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Morgan State University adds housing for 300 students after record enrollment growth
Morgan State University signed an off-campus housing agreement and expanded another after five consecutive years of enrollment growth.
Morgan State is leasing housing at two apartment complexes to add beds for 314 students.
Montgomery County schools may lose over 400 positions due to budget shortfall
Montgomery County schools will feel different next year after a budget shortfall is expected to cost the district more than 400 jobs.
Thomas Taylor, superintendent of Montgomery County Public Schools, says he will have to cut jobs to deal with a budget shortfall.
Class rank is back in Anne Arundel County high schools after 7 years
The district had eliminated class rank in 2019 along with several other Baltimore-area school systems
Board of Education student member Brayden Morgan and Superintendent Mark T. Bedell both supported the revival of class rank.
Baltimore School for the Arts is still picking up the pieces after winter flood
The Mount Vernon arts community rallied around teachers and students who knew the show must go on.
Rosiland “Roz” Cauthen, left, executive director and principal of the Baltimore School for the Arts, listens as graduating senior Skye Chng-Lim, 18, performs for a group of school supporters.
Harford County school board selects its first Black superintendent
Dyann Mack, the interim superintendent for Harford County Public Schools, will continue to lead the district for the next four years.
TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2026 - The Harford County school board voted Tuesday to appoint Dyann Mack as the county's new schools superintendent. She has been serving as interim superintendent since the board in February fired her predecessor, Sean Bulson.
Former Baltimore teacher of the year charged with sexual solicitation of a minor
Dennis Jutras, a longtime city schools employee, allegedly tried to meet up with an officer posing as a high schooler.
The Baltimore City Public Schools Administrative Headquarters at 200 E North Avenue in Baltimore, on Tuesday, July 22, 2025.
President Trump will not speak at US Naval Academy graduation, breaking recent tradition
The class of 2026 will hear from Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, instead of Trump.
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 06: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine speaks as U.S. President Donald Trump (R) looks on during a news conference in James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on April 06, 2026 in Washington, DC. President Trump spoke about the successful military mission to rescue a weapons systems officer whose F-15E Strike Eagle was shot down in Iran.
Hutzell: Can presidents and generals be funny? They try at the Naval Academy.
COLUMN | If President Donald Trump hadn’t chosen to skip on speaking at the Naval Academy commissioning ceremony on Friday, he probably would have tried to land a witty remark. They all do. From FDR to Biden, they sometimes succeed and sometimes fail. They always get a laugh.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance, left, accepts a gifted jacket from the U.S. Naval Academy Class of 2025 during their graduation ceremony at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Md. on Friday, May 23, 2025.
‘Here, I am shrinking.’ Can this teen poet find her place in America?
Youth voices confront injustice, belonging and hope in Prince George’s County Public Schools’ writing contest.
Kaliyah Fletcher talks with a friend after the award ceremony for Prince George’s County Public Schools’ Write-A-Book contest.
Howard County schools got 99% of their budget request. Some still want more.
For the first time in years, the Howard County Board of Education isn’t struggling with what beloved program or staff positions to cut this spring.
Howard County Executive Calvin Ball announced his education funding proposal to the tune of $871.5 million on Monday.
A new approach to accelerated math puts parents and educators at odds
Montgomery County is eliminating its “compacted math” track for elementary schoolers.
An undocumented student revisits a math problem from class earlier that day at his school in Baltimore, Maryland.
Sack is back: The 1990s game for stoners is the latest craze for a different crowd
Maryland’s private school boys are obsessed with hacky sack.
Boys’ Latin student Greyson Turner shows off his hacky sack skills during a free period.
‘Enough? I know it’s not’: Montgomery County Council signs off on budget plan
The council endorsed a progressive income tax plan, but cuts are still coming to MCPS.
Council President Natali Fani-González speaks at a press conference in Rockville in earlier this year.
Maryland students made one of the fastest pandemic recoveries
The state ranks third for improvement in reading and fifth in math.
Anne Arundel Community College taps interim president who faced no-confidence vote
Anne Arundel Community College has named Tanya Millner interim president just two months after faculty voted no confidence in her leadership.
Tanya Millner is the new interim president of Anne Arundel Community College.
Baltimore County schools need a new superintendent fast — even if it’s temporary
Baltimore County Public Schools is racing to hire a new superintendent within two months following Myriam Rogers’ abrupt retirement.
Chair Jane Lichter, left, and outgoing Superintendent Myriam Rogers at a Baltimore County school board meeting in January.
What are SMOBs and why are they running for office?
Maryland has a history of giving students a voice in school board decisions — and it’s produced vocal advocates.
Student member of the board Matt Post, center, talks to fellow school board members in 2018.
Immigration enforcement is inching closer to Southeast Baltimore schools
Reports of immigration enforcement activity near Southeast Baltimore schools last week are frightening parents and spurring City Council members into action.
A neighbor recorded ICE agents outside Patterson Park Public Charter School on May 6, 2026.
Montgomery County student charged with bringing loaded handgun to school
A 16-year-old student of Walt Whitman high School was removed from class and faces weapon charges after bringing a loaded handgun onto school property, according to Montgomery County Police.
Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda.
‘The village is on fire’: School leaders decry potential cuts as council debates tax bumps
Every $10 million reduction roughly translates into 100 fewer full-time positions in the district, the superintendent said.
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.
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