K-12 schools

Baltimore County is the latest school system grappling with whether to continue its online learning program and how to pay for it.

Chris Bendann, 38, of Towson — who taught at the independent, private all-boys school from 2007-2023 — is charged with sexual abuse of a minor, rape, perverted practice and related offenses.

Before David Linthicum was found and arrested, Baltimore County Public Schools closed six schools on Feb. 9 as a precaution. Parents had to explain to their kids why they had to stay home.

District staff say lower enrollment and cost savings justify cutting the jobs, but union leaders and the school board chair worry teachers could lose critical support.

Like many independent schools, the all-boys school in North Baltimore fosters close relationships between students and teachers that have at times been exploited by abusers.

Long before offensive tackle Orlando Brown Jr. was a member of the Kansas City Chiefs — long before he started preparing to play the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday night in Super Bowl LVII — he was an elementary student in Baltimore County.

About two decades before the sweeping educational reform known as the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future, there was a different commission that laid the foundation.

The Baltimore City Public Schools system is keeping a portion of state funding the charter schools say should be theirs.

Chris Bendann, 38, of Towson, who taught at the private, independent all-boys school from 2007-2023, is charged with sexual abuse of a minor, rape and perverted practice.

The West Baltimore high school has lost two students to gun violence since last month.

A rise in shootings within blocks of city high schools has rattled parents and students, who say they feel safe within school walls.

My students share stories of the dreams they set aside. I wasn’t expecting them to make me question my own life choices.

Chris Bendann, who taught at the private school for boys in North Baltimore, was charged with rape and sexual abuse of a minor.

A playful TikTok video led to cyberbullying against Keylin Perez, the first Latina to be crowned Miss Coppin State University at the historically Black college.

Following criticism from conservative politicians in Florida, the College Board revised the curriculum to make some contemporary topics optional.

The roof of the school on Furley Avenue is lined with five-gallon buckets.

As educators nationwide face new challenges in teaching about the Black experience, some area teachers are taking it upon themselves to ensure that students are learning about such studies.

Baltimore County leaders say it’s expected to take years to solve the overcrowding problem among high schools across the Northeastern region of the community.

The four school board members appointed by Larry Hogan will stay on until Gov. Wes Moore replaces them, even though their terms expired in December.

The MCAP is administered to students in grades 3 through 8 in math and English, as well as students in 10th grade for English and algebra.