K-12 schools

James Michael Harris, 46, stole $29,000 tied to the chocolate sale organized by the parent teacher student association for Stemmers Run Middle School in Essex, Baltimore County.

It’s a bright spot for the Baltimore City school system, which often trails the rest of the state on test scores.

The superintendent defended a controversial curriculum that some say is not teaching kids how to read properly.

An outside audit of 18 million grades showed no evidence of widespread grade changing last school year.

The attack happened about a quarter of a mile from the school.

Maryland must make free meals available to all its public school students to promote good health, academic achievement and educational equity, two faculty members at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health say.

After multiple budget proposals, the Howard County Board of Education approved a $1.5 billion operating budget Thursday evening.

Howard County school board members voted on several budget proposals at a work session Tuesday, but couldn’t agree. They’ll try again Thursday.

Baltimore’s young people older than 16 often find a lack of educational and other resources aimed at helping them transition to adulthood, Julia Baez, the CEO of Baltimore’s Promise, says.

The school system has approved the first of two redistricting processes, relocating about 430 students.

The plea represents the first time John Vigna, who taught at Cloverly Elementary School for over two decades, has admitted guilt. For years, he denied accusations against him.

The $1.13 billion budget released by Acting Superintendent Bill Barnes in January called for eliminating roughly 350 positions across the district. But when school board members gathered for their final budget work session on Feb. 29, they reduced that potential figure to about 180 positions.

The project will transform the 24,000-square-foot station into six squash courts that will host tournament play, dedicated workspace for students and room to expand.

An introductory Q&A with 10 of the 11 candidates who have filed to run for the Howard County Board of Education.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled Wednesday to uphold how the student member of the school board is selected.

Glitches in a new system designed to make school choice run more smoothly in Baltimore City backfired for 200 students.

The school board approved the funding plan after an uneasy budget season.

The conservative parents’ group Moms for Liberty was met by a flood of protesters at a Columbia library meeting room Monday.

The Blueprint for Maryland’s Future is doing what it was designed to do: redistribute money to the students who have the greatest needs.

The early start times now mandated for Baltimore public school students can be a factor in poor performance and lead to detrimental health outcomes, say two Loyola college students who experienced early start times and long trips to school as Baltimore public school students.