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Howard County school board members said Thursday they wanted to hold a public hearing and hear from their policy committee group before enacting sweeping restrictions on students’ cellphone use.

For the second time in two years, Morgan State University asserted a Towson doctoral program would violate a 2021 discrimination settlement.

Baltimore County Superintendent Myriam Rogers said in a press conference Tuesday that the district is refining their initial plans for the 2025-2026 budget as the state faces heavy constraints.

“This is how our community expects this to be handled,” said Nora Demleitner, president of St. John’s College in Annapolis.

The Baltimore City school board will be led by two new members after the sudden departure of its chair and vice chair earlier in the day.

School officials and police are investigating an incident at elementary school in Charles County that has sparked concern after a young student’s mother posted about it on social media.

Ronald McFadden and Shantell Roberts have resigned amid internal disagreements among board members over Santelises' contract and the board's process for decision making.

A vial labeled “uranium” prompted an evacuation at Reservoir High School in Howard County.

Baltimore Police officers said the 14-year-old suspect was charged as an adult with attempted murder in connection with the shooting of a Dunbar High School student.

Complaining about school lunches is an American tradition, but the Howard County school system is looking to make improvements.

Smith Hall, Towson University’s former science building, will be turned into a state-of-the-art space for its communications departments.

Salisbury University condemned any acts of hate and suspended the students and the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity chapter.

Howard County voters had to wait one week and a day for school board election results, with races decided on razor-thin margins.

After a weeklong wait, winners are finally becoming clear.

“Turn yourself in. We’re going to find you,” Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley said.

The settlement doesn’t involve the exchange of money and required Jovani Patterson, the lone remaining plaintiff, to acknowledge the school system hadn’t broken any laws or violated any rules.

Teachers will be able to lock doors from inside classrooms instead of having to step into a hallway to lock the door from the outside.

The parent committee will be eliminated for smaller boundary changes.

Community members can sound off at two public meetings ahead of a Jan. 14 vote on the closure recommendations.

The news shook an already-tenuous sense of safety on the Eastern Shore campus.