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Many Baltimore schools don’t have a nurse. Local colleges are stepping in to find them.
In a first-of-its-kind arrangement, nursing schools at three Baltimore universities will hire and oversee registered nurses in public schools.
A wide photo of Northwood Elementary nurse Brianna Gibson writing a note to a second grader’s mom as the student, facing away from the camera, watches.
A West Baltimore principal chose her students’ future over her school’s
With funding dwindling and classes on the chopping block, LaWanda Wilson did something rare and remarkable this fall.
LaWanda Wilson, principal of Bluford Drew Jemison STEM Academy, is interviewed inside the school on Friday, Dec. 8, 2023.
Students prepare for ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ trip exploring key sites in the Civil Rights Movement
Since 2004, more than 1,000 Baltimore-area high school students have taken the trip to various Southern states with the hopes of getting a better appreciation for the Civil Rights Movement. The weeklong trips are capped at about 36 students with six chaperones.
Students and teachers from Park School and City College will participate in an annual Civil Rights history trip through the South in January 2024. Since 2004, more than 1,000 Baltimore-area high school students have taken the trip to various Southern states with the hopes of getting a better appreciation for the Civil Rights Movement.
Black teachers are leaving. How can Maryland schools get them to stay?
Research has shown Black students are more likely to graduate and go to college if they have a Black teacher, yet thousands don’t have one at all.
Pocomoke High School's La'Tier Evans is Worcester County’s only Black secondary math teacher.
When a college freshman missed his train home, a MARC conductor made sure he caught it anyway
When a Morgan State University freshman, loaded down with duffels and suitcases, missed his train home for the holidays, a MARC train conductor figured out how to get him on it anyway.
When a Morgan State freshman missed his train home for the holidays from Penn Station, a MARC train conductor figured out how to get him on it anyway.
What one teacher learned when students found his Instagram account
Wallace Lane was reminded that teachers are role models and the meaning of the Gen X phrase, “having motion.”
Teacher Wallace Lance writes about what happened when his students found his INSTRAGRAM account.
‘I may have lost my gun,’ teacher’s assistant told principal before arrest
The Baltimore charter school employee didn’t mean to bring the weapon into the school, charging documents say.
Lockers inside a Baltimore City public school.
Commentary: Eager to have the empty nest filled; knowing it’s only for a little while
Having the kids home for the holidays brings recognition that family celebrations will never be quite the same, writer and filmmaker Charles Cohen says.
Charles Cohen with wife Amy Lynwander and daughters Ellie and Lilah (L to R).
KIPP Harmony employee arrested after bringing gun to charter school
The gun was found by another employee in a school bathroom.
Dunbar student charged after handguns found on campus
A Dunbar High School student was arrested for a handgun violation on Wednesday, school officials say.
Voting poll at Paul Laurence Dunbar Community High School
Baltimore Co. Public Schools to offer free teletherapy services to high school students
The online mental health care is meant to supplement — not replace — the work of existing school counselors and social workers, said Superintendent Myriam Rogers.
Classroom at Overlea High School, in Baltimore, Tuesday, May 31, 2023.
Enoch Pratt Free Library’s top leader Heidi Daniel to step down in February
Daniel is stepping down after seven years heading Baltimore’s 137-year-old library system.
Heidi Daniel, who has served as the Pratt’s president and CEO since 2017, will leave her position by the end of February.
Parents raise concerns about busy roads after student hit by car in Baltimore County
Baltimore County police increased patrols and will add a new speed camera after a boy was hit by a car near Stoneleigh Elementary School.
A Southwest Baltimore school had a chance at renewal. Then the copper thieves came.
Because of the extensive damage, there are fears that Steuart Hill Academy faces the same future as some of the city’s other shuttered schools — demolition, or more extensive disrepair.
Steuart Hill Academic Academy, in Baltimore, Monday, May 15, 2023.
Howard County Public School System names William Barnes acting superintendent
The Howard County Public School System promoted the district’s chief academic officer, William Barnes, on Thursday to be the acting superintendent of the school system.
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.
Reflecting on the 11th anniversary of Sandy Hook
A former teacher remembers what it was like being in the classroom a week after 26 people were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut on Dec. 14, 2012.
Illustration shows students and female teacher holding hands, with a gap in the middle of the image. They casts shadows which become the silhouettes of other people barely visible against the wall behind them.
Why Kim McCalla says her work at Morgan State is a ‘once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’
McCalla has overseen the completion of multimillion-dollar academic buildings and a 670-bed student housing complex at Morgan. She's not done.
Kim McCalla, Morgan State University’s associate vice president of facilities, design and construction management, is photographed inside the CBEIS building Tuesday.
The Baltimore area’s 50 best schools in 2023, according to Maryland’s report card
Maryland gives schools one to five stars based on academic and nonacademic factors. This year’s ratings are the fourth time the state has used this rating system.
A school can earn up to 100 points based on indicators such as academic achievement, academic progress, the proficiency of English language learners, chronic absenteeism, and whether a school has a well-rounded curriculum.
Maryland school ratings are lower this year. Is attendance to blame?
Fewer schools received three, four and five stars in the 2023 Maryland School Report Card ratings, even as test scores rose this year. So what happened?
Student holding pencil.
Howard County bus contractor says drivers voted against a union
Zum, the company contracted to operate school buses for the Howard County Public School System, said Tuesday evening that drivers have chosen to continue to work without union representation.
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.
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