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The Baltimore City School Board voted to scale back virtual learning by eliminating the elementary grades of Charm City Virtual, despite significant parent pressure to keep it going.

The state board unanimously adopted a resolution that will require all schools to have research-backed instruction by next school year.

Trans teacher Billie Hoard experienced threats and harassment in the Anne Arundel County school district after some parents and students learned she had transitioned. She said she has found her Baltimore City school to be more inclusive and welcoming.

Many Maryland school systems will be closed Friday morning due to the weather.

Even as enrollment declines, the school system is becoming more expensive to operate.

A union leader says the principal did not make the racist and antisemitic comments in an audio recording circulating on social media.

Due to cold temperatures, leftover or melted snow on roads and sidewalks could turn to ice overnight.

Terrence M. Sawyer, the president of Loyola University Maryland, will officially acknowledge the university’s past role in benefitting from the slave economy in a nearly 40-page report released Wednesday and in a more detailed account this spring.

As snow blankets the Baltimore region, some Maryland school systems have announced they’ll be closed or operate on a delay Tuesday.

Baltimore City Public Schools may end virtual learning for elementary students.

How a student re-envisioned his involvement in sports

The late congressman left a collection of his personal papers to Morgan State University. It will be digitized as a testament to his work as a native Baltimorean and a decadeslong legislator in Maryland.

Vice Adm. Yvette Davids on Thursday became the first female superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy. Her promotion and others had been held up until recently by an Alabama senator concerned about a Pentagon abortion policy.

The school board vote came in response to a months-long campaign by the conservative parent group Moms for Liberty.

Some school systems are delayed or closed after a severe storm caused flooding and road closures.

Offering rent relief to “front-line” and lower-wage workers, such as teachers, is one way developers, lawmakers and local officials are attempting to build more income-inclusive neighborhoods.

“Saving Our Service Academies” and “The Academy” should be required reading for Vice Adm. Yvette Davids as she starts her delayed but historic tenure in Annapolis Thursday as the first woman named superintendent of the Naval Academy.

Myriam Rogers’ proposed budget will reduce class sizes, avoid layoffs and make progress toward education reform, she said. How she’ll do it is still fuzzy.

A proposed policy change in Carroll County Public Schools could remove library books the group Moms for Liberty flagged as inappropriate.

Before I launch myself into what’s next, I need to look back at how major life challenges changed not just my realities, but also my priorities.