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Anyone can get free child care in West Baltimore. Some moms found a village, too.
This University of Maryland, Baltimore, program fights the rising social isolation among parents.
New mother Brittany Brinkley feeds and plays with daughter Bobbee Battle, 10 months, at the Rise Early Learning and Family Support Center. The center is apart of the University of Maryland Baltimore School of Social Work, provides free, high-quality early childhood education, family support services, workforce development, and parent education programs all under one roof.
‘Save Wootton’ families intensify their fight to keep their school
Rockville families are ramping up their fight to keep Thomas S. Wootton High School in their community ahead of a consequential vote next week.
A “Save Wootton Cluster” sign encouraging people to vote no on Option H is seen outside Thomas S. Wootton High School in Rockville, on Monday, March 2, 2026.
A gentle poet, Eric Hrabowski, son of former UMBC president, dies at 50
The son of former UMBC president, Eric Hrabowski, went into cardiac arrest at home.
Eric Coleman Hrabowski in 2018.
Missing Baltimore boy Tristan King was found. What happens now?
Tristan is now in a specialized foster home, his grandmother said.
Tristan King was taken to a Baltimore hospital for an evaluation and has since been sent to what’s known as a treatment foster home in Prince George’s County, according to his grandmother.
Marylanders are missing payments on student loans, credit cards and other debt
The average Maryland resident’s debts are far higher than the national average — likely stemming from higher home prices, more expensive tuition, tariffs pushing up car prices, and greater reliance on credit cards.
Former Gilman School teacher charged with 1970s child sex abuse
An 81-year-old Connecticut pastor has been indicted on charges in Maryland that he sexually abused a child at the Gilman School in the 1970s.
Gilman School.
List: Schools to close early Monday due to threat of severe storms
Several school systems across Maryland are closing early on Monday due to the threat of severe weather.
Strong to severe storms are forecast for Monday.
Baltimore County could lose a charter school over a paperwork dispute
Bilingual Global Citizens Public Charter School's building plans were put on hold.
Bilingual Global Citizens Public Charter School was approved by the Baltimore County school board back in 2024 but has been struggling to get off the ground ever since. They have finally found a home at 7941 Corporate Drive in Nottingham.
Streeter: As a public-school parent, I thought kids had too much time off. Was I wrong?
It seems, as a parent, that Baltimore City Public School kids have too much time off. Some educators tried to set me straight.
Children sled down the hill at Wyman Park Dell on the morning after the first lasting snowfall of the winter, in Baltimore, MD on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025.
Some Baltimore County students skip class to protest Trump amid school warnings
Thirty schools in five Maryland districts signed up to protest the actions of President Donald Trump’s administration. However, some school administrators warned against it, threatening disciplinary action if students skipped class.
Students participate in a walkout at Eastern Technical High School in Essex to protest the Trump administration and ICE on Friday.
Baltimore County students plan more walkouts. Schools say there will be consequences.
The demonstrations, planned for Friday at 11 a.m., mark the second time in two months that students across Baltimore County organized school-day protests they say are within their First Amendment rights.
Towson High School students Sam LaBuff, 17, left, and Ben Kasofsky, 17, are organizing the intra-school school walk out efforts on Friday.
Finding Tristan King top priority as officials pledge accountability
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore called it “tragic.” Mayor Brandon Scott said the situation has him “pissed.” Baltimore Schools CEO Sonja Santelises is “heartbroken” because of the Tristan King story.
A missing boy was unenrolled from school in Baltimore. Here’s why.
State policy allows Maryland schools to unenroll students when they miss more than 10 consecutive days of class. That’s what happened to Tristan King — and it’s not uncommon.
Tristan King, who has been missing since Sept. 24, was unenrolled from Sharp-Leadenhall Elementary/Middle when he stopped showing up.
Baltimore parents fear kids aren’t safe riding transit to school, survey finds
The small survey is the first time in at least a decade a Baltimore City schools group has asked families for transportation feedback.
Commuters and students wait for buses at the Mondawmin Transit Hub on May 6, 2025.
Former Naval Academy midshipman posted about killing peers over their Charlie Kirk comments
An attorney for Jackson Fleming wants President Donald Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi to intervene.
U.S. Navy Security officers attend Gate 1 at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis on Sept. 11. The USNA went on lockdown that evening following reports of a shooting on campus.
Want to teach little kids in Montgomery County? You can earn a degree for free.
The school district wants to turn support staff into the fully certified teachers it needs.
Natalie Morataya will be one of the first Montgomery County paraeducators to become an early elementary teacher — for free.
Former Naval Academy head resigns from Ohio State after ‘inappropriate relationship’
Ohio State University is investigating after President Walter “Ted” Carter Jr. resigned abruptly over the weekend following the disclosure of “an inappropriate relationship.”
Ohio State University President Ted Carter speaks during the National Championship football celebration at Ohio Stadium in 2025.
Math educator dies in Baltimore school building
A Baltimore educator was found dead in a Cherry Hill elementary school.
Classroom
Johns Hopkins’ DC real estate portfolio just got even bigger
Johns Hopkins University bought a second building in D.C., continuing its expansion into the nation’s capital.
The U.S. Capitol Building is visible from inside Johns Hopkins’ 435,000-square-foot Bloomberg Center in Washington, D.C.
Can AI-powered weapons detection protect schools — without targeting students?
Adding to their unease are rumblings about the district’s track record when purchasing security software.
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