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Where will your kids go to school next year? Baltimore County is about to decide.
The school board will vote in March on plans to redistribute thousands of students among 25 elementary schools.
Wellwood International School in Pikesville is one of the overcrowded schools participating in a northwest area redistricting process organized by Baltimore County Public Schools.
Commentary: CIAA Tournament points to future opportunities with HBCUs
Success of CIAA Tournament in Baltimore points to other opportunities to partner with HBCUs, Terry Hasseltine, executive director of the Maryland Sports Commission, says.
This photo shows Jonathan Hicklin of Winston-Salem State dribbling the ball and running toward Lincoln's Bakir Cleveland in the men's championship game of the CIAA basketball tournament at CFG Arena.
Maryland is poised to get the nation’s second veterinary school at an HBCU
The University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s plan would make it the second HBCU in the country and first university in the state to offer a stand-alone veterinary school.
Pre-vet student Shamia Onley feeds a sheep as part of the UMES Extension and UMES SANS program.
Baltimore County’s superintendent wants to shrink some class sizes. That comes at a cost.
The investments in elementary schools Myriam Rogers has proposed will come with trade-offs.
Baltimore County Public Schools superintendent Myriam Rogers has proposed a budget that would lower class sizes in third through fifth grades.
Letters: Congress must extend benefit to close the digital divide
Legislation in Congress would make internet access available to more people in Baltimore, throughout Maryland and elsewhere, Rep. Kweisi Mfume and the director of the Baltimore Digital Equity Coalition say.
A little boy takes a standardized test on a laptop.
Moms for Liberty takes aim at Howard County school library books
The conservative parents group is enlisting the help of the “mastermind” behind a book-ban campaign in Carroll County schools.
The Howard County chapter of Moms for Liberty plans to follow Carroll County’s lead in a campaign to get “sexually explicit” school library books off the shelves.
Park School alumni group agrees on one thing: Opinions on Gaza shouldn’t be censored
More than 200 people have signed a letter to The Park School of Baltimore condemning the decision to abruptly cancel an assembly about the war between Israel and Hamas.
Alumni sent a letter to the Park School of Baltimore after it canceled an assembly about the war between Israel and Gaza.
Meet Johns Hopkins University’s picks for its police accountability board
The Johns Hopkins University is nominating seven people to fill vacancies for students, faculty and staff seats on its police accountability board.
Students walk through the Johns Hopkins University’s Homewood campus on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023.
Students, teachers push for college credit for English language learning
Community college students and instructors believe that academic courses in English for non-native speakers are just as rigorous as other language courses — and deserve the same academic credit.
Geraldine Giordano, who came to the United States from Colombia, earned an associate's degree at Anne Arundel Community College and now studies business and finance at Towson University. She's supporting the Credit for All Language Learners Act at the Maryland General Assembly.
Commentary: University administrators wrong on facts of collective bargaining dispute
University System of Maryland administrators used misleading testimony in their attempts to sway lawmakers considering legislation to allow collective bargaining rights for faculty and graduate students at public four-year colleges and universities, two faculty members say.
(left) Louiqa Raschid is a professor in the Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland and has appointments in the Institute for Advanced Computer Studies and the Department of Computer Science. Luka Arsenjuk is associate professor of cinema and media studies in the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures.
Commentary: University administrators wrong on facts of collective bargaining dispute
University of Maryland administrators once again used legislative testimony to mischaracterize the employment situation of graduate students and faculty seeking collective bargaining rights, two faculty members say.
Library and campus of the University of Maryland located in College Park, MD.
Some Morgan State students say dorm has been without hot water for a week
Some college students living in a Morgan State University residential hall say they haven’t had hot water all week.
Morgan State University, in Baltimore, Monday, October 17, 2022.
Police continue to investigate school bus crash in Howard County
Four students were taken to the hospital to be evaluated for injuries on Thursday after a bus skidded off the road in Columbia and turned on its side in a field.
Zum, a California based tech company, will handle 230 of Howard County Public School's roughly 500 school bus routes for the next three years.
Columbia high school community demands overdue repairs after Monday flooding
The Oakland Mills High School community is demanding that long-overdue repairs happen now after flooding shut down the school Monday.
Oakland Mills High School was closed Monday Feb. 5, 2024, due to flooding.
Time is nearly up. Will Baltimore City schools keep CEO Sonja Santelises?
The silence in February is unusual.
Dr. Sonja Brookins Santelises, CEO of Baltimore City Public Schools, speaks at the Maryland Impact Conference Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023 in Baltimore.
Johns Hopkins University investigates rape allegation against professor
Johns Hopkins University has opened an investigation into international affairs professor Yascha Mounk after journalist Celeste Marcus accused him of rape over the weekend.
An empty  Johns Hopkins University campus.
Baltimore Co. superintendent wants to cut hundreds of school jobs but won’t say which ones
Most of the jobs on the chopping block are vacant, but school system leaders want to give proper notice to the few who will be reassigned.
Baltimore County Public Schools superintendent Myriam Yarbrough pictured at a public forum on Thursday, June 15, 2023.
It’s summer camp registration season. Parents are not OK.
It is the middle of winter, but many parents are already thinking about summer because it’s camp sign-up time. One Banner reporter and mother of three talks about the stresses of signing up.
Lucia and Alma Korman heading to farm camp at the Baltimore County AG Center last year.
Letters: Absenteeism is high because kids are sick
The continuing impact of COVID-19 and other illnesses is an important factor in persistently high absenteeism at Maryland’s schools, a children’s health advocate says.
The continuing impact of COVID-19 and other illnesses is an important factor in persistently high absenteeism at Maryland’s schools, a children’s health advocate says.
Baltimore County is courting diverse teachers with a new scholarship
The county and its Education Foundation are giving up to $1 million in scholarships for people of color and women in STEM pursuing a teaching career.
Classroom at Overlea High School, in Baltimore, Tuesday, May 31, 2023.
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