K-12 schools

Caring for children with highly complex emotional and behavioral needs is a challenge that exists across the country. But in Maryland, the problem has worsened over the last decade — and many blame outgoing Republican Gov. Larry Hogan.

Police believe a juvenile in North Carolina was also involved in the series of threats that have rattled the community.

”We have given Baltimore City Public Schools a chance to do right by this family, and they have not,” said Gadeir Abbas, a senior litigation attorney at CAIR.

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The survivors and advocates include two women who say they were violently raped by a priest while students at Archbishop Keough High School. The women decried the fact that church leaders have been able to read the report while they — victims whose testimony helped investigators — have been barred from seeing it.

Although Baltimore County Police have said the threats are unsubstantiated, their announcements of increased police presence and an unfinished investigation haven’t been much comfort.

Lichter succeeds Julie Henn as chair, while Harvey replaces Rod McMillion as vice chair. The two new leaders both had the backing of the teachers union in the Nov. 8 election.

Maryland students had mixed results on statewide, standardized tests given last spring.

School system officials in a memo attributed the withholding issues to an “inadvertent error” made by the vendor that processes payroll and other business services.

The board will elect a new chair, welcome five newly elected members and prepare to say goodbye to four appointees stepping down soon.

The fair will help students and families make more informed decisions when choosing a middle and high school.

Towson University President Kim Schatzel is leaving the university for a new job as president of the University of Louisville.

At a time when Baltimore City's public schools are looking for teachers, UMBC has provided a small pipeline of graduates to fill needed positions.

Teacher Kerry Graham remembers when a student who rarely spoke in class came to her one day with a surprise message.

The Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners voted to close Steuart Hill Academic Academy in January, but parents were hoping their appeal to state officials would keep the doors open.

Baltimore County Public Schools should embrace new strategies for disciplining students because merely removing students from school does little to fix the problem of disruptive behavior, a law student and former county teacher says.

School board candidates Maggie Litz Domanowski and Brenda Hatcher-Savoy cemented their wins after the Baltimore County Board of Elections finished counting mail-in and provisional ballots late Friday.

Police increased their presence at Towson High School on Friday after a threat of a mass shooting was sent to members of the school community.

Attorney General Brian Frosh is seeking court approval to release the 456-page report, which documents 80 years of child sexual abuse in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.

A coalition of Baltimore County community groups met Tuesday in Randallstown to brainstorm ways to help Black students succeed and hold school leaders accountable if they fail.