K-12 schools

Montgomery County Public Schools will be adding pickleball as a varsity sport this fall to 25 high schools following a successful pilot program.

Students were told they can either retake the three-hour exam or get a refund.

Details about Dazhon Darien's troubled work history were listed in a national database.

Maryland’s budget was prepared to give scholarships to 40,000 kids to help their families afford child care. Less than a month into the fiscal year, it’s already blown past that number.

David Murray first reported to St. Louis on Jan. 4 for his new job as chief academic officer with the Ferguson-Florissant school district while running for reelection to the Prince George’s County school board.

The policy could result in thousands of third graders being held back, but some research shows it could work.

Students from Baltimore Polytechnic Institute and the Park School are headed to one of the most remote places in the world to study climate change.

The Baltimore City school board needs to find a CEO next year. It’s not saying much about how that’ll happen.

Previously, some Harford County school board members said they believed the African American studies course was too political and didn’t include enough positive history.

After surveying 375 parents and students, Howard County schools will provide healthier breakfasts and lunches this coming school year.

A yearslong legal battle over control of Maryland’s PTA chapter could result in more than $1 million in legal fees and squandering member dues, real estate and other assets in pursuit of the case.

The Howard County Board of Education has reduced the minimum distance between home and campus for a student to qualify for a school bus ride. The change takes effect in the 2025-2026 school year.

Maryland’s former education chief Mohammed Choudhury is returning to Texas to work for the Fort Worth school district.

Principals could handle kids creating fake social media pages to impersonate someone. “But then the deepfake issue took it to a whole other level,” one said.

All three new school board members have children in Baltimore City Public Schools system and two are former teachers.

Maryland District Court Judge Marsha Russell declined to release Laury, who will await trial in the Baltimore County Detention Center. Russell deemed Laury a threat to the public based on the charges and the alleged sexual contact with a minor.

The move left students and staff scrambling to find replacement classes, but some educators and diversity advocates say the broader message does more lasting damage.

The Baltimore County Council voted 5-1, with one member absent, to pass a measure that seeks to ease school overcrowding, overriding a veto by County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr., a Democrat.

In the chaos, some families are left scrambling to find affordable child care.

Board of education officials acknowledged for the first time that the embattled former chief of schools has left the state.