K-12 schools

Black teachers leave Maryland schools at higher rates than any other group. We want to hear why.

Edgewood High School staff found a loaded firearm in a student’s locker on Friday, according to the Harford County Sheriff’s Office.

School system confirms the victims were students and their families had been notified.

A school bus taking students to Vincent Farm Elementary School was involved in a crash in White Marsh.

A teenager was injured in a shooting at a playground at Edmondson Heights Elementary School in Woodlawn just after most students were released.

Baltimore City school officials say they want to overhaul a merit-based salary scale that was considered a groundbreaking approach to teacher pay when it was adopted more than a decade ago.

The acting police chief for Baltimore City Public Schools, then a major, approved Lawrence Smith’s fraudulent overtime, the court documents say, raising serious questions about supervision and policies.

After 35 years as an education reporter, Tooten is leaving journalism, but he’ll continue as a pastor and adjunct professor.

Several school leaders said they used data to target help for struggling students.

For the first time, Baltimore County residents can tell the superintendent where they want to see school money spent at a series of community meetings.

Interim Maryland Superintendent brings to the post a track record of major improvement in student performance in Mississippi, says Barbara Davidson, who runs the Knowledge Matters Campaign.

Mary Kay Connerton received the honor Friday at the 33rd Annual Teacher of the Year Gala.

The challenges were driven by Moms for Liberty, a conservative group focusing on parents’ rights.

Carey Wright, incoming interim state superintendent, said she’ll apply for a four-year term as the leader of the Maryland State Department of Education.

Dozens of newsmakers spanning the public, private and nonprofit sectors came together Tuesday for iMPACT Maryland, The Baltimore Banner’s new event for thought leaders to swap insights and discuss innovative ideas for the state’s future.

The science of reading is finally making its way to Maryland, but the shift has been slow and uneven.

A substitute teacher at Glen Burnie High School was arrested Monday after a handgun was found in his backpack on school property, according to police.

State watchdogs are asking whether Mohammed Choudhury’s use of the Signal app shielded discussions of state business from public record, according to a source with knowledge of the investigation.

Carey Wright will take over the lead role at the Maryland State Department of Education later this month.

Minutes after the Child Victims Act went into effect on Sunday, ending the statute of limitations for civil cases involving child sexual abuse, two women filed lawsuits against the Key School, a private institution in Annapolis.