K-12 schools

    An African American studies class is too ‘divisive’ for one Maryland school district
    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 Harford County school board rejected the latest version of the advanced placement elective course.
    Baltimore County Council overturns Olszewski’s veto, passes school overcrowding bill
    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.
    6/16/22—Signs reading “Baltimore County Maryland” and “Baltimore County Council” hang on the wall inside the historic Baltimore County Courthouse in Towson, the center of county government.
    A beloved nursery school director was ousted. Then her entire staff resigned.
    In the chaos, some families are left scrambling to find affordable child care.
    Mount Hebron Nursery School students at the school's playground.
    Maryland’s former superintendent quietly resigned. Where is he headed?
    Board of education officials acknowledged for the first time that the embattled former chief of schools has left the state.
    Maryland State Superintendent of Schools Mohammed Choudhury, state school board president Clarence Crawford and school board vice president Josh Michael at a press conference in August.
    Maryland is spending billions more on education. Here’s what leaders want in return.
    “If you don’t set ambitious goals, you’re never going to reach them," said Carey Wright, Maryland's Superintendent of Schools.
    “If you don’t set ambitious goals, you’re never going to reach them," said Carey Wright, Maryland's Superintendent of Schools.
    Baltimore County teacher charged with sexual abuse of a student ordered to home detention
    Baltimore County detectives arrest Randallstown High School teacher and charge him with sexually abusing a minor.
    6/16/22—A Baltimore County police car sits outside of the Public Safety Building and Police Department in Towson.
    What a fight over $1.9 million in pay says about training for veteran teachers
    Baltimore City teachers were submitting 60 course credits — the equivalent of two masters degrees — in a year. Something seemed fishy.
    An empty hallway full of lockers inside Hampstead Hill Academy on 8/29/22. Monday was the first day back to school for Baltimore City students.
    Speedsters beware: Anne Arundel traffic cameras go live Monday near several schools
    Anne Arundel County installs first-ever speed cameras to increase roadway safety and reduce traffic fatalities and injuries.
    An Anne Arundel County Police vehicle.
    Howard County teachers are getting a pay bump. It wasn’t what they’d hoped for.
    After tense negotiations with the school system, the Howard County teachers union has a new contract.
    The Howard County Education Association had pushed for a three-year contract that the Board of Education did not support.
    As Baltimore schools get more Arabic-speaking students, teachers are hard to find
    The number of Arabic-speaking families has been rising in the U.S., and so has the number of Arabic-speaking students.
    Claudia Canlas teaches her ELD class at Lamont Elementary School in Prince George’s County.
    Man sentenced to prison for leaving pipe bomb in pickup near Baltimore County middle school
    “The facts of this case are terrifying,” Baltimore County Circuit Judge Robert E. Cahill Jr. said as he sentenced Joseph Vickery, 44, of Wilmington, North Carolina, on a charge of attempted manufacturing of a destructive device.
    6/16/22—A Baltimore County police car sits outside of the Public Safety Building and Police Department in Towson.
    Baltimore County’s overcrowding bill is in jeopardy. The school system has other plans.
    Baltimore County Public Schools announced it is redistricting for the sixth time in two years.
    Scotts Branch Elementary School in Windsor Mill was part of two Baltimore County Public Schools boundary studies this year.
    Howard County students were mostly quiet about book bans — until now
    Moms for Liberty is targeting more than three dozen titles for removal from Howard County school libraries.
    Oakland Mills High School student McKenna Gran, 16, started a petition opposing Moms for Liberty’s efforts to get more than three dozen titles out of Howard County school libraries.
    Virginia educator selected to lead Montgomery County Public Schools
    The president of the Montgomery County school system announced Monday that it had selected Thomas W. Taylor, the superintendent of the Stafford County, Virginia, school system, as its new superintendent.
    Montgomery County Public Schools announced Thomas Taylor as the district's new superintendent on Monday, June 17, 2024.
    How Baltimore is getting vulnerable students back in school and across the stage
    Since the pandemic, Baltimore City schools have poured resources into getting kids to school every day and to graduation. And it’s working.
    Staff and students walk through the hallways of the Excel Academy at Francis M. Wood High School, where efforts to boost attendance have received mayoral recognition.
    Maryland could do a better job teaching multilingual kids. This school found a solution.
    Kids learning English are Maryland schools’ fastest-growing group.
    Fritzie Bernardo instructs her third grade English language development class at Lamont Elementary School in Prince George’s County.
    The karate kids of Howard County: A dojo helps remedy the after-school care shortage
    With parents facing a dearth of reliable afterschool care, a dojo in Ellicott City provides a unique option
    Stanley Crump, owner of Okinawan Karate Dojo, stands for a portrait outside of his dojo on 6/13/24 in Ellicott City, MD.
    Commentary: I needed to learn English, but my Spanish sustained me
    Morelys Urbano, a Morgan State University student and fellow who advocates for language justice, relates how her native language sustained her as she navigated the necessity of learning English.
    Morelys Urbano
    Baltimore City schools will keep its CEO — but not for long
    Just before the last day of school, Sonja Santelises and Baltimore's school board finally struck a deal for her to stay.
    The Baltimore City school board gave Sonja Santelises an unusually short contract.
    Howard County schools are in for more leadership changes
    The Howard County Public School System will reorganize six divisions.
    The exterior of the Howard County Department of Education in Howard County, Maryland on February 7, 2024.
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