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    Howard County Council members push school officials to keep teacher pay competitive
    The Howard County Council and school system sit down for robust work session regarding the upcoming fiscal year’s budget.
    The Howard County logo seen inside the Banneker Room of the George Howard government building in Ellicott City where the Howard County Council meets.
    Letters: Underfunding has left Carroll County short of teachers
    Years of underfunding has left Carroll County short of the number of teachers it needs, the president of the Carroll County Education Association says.
    Celeste M. Jordan is president of the Carroll County Education Association.
    Rolling up their sleeves. Students in Anne Arundel, Howard counties pick school board members
    Students in Anne Arundel and Howard County students counties have elected Hafsa Hamdaoui and James Obasiolu as their respective student school board members. Each will serve one year.
    James Obasiolu, left, and Hafsa Hamdaoui, right, have been elected to serve on the school boards for Anne Arundel and Howard counties.
    What Anne Arundel County school board candidates think about book bans
    Anne Arundel voters will decide May 14 which candidates advance in the race for a seat on the school board, the body that sets policies around school reading materials.
    Parents in some Maryland school districts have organized campaigns to restrict the kinds of books allowed in school libraries.
    Anne Arundel County middle school students found with gun, BB gun on campus
    Officers responded to Marley Middle School in Glen Burnie on Tuesday after school officials found an unloaded 9 mm handgun in a student’s backpack, according to Anne Arundel County Police.
    Maryland’s new superintendent wants to change how we rate our schools
    Wright wants to give families a clearer view of how well their children are taught in Maryland schools.
    Carey Wright will take over as Maryland's interim schools superintendent this month.
    Where Howard County school board candidates stand on book ban debates
    Howard County’s school board has historically resisted campaigns to get certain books off the shelves. Could this election flip the script?
    A Howard County Moms for Liberty meeting to discuss school library book challenges was met with protests in February.
    Suspect in Pikesville AI case set off red flags before racist recording spread
    Before he arrived at Pikesville High School last year, Dazhon Darien appear to have held jobs in at least five states.
    Dazhon Leslie Darien
    Pikesville High School allegations show how AI can be misused. Is the law ready?
    “AI and its easy availability is relatively new,” Baltimore County State’s Attorney Scott Shellenberger said in an interview. “And it usually doesn’t take very long for the bad guys to come up with ideas.”
    Pikesville High School photographed on March 4, 2024.
    Students speak out on Dazhon Darien, accused of framing principal with AI
    To Pikesville High School students, the former athletic director’s arrest feels like justice.
    Pikesville High School photographed on March 4, 2024.
    Ex-athletic director accused of framing principal with AI arrested at airport with gun
    Baltimore County Police charged Dazhon Darien, Pikesville High School’s former athletic director, in connection with the incident.
    Pikesville High School photographed on March 4, 2024.
    Maryland schools have a new superintendent. She’s a familiar face.
    The new Maryland State Superintendent of Education is committed to improving how schools teach reading and math.
    Carey Wright will take over as Maryland's interim schools superintendent this month.
    Girls flag football coming to more high schools with help from Ravens, Under Armour
    Frederick County Cadets freshman Maya Robinson runs the ball against the Thomas Johnson Patriots during the final minutes of regular season play in the girls varsity flag football season at Thomas Johnson High School, on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023 in Frederick, MD. (Wesley Lapointe / for the Baltimore Banner)
    Bus driver accused of sex abuse asked student to be last off the bus, court records say
    Robert Lookingbill, 71, faces two felony sex abuse charges and two misdemeanor charges related to a March 1 incident in which he allegedly inappropriately touched a middle school student on the school bus he was driving.
    Bob Lookingbill, a commissioner for the Town of Thurmont, began bus driving as a "retirement job" in 2015. He faces two felony sex abuse charges and two misdemeanor charges.
    Frederick County bus driver, town commissioner charged with child sex abuse
    Robert Lookingbill, 71, is also a town commissioner and faces two felony counts.
    Robert Lookingbill, 71, is also a town commissioner and faces two felony counts.
    Commentary: Why book bans are dangerous
    Kerry Graham argues that restricting books limits our access to think for ourselves.
    Illustration of three bookcases tipping back from left to right, books falling off the shelves, and four librarians standing on right side of shelves trying to keep them from falling.
    Montgomery County teen accused of plotting school shooting held without bond
    The teenager faces 10 years in prison if convicted.
    A Montgomery County Police vehicle is seen in Silver Spring, Maryland on Saturday, March 2, 2024.
    A county library supported the ‘freedom to read.’ Commissioners threatened its funding.
    Carroll County commissioners plan to withhold some additional funding to the public library because staff supported the Freedom to Read Act, they said in budget work sessions this month.
    Books on desk in library at the elementary school
    Rockville teen charged with plotting school shooting after FBI finds ‘manifesto’
    A Montgomery County high school student has been charged with plotting a school shooting.
    A Montgomery County Police vehicle is seen in Silver Spring, Maryland on Saturday, March 2, 2024.
    Ravens owner, M&T Bank will spend millions to help Baltimore kids get through college
    Fewer than half of city graduates go to college, but the Ravens, the team’s owner and M&T Bank want to change that.
    Shirley Collado, left, is the president and CEO of College Track, the organization that has supported Mamady Diallo, right, through high school and as a student at UMBC.
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