K-12 schools

Maryland must implement data governance practices to protect school systems, which are particularly vulnerable to cyberattacks, says James D. Cornelius, a former chief information officer for the Maryland State Department of Education.

A grassroots organization, called “Neighbors for Buses,” held a town hall meeting on Tuesday at Howard County’s central library to talk over solutions.

Students getting to spend time outdoors enhances learning, and legislation that supports outdoor education should be strengthened, say U.S. Rep. John Sarbanes and Nicole Veltre-Luton, a teacher at Baltimore’s Digital Harbor High School.

There have been nine homicides in Annapolis this year and many more shootings and reports of evening gunfire. It’s easy to overlook that some people are trying to help those hurt by it all.

Enoch Pratt Free Library reminded residents of Carroll County that no matter what happens in their school districts, Marylanders always have access to banned books.

Mohammed Choudhury, who had previously fought to save his job, has told the state school board he does not want a four-year contract beginning next July.

High schoolers in Howard County will get a bit less sleep after Sept. 20.

Howard County government funding priorities and questionable school system budget management are to blame for chronic school bus service failures, Hiruy Hadgu, president of Progressive Democrats of Howard County, says.

A flood of challenges to school library books prompted Carroll County’s superintendent to temporarily take 56 titles off the shelves and change book selection procedures.

A shooting incident near a popular Hampden skate park ended with a chaotic arrest Monday afternoon as dozens of students departing a nearby high school looked on.

Baltimore County Police reported a man was shot in the hand Monday afternoon in the neighborhood next to Lansdowne Middle School, resulting in a brief lockdown at three schools.

Dozens of local drivers are working their way through a hiring pipeline, Superintendent Michael Martirano told board of education members.

“The failure of transportation is my responsibility,” former chief operating officer Scott Washington told the Banner on Wednesday. “Because of the result of transportation, I resigned.”

Howard County school officials said 11 out of 20 bus routes have been restored.

A summer program that integrated artistic activities into learning enhanced student engagement and created a more positive mindset among those who participated, says Elaina Gomez-Alcala, a Baltimore City Public Schools teacher.

“We haven’t lost anything,” Baltimore County State’s Attorney Scott Shellenberger said. “And the thing we’ve gained is not having the victim have to testify in a courtroom in front of people.”

Black youth suicide rates increased 144% from 2007 to 2020, with data showing that Black LGBTQ+ youth are particularly at risk, according to a new report from the Center for Gun Violence Solutions at Johns Hopkins.

The bus contractor that abruptly canceled the routes will offer $8,000 signing bonuses to attract new drivers, the Howard County schools superintendent said Thursday.

Despite its ambitions to transform student transportation with top-of-the-line technology and better pay for bus drivers, Zum seems to be suffering from the same labor shortage that’s hampered school districts across the U.S.

The superintendent of schools has pledged a forensic audit to ensure transportation problems will never happen again.