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The policy could result in thousands of third graders being held back, but some research shows it could work.

Students from Baltimore Polytechnic Institute and the Park School are headed to one of the most remote places in the world to study climate change.

The Baltimore Banner photojournalist Kaitlin Newman and audience engagement editor Krishna Sharma were granted rare access to The Glenn L. Martin Wind Tunnel at the University of Maryland. See how much wind they could withstand.

Rising enrollment in Medicaid and the Child Care Scholarship Program led Gov. Wes Moore to propose budget cuts in order to keep those programs funded.

The Baltimore City school board needs to find a CEO next year. It’s not saying much about how that’ll happen.

The undisclosed funding came from two Chinese companies, both of which have been viewed with skepticism in the U.S.

Previously, some Harford County school board members said they believed the African American studies course was too political and didn’t include enough positive history.

Johns Hopkins and Baltimore City Councilwoman Odette Ramos say they’ve consulted attorneys following their back-and-forth over a proposed AI center, according to communications obtained by The Baltimore Banner.

The proposed charter amendment, if approved, would provide one-time payments of at least $1,000 to parents upon the birth or adoption of a child.

After surveying 375 parents and students, Howard County schools will provide healthier breakfasts and lunches this coming school year.

A yearslong legal battle over control of Maryland’s PTA chapter could result in more than $1 million in legal fees and squandering member dues, real estate and other assets in pursuit of the case.

The Howard County Board of Education has reduced the minimum distance between home and campus for a student to qualify for a school bus ride. The change takes effect in the 2025-2026 school year.

Maryland’s former education chief Mohammed Choudhury is returning to Texas to work for the Fort Worth school district.

If voters decide the city of Baltimore should give new parents $1,000 of unconditional cash, this is how the program could be funded and implemented.

Bloomberg Philanthropies grants Johns Hopkins $1 billion to cover the cost of medical school.

Former teacher Kerry Graham went back to the classroom as a tutor and realized that healing is not linear but complicated and disorienting.

Principals could handle kids creating fake social media pages to impersonate someone. “But then the deepfake issue took it to a whole other level,” one said.

All three new school board members have children in Baltimore City Public Schools system and two are former teachers.

Maryland District Court Judge Marsha Russell declined to release Laury, who will await trial in the Baltimore County Detention Center. Russell deemed Laury a threat to the public based on the charges and the alleged sexual contact with a minor.

The move left students and staff scrambling to find replacement classes, but some educators and diversity advocates say the broader message does more lasting damage.