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Too many kids skip pre-K. Baltimore hopes $500,000 will change that.
Vacant Baltimore City properties could soon be repurposed for child care.
At a press conference at Arundel Elementary School in Baltimore, Mayor Brandon Scott said the city will be putting $500,000 in the hands of the Fund for Educational Excellence to eventually get more city kids into high-quality preschool programs. Right now, about 1,000 Baltimore kids enter kindergarten with no prior classroom experience, Scott said.
Maryland schools lost students this year, early estimates show. What’s to blame?
It's an unexpected turn in a state that predicted an overall increase in the number of students in the next decade.
Seventh-grade students eat lunch at Robert Frost Middle School in Rockville.
Baltimore County’s latest redistricting impacts 11 schools but only one student
Some small boundary fixes in the central region could save the school system headaches in the future.
Hampton Elementary School following recent Baltimore County Redistricting. 3/19/2024. Timonium, MD.
Howard County school board set to move 146 Columbia students
The plan reassigns 122 Bryant Woods Elementary students to Longfellow, Running Brook and Swansfield elementary schools.
Board member Jacky McCoy was the sole dissenting vote in the decision.
What would you ask the pope? This Maryland student has her question ready.
It's the first time the American pope is addressing U.S. teens.
Mia Smothers, a freshman at the all-girls Catholic school in Northeast Baltimore, is part of a small group of teens who will ask the Pope questions during a virtual discussion at the National Catholic Youth Conference.
Montgomery County school board advances campus upgrade plans
Superintendent Thomas Taylor warned of hard decisions.
During a Montgomery County School Board meeting in Rockville on Thursday evening, families from different parts of Montgomery County urged the school board to prioritize their local campuses as they consider future construction projects.
Howard County made a priority list for fixing schools. It’s not that simple.
The Board of Education deviated from the recommended schools on the priority list, postponing a long-awaited high school renovation.
Oakland Mills High School teachers, parents and students protest before school Wednesday over the HCPSS Board of Education’s cancellation of planned renovations to the school.
Anne Arundel moving 700 students in redistricting plan nobody’s happy about
More than 700 Anne Arundel County public school students will attend new schools next fall.
A special Anne Arundel County school board meeting in October when parents weighed in on the county’s redistricting plans.
School buses for every Baltimore student seemed impossible — until now
School transportation company HopSkipDrive used AI and a Banner analysis to map how yellow buses, vans and cars could get Baltimore students to school safely and on time for less than 5% of the district’s budget.
Kurt Schmoke resigns from Baltimore City Community College board amid proposed consolidation
Kurt Schmoke pitched a merger with the University of Baltimore last month.
University of Baltimore President Kurt Schmoke addresses faculty and staff at convocation in August.
Montgomery County school board to vote on major facilities plan
Superintendent Thomas Taylor’s plan includes funding for several major projects over a six-year period.
Rachel DuBois points out damage as she leads members of the public, press and other officials with Montgomery County Public Schools on a tour of MCPS warehouse and operations in Rockville, Maryland. MCPS Superintendent Thomas Taylor is asking for $2.7 billion to repair the school district’s aging infrastructure.
West Baltimore will lose a beloved school that couldn’t make ends meet for years
New Song Academy has been called a pillar of its Sandtown-Winchester community.
New Song Community Learning Center in Baltimore.
Why did it take months for a fourth grader to get to class on time?
It took until the second week of November for the bus to consistently pick up Christine Neumerski’s son at their Takoma Park home on time.
Christine Neumerski and her son walk to the school bus near their home in Takoma Park.
Montgomery County students get $9 million to boost mental health
“Pay to the order of: The students of Montgomery County,” the oversized check read.
Maryland Sen. Cheryl Kagan (D-Montgomery County), center right, celebrates the signing of an oversized check for $9 million while at a Monday morning Quince Orchard High School event in Gaithersburg.
Baltimore’s New Song Academy closing at the end of the school year
Students will be moved out of a deteriorating building in Sandtown-Winchester, according to City Schools.
In January, the city school board voted to renew New Song’s charter for three years while noting the school needed to get on better long-term financial footing.
Johns Hopkins University has spent nearly double on lobbyists since Trump took office
In the first nine months of this year, Johns Hopkins spent $1.3 million on lobbyists, compared to $750,000 during the same period last year, according to federal disclosure forms.
Empty lounge chairs sit on the quad at Johns Hopkins University on July 3, 2025.
Maryland is investing over $65 million to prove blind kids play sports, too
Once "decrepit," Maryland School for the Blind will cap off its transformation with a new gym and two pools.
Presley Serio, 13, on the campus of Maryland School for the Blind in Nottingham where he is a student.
MacKenzie Scott gives $50M to Bowie State, marking her 3rd major gift to Maryland HBCUs
The billionaire philanthropist has given $50 million to Bowie State University, the historically Black university’s largest gift in school history.
Banners at Bowie State University.
Somerset County school board violated state law in hiring lawyers, inspector general says
A state inspector general report finds Marc and Gordana Schifanelli were hired without competitive bids.
Gordana Schifanelli arrives at Dan Cox's election night event held at DoubleTree by Hilton in Annapolis, Maryland, on Nov. 8, 2022.
East Baltimore nonprofit closes 2 weeks after separation with Johns Hopkins
Founded in 1994, the Historic East Baltimore Community Action Coalition offers educational programs, emergency shelter, community beautification and other services.
The Historic East Baltimore Community Action Coalition has been operating for 31 years.
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