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Maryland lawmakers pass bill granting some college professors union rights
If Gov. Wes Moore signs the bill into law, these educators will be the first granted collective bargaining rights at Maryland’s four-year public colleges.
Non-tenure track faculty at the University of Maryland, College Park, would be among those who could form recognized unions under new legislation.
The Maryland college outlasting Hungary’s war on universities
McDaniel College’s satellite campus in Budapest is thriving, despite Hungarian President Viktor Orbán’s contentious higher education policies.
The McDaniel College campus in Budapest.
Half off at Hopkins: Carey Business School offers steep discounts to Maryland grads
Experts say the unusual move could signal that the business school is among many facing headwinds.
Wednesday, March 25, 2026 — The 62-unit, Four Seasons Private Residences sit atop the Four Seasons hotel in Harbor East.
Hampden’s Castle fire destroyed a haven for new parents. What’s next for The Womb Room?
The popular spot for prenatal yoga, birth doulas and infant care classes is in limbo, operating out of a temporary space 3 miles away in Govans.
Mom Aja Wilkes takes a yoga class at The Womb Room with daughter Solana, who is 4 months old.
Baltimore City schools could announce a new leader any day now
After a yearlong search, a new schools chief will soon replace Sonja Santelises.
Baltimore City Public Schools CEO Sonja Santelises has run the school system since 2016.
How this day care rebuilt trust after a shooting and abuse scandal
The new owner of Shanteari Young’s former child care center lets parents watch classroom livestreams.
Teachers Tanasia Johnson, right, and Aniyah Tittle lead arts and crafts time with the children at Legacy Child Development Center in Owings Mills.
How Baltimore students are being trained to join the city’s vacant housing fight
Requity wants to scale so that vocational students complete one vacant house a year.
Requity, a work-based training program, holds a ribbon-cutting of the first home largely rehabbed by high school students.
Oldfields School nearly closed. A new leader will rebuild from just 34 students.
The girls boarding and day school enrolls just 34 students, down from about 100 in 2023.
Stephen "Brock" Dunn will take over as interim head of school at Oldfields this July, where enrollment has dropped to just 34 students, down from about 100 in the 2022-2023 school year.
‘Godfather of the alt-right’ Jared Taylor to speak at Salisbury University
The event, organized by the Maryland Federation of College Republicans, has drawn criticism from the Maryland Republican Party and prompted university officials to charge the group $3,500 in security fees.
In this March 22, 2015 file photo,  Jared Taylor speaks during the International Russian Conservative Forum in St.Petersburg, Russia.
Maryland grad students could finally win union rights. They aren’t celebrating.
Legislation would give graduate students at the University of Maryland, College Park, and UMBC the right to unionize.
Protesters with the University of Maryland Graduate Labor Union hold signs as Darryll J. Pines, president of the university, delivers the State of the Campus address in March.
Christine Koniezhny continued teaching at Upper Friends School even through her battle with ALS
Christine Koniezhny, a Friends Upper School assistant principal for academics who continued teaching through her battle with ALS, died earlier this month. She was 61.
Christine Koniezhny.
Tom McMillen’s Epstein ties prompt University of Maryland student vote
A University System of Maryland regent’s connection to Jeffrey Epstein prompted a student-led referendum at the University of Maryland, College Park.
WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 10:  Former Congressman Tom McMillen (D-MD) arrives at the National Archives Foundation Annual Gala, honoring Laura Bush with the Records Of Achievement Award, at The National Archives on October 10, 2018 in Washington, DC.
Racism or clerical error? How a teacher of the year flub roiled a Maryland school system.
In an Eastern Shore county, a simple teacher of the year announcement became a source of discord. Was the winner Myresha Bevins, or Corey Bivens?
At left, Myresha Bevins, Secondary Teacher of the Year representing Washington Academy and High School, and at right, Corey Bivens is Somerset County Public Schools' Teacher of the Year for 2026 and will represent the county at the Maryland Teacher of the Year program this fall. Both are joined by Board Chair Matt Lankford, left, and Superintendent of Schools W. David Bromwell.
With matzo meal and gefilte fish, this kosher food pantry helps families ahead of Passover
Inside the Washington region’s only kosher food pantry, organizers are ensuring observant Jews can celebrate Passover even as their families face difficult financial times.
Yad Yehuva’s Capital Kosher Pantry in Silver Spring provides kosher for Passover products to Jewish families in need.
These foster parents have taken in 15 kids. Their goal: Send them home.
The Baltimore couple is unusual in a state where half of families stop taking foster kids within the first year.
De’Jonnae Boyd Moreno sits with her daughter, Evie, whom she and husband José Moreno adopted after fostering her.
Baltimore County schools avoid cutting jobs, bigger classes with extra $9.3 million
The funding will restore about 140 jobs that had been on the chopping block.
Baltimore County Executive Kathy Klausmeier and Superintendent Myriam Rogers announced Friday morning at the Baltimore County Public Schools headquarters in Towson that the school system will receive an extra $9.3 million to help save school positions and avoid raising class sizes.
Major changes are coming for thousands of Montgomery County students
Thursday’s contentious vote paved the way for a district transformation.
Community members packed the Montgomery County Public Schools’ headquarters in Rockville to protest a vote over new campus boundaries and programs.
Wootton shooting: MCPS report details quick response — and need for better security
The 56-page report provides the clearest picture yet of what happened last month when a student was shot in a campus stairwell.
Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent Thomas W. Taylor speaks about a shooting at Thomas S. Wootton High School at a press conference in Rockville on Monday evening.
2 lawmakers call on Baltimore County school board to revote on budget. It seems unlikely.
Two Republican state delegates are calling for the Baltimore County school board to revote on a budget passed in February, citing what they claim was an illegally cast vote by a former member.
Board Vice Chair Robin Harvey listens to public comment at the Baltimore County Public School Board meeting on 12/6/22.
Maryland lawmakers pass school cellphone ban
Maryland joins a bipartisan national movement to get phones out of classrooms.
Principal Shawnette Williams collects a cellphone and headphones from a student arriving at Reginald Lewis High School on Monday, March 17, 2025.
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