A Baltimore County incident could lead to more rules around AI in education
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.
Leadership of Baltimore City schools will be decided, in part, by these 3 people
All three new school board members have children in Baltimore City Public Schools system and two are former teachers.
Judge denies bail for teacher and law student accused of sexually assaulting 12-year-old
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.
An African American studies class is too ‘divisive’ for one Maryland school district
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.
Baltimore County Council overturns Olszewski’s veto, passes school overcrowding bill
The Baltimore County Council voted 5-1, with one member absent, to pass a measure that seeks to ease school overcrowding, overriding a veto by County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr., a Democrat.
A beloved nursery school director was ousted. Then her entire staff resigned.
In the chaos, some families are left scrambling to find affordable child care.
Morgan State to open new off-campus housing by fall 2025 to combat shortages
Morgan State University students are expected to gain a new off-campus housing option by Fall 2025 to combat campus housing shortages.
Maryland’s former superintendent quietly resigned. Where is he headed?
Board of education officials acknowledged for the first time that the embattled former chief of schools has left the state.
Child care is scarce in Maryland and the nation — and the pandemic made matters worse
The number of children in Maryland who need child care exceeds the number of slots available in child care facilities.
Maryland is spending billions more on education. Here’s what leaders want in return.
“If you don’t set ambitious goals, you’re never going to reach them," said Carey Wright, Maryland's Superintendent of Schools.
Baltimore County teacher charged with sexual abuse of a student ordered to home detention
Baltimore County detectives arrest Randallstown High School teacher and charge him with sexually abusing a minor.
What a fight over $1.9 million in pay says about training for veteran teachers
Baltimore City teachers were submitting 60 course credits — the equivalent of two masters degrees — in a year. Something seemed fishy.
Howard County teachers are getting a pay bump. It wasn’t what they’d hoped for.
After tense negotiations with the school system, the Howard County teachers union has a new contract.
As Baltimore schools get more Arabic-speaking students, teachers are hard to find
The number of Arabic-speaking families has been rising in the U.S., and so has the number of Arabic-speaking students.
Man sentenced to prison for leaving pipe bomb in pickup near Baltimore County middle school
“The facts of this case are terrifying,” Baltimore County Circuit Judge Robert E. Cahill Jr. said as he sentenced Joseph Vickery, 44, of Wilmington, North Carolina, on a charge of attempted manufacturing of a destructive device.
Baltimore County’s overcrowding bill is in jeopardy. The school system has other plans.
Baltimore County Public Schools announced it is redistricting for the sixth time in two years.
Howard County students were mostly quiet about book bans — until now
Moms for Liberty is targeting more than three dozen titles for removal from Howard County school libraries.
Virginia educator selected to lead Montgomery County Public Schools
The president of the Montgomery County school system announced Monday that it had selected Thomas W. Taylor, the superintendent of the Stafford County, Virginia, school system, as its new superintendent.
How Baltimore is getting vulnerable students back in school and across the stage
Since the pandemic, Baltimore City schools have poured resources into getting kids to school every day and to graduation. And it’s working.
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