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It is the middle of winter, but many parents are already thinking about summer because it’s camp sign-up time. One Banner reporter and mother of three talks about the stresses of signing up.

The continuing impact of COVID-19 and other illnesses is an important factor in persistently high absenteeism at Maryland’s schools, a children’s health advocate says.

The county and its Education Foundation are giving up to $1 million in scholarships for people of color and women in STEM pursuing a teaching career.

The victim was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

All-electric yellow school buses will begin serving about 300 city school students.

Four Anne Arundel County Board of Education members are seeking reelection in 2024, while three other incumbents are not.

Use of edibles and other cannabis products can harm teens, and parents must act to protect them, says Renee M. Johnson, a professor in the Department of Mental Health and Department of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

“It is probably the highest raise we have been able to secure in our history,” the Baltimore Teachers Union president said.

Towson University has a new four-legged friend on campus: A chocolate Labrador retriever puppy named Bruno who will work as a comfort dog with the university’s police department.

The acting superintendent of Howard County's school system has proposed nearly $47 million in spending cuts. Concerned residents and educators focused on three proposed cuts at a recent public hearing.

Three-quarters of Maryland schools had high or extreme levels of students chronically absent.

LaToya Nkongolo, who is seeking to represent District 5 on the Anne Arundel County school board, was charged with DUI and other offenses following a Jan. 28, 2024, traffic stop.

Black leaders in Baltimore are praising Loyola University Maryland’s recent acknowledgement that the institution benefited from the slave trade, saying the announcement marks a step toward repair and reconciliation.

The Park School is the latest local institution where passionate discourse about the conflict in the Middle East has turned to controversy.

Students and teachers in music, art and gifted-and-talented programs should not fall victim to Howard County school budget cuts, a county parent says.

The administration is moving to help Maryland’s military families overcome a variety of challenges they face regularly, Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller and first lady Dawn Moore say.

A Howard County private school employee who was charged with sexual abuse of a minor now faces similar charges in Baltimore County related to incidents that were first investigated in 2021, court records show.

Fox45 says reporters didn’t know their station’s owner is financing high-profile suit and station will add disclosure to stories.

The Howard County Public School System released a digital toolkit where the public can easily access important pages of the 600-page budget book.

While public officials denounced the remarks in the recording, users on social media questioned whether it was actually Pikesville High School Principal Eric Eiswert making the racist and antisemitic comments.