Shark Tank U: Maryland students compete for $2M in private equity to reduce school shootings
A class of students at UMD, would-be entrepreneurs, have been given an opportunity to compete for $2 million in private equity seed funding. All they have to do to win it? Come up with a way to help detect and prevent school shooters.
Illustration shows three college students with notebooks standing on either side of a credit card machine that is blowing a protective bubble around a younger student sitting at a desk. Small bullets ricochet off the bubble.
Baltimore County schools hired him with fake credentials. Leaders ask ‘how many others?’
County leaders question the integrity of the schools’ hiring process and wonder who else slipped in under false pretenses.
Pikesville High School photographed on March 4, 2024.
Annapolis charter school delays opening until 2025, citing halt in lease negotiations
Organizers of New Village Academy planned to open a charter high school this fall, but they have encountered difficulty finalizing a lease at Westfield Annapolis mall.
Romey Pittman, left, talks with a parent about New Village Academy, a proposed charter school in Annapolis, during the Juneteenth festival on Saturday.
Towson alum Mike Flanagan talks horror and wanting to film in Maryland
Mike Flanagan, the filmmaker known for his horror works such as “The Haunting of Bly Manor,” “Midnight Mass” and “The Fall of the House of Usher,” is returning to his home.
Mike Flanagan, who grew up in Maryland, is returning to share his stories with Towson University graduates.
Commentary: Migrant children are vital to the fabric of our communities
Maryland must do more to address the educational, health and other urgent needs of migrant children, say a Johns Hopkins primary care pediatrician and a professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
A composite photo of Sarah Polk and Kiara Alvarez.
Severna Park teacher held without bond in child sex abuse case
The judge said he was “extremely disturbed” by what he read in court documents outlining the allegations.
A Google Street View image of Severna Park Elementary School.
Here’s when BCCC demolition downtown is (finally) expected to be over
Demolition of Baltimore City Community College’s downtown Bard Building is scheduled for completion in early September.
Demolition of the Baltimore City Community College Bard Building, at the intersection of East Lombard Street and Market Place in Baltimore, on April 13, 2024.
Man charged in racist AI scandal lied on résumé to get Baltimore County school job
Pikesville High School's ex-athletic director is accused of framing the principal using artificial intelligence. He's faked a lot more than that.
Photo collage of silhouette of a bearded man cut out of generic diploma and resume with name “Dazhon Darien” on top. Scattered around the image are images of a mortarboard, football, first place ribbon and whistle on a yellow lanyard.
Howard Community College is getting a new women’s sport
Competitive flag football is coming to Howard Community College next year.
In part driven by the popularity of a homecoming flag football game, intercollegiate women's flag football is coming to Howard Community College next year.
Severna Park Elementary teacher accused of sex abuse
Matthew Scott Banks Schlegel, 44, was arrested Thursday.
Matthew Scott Banks Schlegel was a teacher at Severna Park Elementary School in Anne Arundel County.
Baltimore City schools is asking for $30 million more. Here’s what to know.
The Baltimore City school board could vote on the budget as soon as Wednesday night, even though few details have been released.
The Baltimore City school board could vote on the budget as soon as Wednesday night, even though few details have been released.
Anne Arundel school board candidate wins primary after dropping out — now what?
Anne Arundel County school board candidate Sarah Lacey suspended her campaign in March, but nevertheless advanced in Tuesday’s primary to the November general election. Now it appears she will face incumbent Gloria Dent in District 1.
Incumbent Gloria Dent (left) and Sarah Lacey are candidates for the District 1 seat on the Anne Arundel County school board.
The Herndon Climb: Naval Academy students end plebe life with a slick tradition
The plebes, or first-year Naval Academy students, have climbed the Herndon Monument every year since 1962 to signify end of the plebe life and the beginning of fourth-class midshipmen life.
Plebes complete the annual Herndon Climb at the Annapolis Naval Academy on May 15, 2024. The climb symbolizes their completion of  their freshman year. This year’s class completed the task in two hours, 19 minutes, and 11 seconds.
Howard County School Board election results
See 2024 election results for the Howard County School Board race in Maryland.
Howard County school board results
Anne Arundel County School Board election results (2024 primary)
See 2024 election results for the Anne Arundel County School Board race.
Anne Arundel County school board results
Who’s advancing in the Anne Arundel County school board race
The seven-seat Board of Education still has 13 candidates in the running.
The seven-seat Anne Arundel County Board of Education still has 13 candidates in the running.
Who’s moving on in the Howard County school board race
Six candidates will advance out of the primary election for seats on the Howard County Board of Education.
Howard County Board of Education results.
Commentary: Polarization on campus and how universities can overcome it
Despite polarization and unrest on college and university campuses, the institutions can find ways to make constructive use of that conflict, say the University of Baltimore's president and a professor of public and international affairs.
Signs at Johns Hopkins University amid protests of the war in Gaza and calls for university divestment in response to Israeli government actions.
‘Llama Llama’ author lives on in daughter’s Baltimore classroom
Anna Dewdney's Llama Llama series has delighted children for nearly 20 years. The beloved author died of brain cancer in 2016, but her daughter Berol Dewdney embodies her mother’s message of empathy, compassion and the power of play in a Baltimore City Public Schools pre-K classroom.
Berol Dewdney, right, leads students in a routine conclusion to class time in her pre-kindergarten class at Commodore John Rodgers Elementary School on Tuesday, May 7, 2024 in Baltimore, MD. (Wesley Lapointe / for the Baltimore Banner)
Pro-Palestinian Hopkins protesters ending encampment after deal with administration
Pro-Palestinian protesters camped out at Johns Hopkins University for nearly two weeks said Sunday morning that they have reached an agreement with university administration and will break down their encampment.
Johns Hopkins University pro-Palestine encampment
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