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    Former teacher and attorney remembered for his love of Baltimore and bringing people together
    Vincent Andrews died after a two-year battle with cancer.
    Vincent Andrews
    Baltimore County schools investigate teacher over apparent offer to help ICE
    Posts on X allegedly showed a social studies teacher telling ICE to message him for assistance.
    Overlea High School on Friday, February 7, 2025.
    Pikesville High AI suspect faces additional child sexual exploitation charges
    The indictment returned this week contains 12 counts, including five counts of sexual exploitation of children.
    Exterior of the Edward A. Garmatz U.S. Courthouse in Baltimore, Md. on Tuesday, January 21, 2025.
    School’s out: What recent snow days mean for school calendars
    Parents should expect a delayed start to summer or virtual learning makeup days.
    Families got to enjoy snow days in early January. But students will have to make up the lost time in other ways.
    5 things to know about Howard County’s school cellphone ban
    Howard County Public Schools students will not be allowed to even glance at their cellphones during the school day starting March 3, under changes recently approved by the school board.
    Starting March 3rd, no Howard County Public Schools students will be able to use their cellphones during the school day.
    Black History Month is under attack. We have to teach it harder.
    Three local educators have found holistic ways to incorporate Black History Month into their lessons, despite increasing national pressure to drop such focus.
    Historians and educators continue to highlight the relevance of Faith Ringgold, Henrietta Lacks, and Martin Luther King, Jr.
    Gov. Moore’s Baltimore County school visit was bright, even as budget woes loom
    Moore enthusiastically shared his commitment to education, highlighting a $550 million bump in funding for public schools next year. There was no mention of the losses local school system leaders say they will face if the governor’s budget plans are approved.
    Gov. Wes Moore visits Reisterstown Elementary School on Thursday, January 30, 2025, to talk with educators and highlight his funding plan for public schools.
    Howard County students can’t use cellphones on campus during school day
    Come March, no Howard County public school students will be able to use their cellphones during the school day.
    By a 7-1 vote, the Howard County school board on Thursday approved stricter rules on cellphone use.
    Man charged in Pikesville High School AI case will remain in custody on federal charges
    U.S. Magistrate Judge Erin Aslan concluded in the case of Dazhon Darien that there was no combination of conditions that could adequately assure the safety of the community.
    Dazhon Darien arrives on Monday at the Baltimore County Courts Building in Towson, where FBI special agents arrested him on charges of sexual exploitation of children and receipt of child pornography.
    To save this school from closure, Baltimore took it back. What does that mean?
    The Southwest Baltimore community successfully rallied to keep a school's doors open. But they didn't get exactly what they wanted.
    In mid-January, the Baltimore City school board voted to keep Southwest Baltimore Charter School open. But it's not exactly what advocates envisioned.
    Gov. Moore has a plan to recruit more Maryland teachers. Is it enough?
    Gov. Wes Moore has proposed new ways to get Maryland schools 15,000 more educators. But some educators aren’t convinced the new plan would work.
    Maryland legislation calls for teachers to have more time for out-of-classroom work. The governor is proposing those plans be put on hold.
    Maryland students make limited progress on ‘Nation’s Report Card’
    Maryland public schools remain stubbornly middle-of-the-pack on a national test, even as achievement inches upward.
    Maryland students’ scores mirror national trends showing achievement declining in the past decade.
    Maryland could ax advanced math classes in elementary schools
    Top education officials want to overhaul how the subject is taught after years of poor test scores.
    Under the proposed plan, students would no longer be separated into math classes of different levels in pre-K through second grade.
    Maryland could make it a crime to use AI to create harmful impersonations
    After a former employee at Pikesville High School was accused of using AI to impersonate the school’s principal, lawmakers are considering a bill to target the practice.
    Moore’s changes to education spending could hurt students in poverty the most
    Gov. Wes Moore is proposing to rewrite major portions of Maryland’s landmark education law, cutting nearly one-fifth of the new funding the state promised schools by 2029.
    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has proposed redirecting $110 million per year away from the state’s landmark education reform plan.
    Suspect in Pikesville High AI case arrested on child porn charges
    Dazhon Darien, 32, is now charged in U.S. District Court in Baltimore with sexual exploitation of children and receipt of child pornography.
    Dazhon Darien arrives to Baltimore County Circuit Court on Monday, January 27, 2025. Darien was arrested on a federal warrant upon arrival.
    Man accused of using AI to impersonate Pikesville High School principal to stand trial
    Dazhon Darien is charged with disturbing school operations, retaliating against a witness, stalking and related offenses.
    Dazhon Leslie Darien
    Anne Arundel Police detain two suspects in Meade High School stabbing
    It was not immediately clear whether the suspects are fellow students.
    How Maryland schools should handle ICE at their doors
    Schools should be consulting with their lawyers first, protecting students’ privacy and keeping families in the loop, new guidance from the state education department says.
    A student walks past lockers in the hallway outside Damien Ford’s Baltimore School for The Arts classroom on Dec. 21, 2022. Ford teaches an African American Literature class where shows his students comparisons between Lauryn Hill lyrics and the work of Zora Neal Hurston.
    Suit claims Howard County schools failed student-athlete who collapsed, became paralyzed
    A mother filed a lawsuit claiming that Howard County school officials failed to provide her son with immediate medical care after he suffered cardiac arrest, leaving him quadriplegic.
    The main entrance to Hammond High School, part of the Howard County Public School System, in 2023.
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