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Carey Wright will take over the lead role at the Maryland State Department of Education later this month.

Homecoming at a historically black college like Morgan State University is more than a football game. It represents an opportunity to see familiar faces and new ones.

Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley said at a Wednesday morning press conference that the shooting likely stemmed from a dispute between “two smaller groups.”

Students say they're still grappling with the events of Tuesday night.

One or more shooters opened fire on the campus of Morgan State University Tuesday night, wounding five people and sending students running for cover during what is traditionally a celebratory homecoming week at the HBCU.

Minutes after the Child Victims Act went into effect on Sunday, ending the statute of limitations for civil cases involving child sexual abuse, two women filed lawsuits against the Key School, a private institution in Annapolis.

Efforts are underway around Maryland to confront the reality that more than 6,500 Black Americans were lynched in the United States between 1865 and 1950. At least 38 of the victims were in Maryland.

New fellowship program offered by local universities aims to strengthen school social worker pipeline, but schools still won’t have enough social workers.

Mohammed Choudhury had previously announced he would not seek a new four-year contract.

This school year will be the first in decades where there will be no funding dedicated to Native American students.

People in Carroll County need to know what Moms for Liberty represents and why it might get to tell their children what they’re allowed to read at school, says Cindy Rosenberg, a county resident and educator.

Many of the schools with the greatest improvement on state test scores are in Prince George’s and Montgomery counties.

Earlier this month Choudhury abruptly withdrew from consideration for another four-year contract leading Maryland State Department of Education amid widespread criticism.

Use our searchable tables to see how your school fared on 2023 MCAP tests.

Federal student loan payments are due to resume Oct. 1, and an additional burden confronts some borrowers, including some Marylanders, because of inequities in student loan programs, says Ian Williams, a consumer protection paralegal at the Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service.

“The Center is for Baltimore and of Baltimore,” newly named Director Michael Pinard wrote in an open letter.

When it comes to how Latinos in this country self-identify, it ultimately depends on the person as well as various factors at play, including age, location, class, race and an evolving view of sexual identity.

When it came to Johns Hopkins, Maryland HBCU Advocates said that despite the university being about 100 miles away from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, a duplicate of a doctoral program could do detrimental harm to the HBCU.

Maryland must implement data governance practices to protect school systems, which are particularly vulnerable to cyberattacks, says James D. Cornelius, a former chief information officer for the Maryland State Department of Education.

Nearly 50 years later, “The Wiz” is returning home, ready to inspire a whole new generation.