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Most Baltimore County teachers are ready to teach science of reading. What about your district?
The phonics-forward method backed by brain science is what education leaders hope will bring Maryland back to its heyday.
BALTIMORE, MD - DECEMBER 5, 2024: School books at a classroom in KIPP Harmony Academy are seen on December 5, 2024.
Montgomery County Public Schools to remain closed Monday
Students missed a week of classes after the winter storm.
Snow piles up on Thayer Avenue, just south of downtown Silver Spring, on Sunday morning.
Updated list of Maryland school delays, closings
Here are K-12 schools, colleges and universities that will be delayed.
Public schools systems across Maryland closed campuses for much of last week after Winter Storm Fern.
This Maryland program opened nearly 300 day cares in 3 years
Maryland’s Growing Opportunities for Family Child Care program is expanding in-home day care, adding thousands of affordable child care slots statewide.
Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026 —  Teacher Aurikshauna Ratliff, owner of The Start of Excellence Childcare, smiles as Sapphire Beatty, 2,  picks out the red heart during a lesson in shapes and colors.
Does snow-day learning need screens? Baltimore County schools try a new approach.
Some elementary school students learned from a packet instead of a screen on this week’s snow days. Some did both.
Maggie Furth, a fifth grade Baltimore County Public Schools student, took classes online from her Catonsville home on Thursday after the school district switched to virtual learning.
School background checks are law, but educators slip through the cracks, audit finds
Three Maryland school districts admitted they don’t regularly screen applicants.
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Baltimore County students plan walkout to protest ICE across multiple high schools
High school students at Sparrows Point, Dundalk, Perry Hall, Parkville and more Baltimore County schools are organizing walkouts to protest ICE actions, citing civil rights concerns and experiences with racism.
Sparrows Point High School seniors Carmen Butrim and Mariana "Mar" Pastor have spent the past several weeks planning a walk-out to protest ICE. Their movement quickly expanded and has since inspired several other Baltimore County Public Schools to participate.
Loyola University Maryland gets 3 record-high gifts in a row
Together, the donations bring in $32 million for Loyola University Maryland, the private college in North Baltimore.
Loyola University Maryland, in Baltimore, Thursday, March 13, 2025.
School in July? An experiment with a longer school year could come to an end
Montgomery County Public Schools leaders say a Silver Spring school’s longer academic year hasn’t paid off and are recommending reverting it to a traditional calendar year, which could save the district more than $1.4 million.
Angel Johnson and her daughter love the longer school year at Arcola, crediting it for the fourth-graders academic success. Photo taken at Arcola Elementary in Silver Spring.
List: School closings and delays for Friday
Here are the Maryland K-12 schools, colleges and universities that will be closed, delayed or switching to virtual learning due to the weather.
Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026 — Baltimore County School busses sit in the county lot on Providence Road on day when schools are closed because of snow.
Montgomery County Public Schools will be closed Friday
Students will miss an entire week of school because of icy conditions.
Children sled down a hill on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, during a snowstorm in Silver Spring, Md. at Pinecrest Park.
University of Maryland restores heat after encouraging students to leave campus
The state’s flagship university lost heat and hot water twice in two days amid freezing temperatures.
The University of Maryland, College Park has restored heat and hot water to more than 100 buildings after frigid temperatures caused outages twice in two days.
Francis Scott Key Elementary/Middle students moved after mold discovered in walls
Nearly 600 South Baltimore students will be bused eight miles to the former Thurgood Marshall Middle School building in East Baltimore.
Francis Scott Key Elementary/Middle School students have been moved after mold was discovered in the walls of the school.
List: School closings and delays for Thursday
As the weather remain frigid, here are the K-12 schools, colleges and universities that remain closed, delayed or have switched to virtual learning.
The weather will remain frigid the rest of this week, and some roads are still icy.
University of Maryland warming back up after brief heat, hot water outage
Temperatures are on the rise again after the University of Maryland, College Park experienced a brief steam outage that temporarily left dozens of buildings without fully functioning heat and hot water Wednesday morning.
A steam outage at the University of Maryland, College Park caused dozens of buildings to lose hot water and heat.
Maryland sees drop in Hispanic graduations as immigration raids ramp up
A precipitous drop in the number of Hispanic students and foreign students learning English has fueled a 1 percentage point decline in the state’s graduation rate for 2025.
A student walks past lockers in the hallway outside Damien Ford’s Baltimore School for The Arts classroom on Dec. 21, 2022. Ford teaches an African American Literature class where shows his students comparisons between Lauryn Hill lyrics and the work of Zora Neal Hurston.
Montgomery County public schools will be closed Wednesday and Thursday
MCPS announced Tuesday that schools will be closed Wednesday and Thursday. School officials will announce on Thursday whether they will close on Friday.
Cynthia Ferguson, left, and Joni Kayne sled down a hill on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, during a snowstorm  in Silver Spring, Md. at Pinecrest Park.
List: School closings and delays for Wednesday
Here’s what we know about Maryland school and college closures as cold weather and ice persist.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2025 — Ava Funk, 5, boards her school bus to Davidsonville Elementary School in Riva, MD.
List: Winter storm school closings and delays for Tuesday
As crews clear snow, several school systems across Maryland will be closed or delayed on Tuesday.
Several school systems across Maryland will be closed or delayed on Tuesday.
After the snow comes the next challenge for schools — extreme cold
As Maryland schools are clearing out from the winter snow storm, officials are trying to prepare for the next weather event: extreme cold.
Lockers in a hallway inside of Oakland Mills High School in Columbia, Md. on Wednesday, April 9, 2025.
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