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Students speak out on Dazhon Darien, accused of framing principal with AI
To Pikesville High School students, the former athletic director’s arrest feels like justice.
Pikesville High School photographed on March 4, 2024.
A new use for a closed school in West Baltimore
Catholic Charities unveiled plans Thursday for a resource center at a shuttered school in the Franklintown Road neighborhood.
Catholic Charities is opening an Intergenerational Center in West Baltimore.
Ex-athletic director accused of framing principal with AI arrested at airport with gun
Baltimore County Police charged Dazhon Darien, Pikesville High School’s former athletic director, in connection with the incident.
Pikesville High School photographed on March 4, 2024.
Johns Hopkins students, alumni and staff join wave of pro-Palestinian protests
The student protests that have been sweeping college campuses nationwide landed at Johns Hopkins University on Wednesday.
In this file photo, students walk through Johns Hopkins University’s Homewood campus.
Maryland schools have a new superintendent. She’s a familiar face.
The new Maryland State Superintendent of Education is committed to improving how schools teach reading and math.
Carey Wright will take over as Maryland's interim schools superintendent this month.
Girls flag football coming to more high schools with help from Ravens, Under Armour
Frederick County Cadets freshman Maya Robinson runs the ball against the Thomas Johnson Patriots during the final minutes of regular season play in the girls varsity flag football season at Thomas Johnson High School, on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023 in Frederick, MD. (Wesley Lapointe / for the Baltimore Banner)
Bus driver accused of sex abuse asked student to be last off the bus, court records say
Robert Lookingbill, 71, faces two felony sex abuse charges and two misdemeanor charges related to a March 1 incident in which he allegedly inappropriately touched a middle school student on the school bus he was driving.
Bob Lookingbill, a commissioner for the Town of Thurmont, began bus driving as a "retirement job" in 2015. He faces two felony sex abuse charges and two misdemeanor charges.
Descendants of people enslaved by Jesuits tell their stories in PBS doc
Black Marylanders will be featured in the documentary “Finding Us,” which will be shown on PBS. They are part of the newly formed Descendants of Jesuit Enslavement Historical and Genealogical Society.
The poster for Finding Us about families torn apart by Georgetown's sale of enslaved people reunite size generations later.
Frederick County bus driver, town commissioner charged with child sex abuse
Robert Lookingbill, 71, is also a town commissioner and faces two felony counts.
Robert Lookingbill, 71, is also a town commissioner and faces two felony counts.
Commentary: Why book bans are dangerous
Kerry Graham argues that restricting books limits our access to think for ourselves.
Illustration of three bookcases tipping back from left to right, books falling off the shelves, and four librarians standing on right side of shelves trying to keep them from falling.
Montgomery County teen accused of plotting school shooting held without bond
The teenager faces 10 years in prison if convicted.
A Montgomery County Police vehicle is seen in Silver Spring, Maryland on Saturday, March 2, 2024.
A county library supported the ‘freedom to read.’ Commissioners threatened its funding.
Carroll County commissioners plan to withhold some additional funding to the public library because staff supported the Freedom to Read Act, they said in budget work sessions this month.
Books on desk in library at the elementary school
Rockville teen charged with plotting school shooting after FBI finds ‘manifesto’
A Montgomery County high school student has been charged with plotting a school shooting.
A Montgomery County Police vehicle is seen in Silver Spring, Maryland on Saturday, March 2, 2024.
Ravens owner, M&T Bank will spend millions to help Baltimore kids get through college
Fewer than half of city graduates go to college, but the Ravens, the team’s owner and M&T Bank want to change that.
Shirley Collado, left, is the president and CEO of College Track, the organization that has supported Mamady Diallo, right, through high school and as a student at UMBC.
Goucher College to receive $50 million for scholarships, largest gift in its history
Ninety-nine percent of Goucher College students get financial aid or scholarships of some kind, its president said.
Goucher College officials said most of the $55 million bequest will go toward scholarships for students.
Democracy in action: Students in Anne Arundel, Howard to elect student members
Public school students in the Anne Arundel and Howard County school districts go to the polls soon to elect a student school board member, who will serve one year.
Paper ballot voting booths at Owings Mills High School in Baltimore County.
Baltimore County gets a new charter school — a rarity in suburban Maryland
The language-immersion school would join just one other charter school in the district.
Baltimore County’s school board will consider two charter school applications, one of which was recommended for approval by the school system.
Howard County Executive unveils $2.4 billion operating budget request
Howard County Executive Calvin Ball unveiled $2.4 billion operating budget request, including $1.14 billion for the Howard County Public School System.
The exterior of the George Howard Building as seen on Jan. 25, 2024.
St. John’s College is reckoning with its racist past. That includes Francis Scott Key.
St. John’s College in Annapolis will look at its most complicated graduate as part of a wider reckoning with its history of racism.
Percy Moran's 1905 painting of Francis Scott Key and John S. Skinner as they watched the bombardment of Fort McHenry took a good deal of creative license.
Loch Raven High School adds officers after fight videos posted online
In a letter sent to parents, the school says the latest fight among several students happened in the main office shortly after the third period.
School officials have proposed to replace Loch Raven High School, which was built in 1972, with a new building that could seat several hundred more students.
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