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The attackers targeted a “previously unknown vulnerability in the widely used software MOVEit,” the letter said.

Myriam Yarbrough has a contract that’s largely similar to her predecessor’s — but with an added clause on how she’s expected to interact with the school board and the public.

Johns Hopkins’ definition of lesbians as “non-men” triggered online outrage from both the right and left, labels of misogyny and even criticism from Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling.

A board member requested Halstead Academy kids attend Dumbarton Middle School, putting the brakes on approval of a new school boundary map that took months to complete.

Baltimore City Public Schools is losing about 12% of its teacher workforce each year.

Myriam Yarbrough, an educator who has served in school systems in Baltimore and Montgomery counties, will succeed Darryl Williams as superintendent in July.

Legal actions attacking affirmative action programs threaten to halt or reverse the gains in minority business development in this region and elsewhere, says Sharon Pinder, the president and CEO of the Capital Region Minority Supplier Development Council.

The invitations have been pouring in for Morgan State University’s marching band. Members will perform at a Juneteenth concert this week at the White House, and at a D-Day parade in Normandy, France in June 2024.

The university’s new Coppin Corner offers a supermarket-style setup filled with nonperishable foods, snacks, cleaning products and more.

The 'Pride Prom' event was open to all high school students in the LGBTQIA+ community. Students were encouraged to dress in clothing that they found affirming to their gender and were offered fun alternatives to dancing.

The printing company is going to reprint the diplomas and will provide new ones to graduates.

The county’s School Program for Acceleration and Recovery of Credit program and building relationships with students are what Overlea High School’s principal said contributed to the school’s graduation rate improvement.

Goodwill Industries will bring its Excel Center program to Baltimore this fall, providing an opportunity for adults without high school diplomas to earn one, Lisa Rusyniak, president and CEO of Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake, says.

The suit seeks a temporary restraining order to prevent the Oldfields School board from selling the land to Garrison Forest School.

Virginia enacted a law last year requiring schools to have classes on gambling and its addictive potential. Similar legislation failed in Maryland and West Virginia in recent years, but they’re expected to try again.

The school system noted that since 2017, it has decreased the number of schools without air conditioning from 75 to 13.

Dev Shah, a 14-year-old from Largo, Florida, had his spelling career interrupted by the pandemic, then didn’t make it out of his regional bee last year.

Salaries for new Baltimore County Public Schools teachers will go from $52,927 to $58,500 starting next school year.

The new Nature Education Center is meant to give visitors an experience beyond their limited encounters with urban trees.

Parents, schools and health care providers are vital in helping teens through today’s unprecedented mental health challenges, says Dr. Harsh K. Trivedi, president and chief executive officer of Sheppard Pratt.