CollegeBound Foundation expanding completion program to get more Baltimore scholars through college
The CollegeBound College Completion Program, which graduated its first cohort in 2021, is helping to shepherd an extraordinary number of students who attended Baltimore City schools through college.
Baltimore County superintendent’s future remains uncertain. And so does the board’s.
The fate of Superintendent Darryl Williams remains a closely guarded secret among a divided school board a week after calls for dismissal.
Baltimore city residents are frustrated with the state of schools, poll finds
About 57% of residents disapprove or strongly disapprove of the job CEO Sonja Santelises is doing.
Sonja Santelises has a shot at making real progress in city schools. Will she stay long enough to make it happen?
This summer Baltimore City Schools CEO Sonja Santelises will become the longest serving school leader in the city since 1988. Five police chiefs and four mayors have come and gone since she began her job in July 2016. Now the biggest question is, will she stay long enough to turn the system around?
Long hours, no respect: One teacher’s cry for help
This frustration bordering on panic, or maybe dread — my reaction to not being heard — is how I’ve felt since the pandemic began. I’ve taught high school English in Baltimore City for over a decade; every year, it seems educators cry louder for help
High school students reflect on another school year during the pandemic
As the school year ends, Kerry Graham's high school English students talk about being back in school this year vs. last year's remote learning.
Baltimore County school board under pressure to get rid of superintendent by next summer
School board plans closed-door meeting about personnel issues, and Superintendent Darryl Williams is not invited
A teacher’s year of broken rhythms
Frustrated educators still waiting for a “return to normalcy.”
I teach English and I’m out of words
Teacher Kerry Graham reflects on her own students’ vulnerability following the Texas school shooting.
