K-12 schools

After complaints by Republican legislators that the state education department was hiding failing test score data, Maryland's inspector general has concluded the state is following federal privacy laws and guidance.

Maryland can do more to support English learners and boost dual-language education, say representatives of an organization advocating for immigrant students and their teachers.

At Jemicy School, engineering and building vehicles for Baltimore’s annual tradition is part of the curriculum.

A judge upheld a previous order to redact the name of the accuser, who was a teenage student at the Gilman School at the time.

The Maryland inspector general found that Baltimore City Public Schools paid as much as $631,000 over three years to a cab company for rides to school that students may never have taken.

The governor’s office still hasn’t said why the final seat on the board hasn’t been filled.

Victims of alleged sexual abuse by clergy and others in the Archdiocese of Baltimore are finally being heard, says Gemma Hoskins, an alumna of Archbishop Keough High School who was featured in “The Keepers.”

Book-banning and other censorship efforts were a threat to journalistic freedom 100 years ago, and they still are today, DeWayne Wickham, The Banner’s public editor, says.

Lawmakers say yes. Education officials say they’re protecting student privacy.

The last day of school for students and teachers will be Tuesday, June 13, 2023, instead of June 21, as previously scheduled.

The private, all-girls school is negotiating with Garrison Forest School in Owings Mills to take its students and some faculty.

Baltimore County Public Schools on Tuesday began the process to close Golden Ring Middle School, despite operating for months as though the closure decision was final.

After a friend dies, I ask my students to be gentle with me. And they are. Because they know these early, impossible moments so well.

Baltimore County school redistricting proposals are misguided and would present hardships for children and families, say Del. Kathy Szeliga and Del. Ryan Nawrocki, who represent a Baltimore County district in the Maryland House of Delegates.

Johnny Olszewski Jr.’s proposed budget would give Baltimore County schools most, but not all, the funds the system requested.

The governor appointed three new members to the school board but chose not to pick a recommended candidate for the final open seat.

Vocal opposition from Carroll Manor elementary parents, and map options that barely moved the needle, kept school district diversity at status quo.

Baltimore and Maryland school officials need to reverse course and keep Steuart Hill Academic Academy open, a leader of a community activist group says. Cecilia Gonzalez says children and families of the West Baltimore neighborhood surrounding Steuart Hill have been well-served by the elementary school.

What exactly are community schools? How are they funded? How are they different? And how well do they work? Maryland is spending almost $4 billion a year to convert public schools to the community school model, and Baltimore Banner reporters Hallie Miller and Kristen Griffith join Aaron to visit some community schools and see how it’s going for students and their families.

Confusion is brewing over what will happen to the Rosedale school. A Baltimore County Public Schools will only say it’s being “repurposed.”