K-12 schools

    Baltimore City Public Schools signs on to ChatGPT for Teachers
    Baltimore City Public Schools is the only Maryland district to sign on in this newest wave of OpenAI partnerships.
    The Baltimore City Public Schools Administrative Headquarters on Tuesday, July 22, 2025.
    Howard County schools can’t keep up with bathroom vandalism. Their solution? Lock them.
    Howard County Public Schools cannot keep up the pace with students who are vandalizing bathrooms. Their quick fix is locking up bathrooms throughout the school day.
    Struggling to curb student bathroom vandalism including damage to sinks and clogged toilets that flood as well as students vaping, the Howard County Public School System has resorted to locking bathrooms.
    Baltimore County board member apologizes for social media post deemed ‘anti-Muslim’
    A Baltimore County school board member apologized Tuesday for a social media post that some critics accused of “promoting anti-Muslim stereotypes.”
    Baltimore County school board member Maggie Litz Domanowski has apologized for a social media post that compared women’s rights to Sharia law.
    Baltimore County charter school survives shutdown threat amid director’s troubled past
    Board of Education member Pete Fitzpatrick withdrew his motion to reconsider the school’s charter agreement.
    In a sharp turn of events, Baltimore County’s school board is no longer pursuing revoking the charter of Puzzle Pieces Learning Academy Public Charter School.
    Bus tracking app failures left 10,000 Prince George’s students without a ride on the first day
    About 10,000 students were left without a ride to school after a bus tracking app crashed.
    About 10,000 students were left without a ride to school after a bus tracking app crashed.
    Maryland delays a key part of the plan to fix math test scores
    The directive is one piece of a sweeping math policy Maryland adopted last year.
    DECEMBER 11, 2025 - Scenes in the math classroom during Yongsul Cho's Algebra I class at Greenbelt Middle School.
    Educators welcome Maryland students back to school
    Monday is the first day of school in Baltimore City and Anne Arundel and Howard counties, along with transition day in Montgomery County schools. Coppin State, Towson and UMBC students return to classes, too.
    Math resource teacher Jenny Goncz is dressed as a traffic cone as she greets students and parents arriving for the first day of school at Van Bokkelen Elementary School in Anne Arundel County.
    Are Baltimore County schools ready to open? Here’s a look, by the numbers.
    Superintendent Bill Heiser gave news media and county officials a rundown of teacher vacancies, completed school construction projects, school bus driver shortages and more on Monday morning.
    Baltimore County Public Schools Superintendent Bill Heiser shared some key numbers ahead of the start of the school year.
    Maryland schools will teach math differently this year. Here’s what to expect.
    Parents will be happy to know they shouldn’t have to rearrange their evenings to help their children with math homework.
    Pocomoke High School math teacher La'Tier Evans helps a student with an algebra assignment in her classroom on Friday, Dec. 8, 2023 in Pocomoke City, MD. Evans was inspired to teach after having a Black teacher in the eighth grade, and is now Worcester County’s only Black secondary math teacher.
    ‘They’re building it just for me’: Montgomery County students welcomed onto new campus
    The $59 million Burtonsville Elementary building was years in the making.
    Nicole Stennett holds her 6-year-old son Nicholas so he can watch the ribbon-cutting ceremony at his new elementary school.
    Can a former soccer star rebuild trust in Baltimore County schools?
    Bill Heiser has promised to raise graduation rates and test scores and rebuild trust in Baltimore County schools, where repeated budget cuts have hurt morale.
    Baltimore County Public Schools Superintendent Bill Heiser took the helm of the school system on July 1.
    Montgomery County schools facing a $3 billion maintenance backlog, officials say
    The Montgomery County Public Schools system is operating with an estimated $3 billion deferred maintenance backlog, officials said.
    Rachel DuBois of Montgomery County Public Schools points out damage as she leads a tour of the district’s warehouse and operations in Rockville.
    Anne Arundel schools updates gender identity regulation following Trump administration threats
    The years-old policy became the focus of intense scrutiny last month after parents of an area high school student filed a federal lawsuit alleging teachers and staff lied about and hid their child’s gender transition.
    Dr. Mark Bedell, Anne Arundel County Schools Superintendent, takes a microphone to speak after another parent interrupted public comment about proposed school redistricting plans during a meeting at Annapolis Middle School in Annapolis, Md. on Tuesday, April 29, 2025.
    The first day of school in Maryland was political — until now
    For the first time in 10 years, all schools start before Labor Day, ending a tradition former Gov. Larry Hogan began.
    Students arrive to Nottingham Middle School for the first day of school on Monday, Aug. 26, 2024 in Rosedale, MD.
    How a fifth grader with autism ended up sedated, handcuffed and in the ER
    Hundreds of times a year, Maryland students are removed from school using a legal maneuver known as an emergency petition.
    A 10-year-old boy, who is diagnosed with autism, was handcuffed by a Washington County sheriff’s deputy, sedated by a medic against his mother’s wishes and transported from school to a hospital.
    Teen wounded in Blake High School shooting sentenced to 98 days in jail
    A teen pleaded guilty to gun possession and was sentenced to 98 days in jail in connection with a shooting in the parking lot of Blake High School in April.
    A male minor was shot Wednesday during a fight in the parking lot at James Hubert Blake High School in Silver Spring, Montgomery County Police said on Wednesday.
    Do students have too much Chromebook time? One Maryland district will find out.
    The screen time audit comes as parents across the country are revolting over how much of class is spent on computers.
    A child uses a laptop.
    Howard County wants to add 18 new school zones for increased traffic enforcement
    The Howard County Department of Public Works is looking to add 18 new school zones for traffic safety measures.
    Howard High School in Ellicott City, Md. on Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024.
    Head Start gave low-income children a chance to thrive. That is now at risk.
    Changes to federal rules could dismantle hallmarks of the early childhood education program that serves 7,000 Maryland kids.
    A classroom mostly packed up for the summer inside of the Dasher Green Center for the Community Action Council of Howard County, which houses the Dasher Green Head Start Center, in Columbia, Md. on Wednesday, August 13, 2025.
    When school closes in Anne Arundel, these day-off camps open their doors
    This guide highlights some providers that have previously offered one-day “school’s out” camps to families in the county.
    Top view picture of kids standing in a circle on the green lawn and holding rainbow parachute full of colorful balls
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