You can now major in artificial intelligence at these Maryland colleges
AI majors are “the trendy thing” right now, one Maryland computer science professor said.
Oyster farmers have been probing murky bay water with bamboo poles for centuries—a technique one waterman calls "caveman-ish." AI-trained sonar mounted on autonomous drones can now see through turbid water to locate oysters, determine their size, and distinguish living shellfish from dead ones. The technology aims to modernize Maryland's $350 million oyster industry while supporting oysters' role as natural water filters.
You’ve been served — on TikTok. Baltimore teacher uses social media to sue right-wing influencer.
Alexa Sciuto filed a defamation lawsuit in 2025 in Baltimore County Circuit Court against five Republican lawmakers, two leaders of Moms for Liberty, and Chaya Raichik, founder of Libs of TikTok.
Alexa Sciuto is pictured outside Stemmers Run Middle School in Essex, Maryland, where she is a teacher, on November 10, 2023.
The gamble behind Maryland’s most affordable university
Rather than raising tuition to bring in more revenue, Coppin State University slashed it, wagering that a more affordable college would draw more students.
When Anthony L. Jenkins took over as president of Coppin State University, the historically Black university was losing half its freshmen every year and struggling with recruitment.
502 students lose spots at Howard University over tuition payments weeks before classes start
More than 500 incoming students at Howard University learned this week that they have been unenrolled from the Washington school and no longer have spots for the fall semester that begins Aug. 17. Many have taken to social media — some in tears — to share their stories.
FILE - A sign welcomes people to the Howard University campus in Washington on July 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
MCPS spends millions on portable classrooms. New boundaries could make some disappear.
Roughly 60% of the district’s portable classrooms are on elementary campuses.
Arcola Elementary is home to four portable classrooms because its main campus is over-capacity. Fifth-grade teacher Karen McKiernan has taught in the trailers for a decade.
A Democrat and Republican are teaming up for a nonpartisan race
Democrat Lisa Maisano and Republican Julie Walsh are pitching themselves as a bipartisan slate for Carroll County school board who can steer the conversation away from national politics and back to local issues.
Lisa Maisano, a Democrat, left, and Julie Walsh, a Republican, are running on a slate for Carroll County school board.
15-year-old found with unloaded gun at Hammond High School
The teenager was at Hammond High School when a school resource officer received a report that the suspect had a gun in his possession, police said.
A teenage student in Howard County was found with an unloaded gun at school.
Baltimore’s first Latina council member calls for more protection from ICE near schools
Immigration enforcement is “changing childhood itself,” experts told Baltimore City Council at a three-hour hearing Thursday.
Baltimore City Councilwoman Odette Ramos wants the city’s Safe Passage initiative to expand to more schools.
Federal judge orders release of father detained by ICE on Baltimore school campus
U.S. District Judge Julie Rubin ruled that ICE lacked probable cause to arrest Jesus Acevedo Sanchez and ordered the federal government to release him.
ICE detained Jesus Acevedo Sanchez outside Commodore John Rodgers Elementary/Middle School last month.
Maryland colleges raised tuition again. See how much.
All but one of Maryland’s four-year colleges and universities raised tuition for the 2026-27 academic year.
St. John’s College, which this year will charge $44,858, has the largest tuition hike at almost 6%.
One of Hampden’s hottest preschools is run by Mennonites
A conservative Anabaptist group runs one of the hottest preschools in Baltimore’s liberal Hampden neighborhood.
Harriet Unger, 2, crawls through a cubby at Hampden Christian School.
Hutzell: Christopher Nolan’s ‘Odyssey’ has nothing on Annapolis’ Homer obsession
COLUMN | However big the song of Odysseus’ journey home 3,000 years ago will look on — really big — screens in Christopher Nolan’s IMAX adaptation this weekend, it has a home in Annapolis.
Emily Wilson's 2017 translation of "The Odyssey" takes most of a shelf of the Homer section of the library at St. John's College.
Anne Arundel parents sued to opt out of a gender identity policy. Here’s what to know.
The lawsuit, filed last week, is America First Legal’s latest effort to bring conservative influence into public schools.
A participant in the Baltimore Trans Pride Grand March holds the Transgender Flag while marching in Baltimore, MD on 6/29/2024.
Think high school redistricting was tough? Get ready for an elementary boundary study.
Montgomery County will consider closing campuses and changing attendance zones.
District leaders say a shake-up is necessary as Montgomery County Public Schools confront declining enrollment, uneven building utilization and other factors.
Trump administration sues Maryland over college tuition for students living in the US illegally
The United States Department of Justice filed a lawsuit Thursday over policies that offer undocumented students in-state tuition at public colleges.
An undocumented student revisits a math problem from class earlier that day at his school in Baltimore, Maryland.
Amid conflict, law school deans quit Baltimore inspector general oversight board
The deans have been part of the inspector general advisory board since it was created in 2018.
April 28, 2026 -  Inspector General Isabel Cumming watches as the Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement, MONSE, testifies about a  report that several contractors submitted fraudulent invoices to the office during a Baltimore City Council  public safety meeting.
Judge orders release of mother taken into ICE custody on Baltimore school campus
U.S. District Judge Matthew Maddox ordered Adriana Gavilan Sanchez’s release from immigration custody.
Federal immigration agents arrest Jesus Acevedo Sanchez as he drops his daughter off at Commodore John Rodgers Elementary/Middle School in June as his partner, Adriana Gavilan Sanchez, the girl’s mother, looks on. (Still from bystander video)
Former Baltimore schools CEO snags top job at DC’s Council on Foreign Relations
Sonja Brookins Santelises wants to make classroom conversation civil again.
Former Baltimore City Public Schools CEO Sonja Brookins Santelises will be vice president, senior fellow and director of the Council on Foreign Relations’ Richard Haass Center for Education.
This street saw a stabbing, then a police shooting. Leaders want to know what could help.
Community leaders will gather Thursday evening near a Gaithersburg bus stop where police fatally shot a man last weekend. They plan to talk with residents about strategies to stem persistent violence in the area.
Community leaders, including Amar Mukunda, will gather Thursday evening near a Gaithersburg bus stop where police fatally shot a man last weekend.
Streeter: Somerset County’s school board wants to make your kids ignorant
COLUMN | The Somerset County proposal to limit young adult book titles to kids 18 and older will make children less empathetic and — let’s face it — stupider.
Commonly banned books are displayed at the New York Public Library.
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