenrolled from school in Baltimore. Here’s why.
    State policy allows Maryland schools to unenroll students when they miss more than 10 consecutive days of class. That’s what happened to Tristan King — and it’s not uncommon.
    Tristan King, who has been missing since Sept. 24, was unenrolled from Sharp-Leadenhall Elementary/Middle when he stopped showing up.
    Baltimore parents fear kids aren’t safe riding transit to school, survey finds
    The small survey is the first time in at least a decade a Baltimore City schools group has asked families for transportation feedback.
    Commuters and students wait for buses at the Mondawmin Transit Hub on May 6, 2025.
    Math educator dies in Baltimore school building
    A Baltimore educator was found dead in a Cherry Hill elementary school.
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    Can AI-powered weapons detection protect schools — without targeting students?
    Adding to their unease are rumblings about the district’s track record when purchasing security software.
    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.
    Books are fading from kids’ lives. Parents want schools to do more.
    Parents across Maryland, and the country, are questioning whether students are reading enough books — classics or otherwise — in English classes.
    Baltimore County schools superintendent suddenly announces retirement
    Myriam Rogers has more than a year left on her contract.
    Baltimore County Public Schools Superintendent Myriam Rogers unexpectedly announced her retirement Thursday morning.
    Money is tight for Howard County schools. Is this third-grade strings all over again?
    Superintendent Bill Barnes proposed staff cuts that are leaving the community reeling. The school board decided to add them all back to the budget proposal.
    Board chair Jolene Mosley, district 3, and vice chair Dr. Linfeng Chen, county 2 at-large, attend a Howard County Board of Education Meeting at their headquarters in Ellicott City, Md. on Friday, May 9, 2025.
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