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Baltimore schools CEO could leave amid contract dispute. Insiders are worried.
Sonja Santelises would be one of the longest-serving urban superintendents if her contract is renewed.
Baltimore City School CEO Sonja Santelises talks to student during a school tour.
New Baltimore Co. development rules: Will they protect schools or crush affordable housing?
The Baltimore City Council will vote this month on Bill 31-24, which would amend the county’s ordinance to tighten rules designed to ease or prevent overcrowded school districts.
Wellwood International School in Pikesville is one of the overcrowded schools participating in a northwest area redistricting process organized by Baltimore County Public Schools.
Baltimore teacher in ‘inappropriate relationship’ helped teen shoot ex-boyfriend, police allege
Matthew Biegel, 38, of Northeast Baltimore, previously worked as an agriculture educator at the Reginald F. Lewis High School of Business, Law, and Agriculture.
Matthew Biegel, a former agriculture educator at Reginald F. Lewis High School, is charged with attempted first- and second-degree murder and related offenses.
The Climb: Mount St. Joseph’s seniors embark on century-old rite of passage
Mount St. Joe’s seniors take part in a rite of passage stretching back to the early 1900s as they prepare to embark on life after graduation.
David Wilder signs his name on the same brick his dad, Dave Wilder, signed in 1997 as part of Mount Saint Joseph High School’s graduation rite on May 1, 2024.
Stevie Wonder, Misty Copeland to speak at Peabody graduations
Stevie Wonder and Misty Copeland will deliver addresses as part of the Peabody Conservatory’s graduation ceremonies May 22.
Stevie Wonder and Misty Copeland will deliver addresses as part of the Peabody Conservatory’s graduation ceremonies May 22.
Hopkins encampment protestors formally call on university to divest, demilitarize
The proposal requests that Hopkins divest “from all companies with ties to the state of Israel,” demilitarize “by severing its financial relationships with the U.S. Department of Defense,” and disclose “all financial relationships with the state of Israel.”
The proposal from the Hopkins Justice Collective Palestine Solidarity Encampment calls on Hopkins to divest from specific companies, including Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics.
In a science center not far, far away, kids spend Star Wars Day taking Jedi training
The sounds of discovery were supplemented by the tinkering of droid building and whooshing of the Millennium Falcon as parents and their Padawans gathered for a Jedi Academy event, part of the Maryland Science Center’s May the Fourth activities.
A hologram optical illusion shows a floating Stormtrooper helmet as a child visitor discovers the illusion at the Jedi Mind Tricks exhibit during the Jedi Academy event at the Maryland Science Center held on May 4, 2024, in Baltimore/
Howard County Council members push school officials to keep teacher pay competitive
The Howard County Council and school system sit down for robust work session regarding the upcoming fiscal year’s budget.
The Howard County logo seen inside the Banneker Room of the George Howard government building in Ellicott City where the Howard County Council meets.
Letters: Underfunding has left Carroll County short of teachers
Years of underfunding has left Carroll County short of the number of teachers it needs, the president of the Carroll County Education Association says.
Celeste M. Jordan is president of the Carroll County Education Association.
Rolling up their sleeves. Students in Anne Arundel, Howard counties pick school board members
Students in Anne Arundel and Howard County students counties have elected Hafsa Hamdaoui and James Obasiolu as their respective student school board members. Each will serve one year.
James Obasiolu, left, and Hafsa Hamdaoui, right, have been elected to serve on the school boards for Anne Arundel and Howard counties.
Johns Hopkins ‘free Palestine’ protest remains peaceful, but tensions run high
Johns Hopkins University’s encampment has been growing every day into a tense but peaceful stalemate.
Pro-Palestinian protesters have turned a grassy area on Johns Hopkins’ Homewood campus called “the beach” into a tent encampment.
What Anne Arundel County school board candidates think about book bans
Anne Arundel voters will decide May 14 which candidates advance in the race for a seat on the school board, the body that sets policies around school reading materials.
Parents in some Maryland school districts have organized campaigns to restrict the kinds of books allowed in school libraries.
Anne Arundel County middle school students found with gun, BB gun on campus
Officers responded to Marley Middle School in Glen Burnie on Tuesday after school officials found an unloaded 9 mm handgun in a student’s backpack, according to Anne Arundel County Police.
Johns Hopkins: Students, others protesting overnight are ‘trespassing’
A university spokesperson said both affiliated protestors and unaffiliated protestors are in violation of university “policies and/or are trespassing.”
As of midnight Wednesday, the encampment at the Johns Hopkins University, which began Monday afternoon, remained standing as rain began to fall.
Johns Hopkins says pro-Palestinian protests can continue, but not overnight
Pro-Palestinian protesters on Monday set up an encampment at the Johns Hopkins University, the latest college to face demonstrations related to the Israel-Hamas war.
A demonstrator at the Johns Hopkins University waves the Palestinian flag.
Maryland’s new superintendent wants to change how we rate our schools
Wright wants to give families a clearer view of how well their children are taught in Maryland schools.
Carey Wright will take over as Maryland's interim schools superintendent this month.
Jim Henson got his start in Maryland. A new documentary on his life is coming to Disney+
A documentary about Jim Henson, who began his career as a freshman at the University of Maryland, College Park, is coming to Disney+ next month.
A bearded puppet in a fringe jacket resembling its creator Jim Henson was among the artifacts in the Maryland Center for History and Culture's exhibit, “The Jim Henson Exhibition: Imagination Unleashed.”
Where Howard County school board candidates stand on book ban debates
Howard County’s school board has historically resisted campaigns to get certain books off the shelves. Could this election flip the script?
A Howard County Moms for Liberty meeting to discuss school library book challenges was met with protests in February.
Suspect in Pikesville AI case set off red flags before racist recording spread
Before he arrived at Pikesville High School last year, Dazhon Darien appear to have held jobs in at least five states.
Dazhon Leslie Darien
Pikesville High School allegations show how AI can be misused. Is the law ready?
“AI and its easy availability is relatively new,” Baltimore County State’s Attorney Scott Shellenberger said in an interview. “And it usually doesn’t take very long for the bad guys to come up with ideas.”
Pikesville High School photographed on March 4, 2024.
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