Howard County schools could find a new superintendent by June
Among the candidates will be Acting Superintendent Bill Barnes.
First female Naval Academy superintendent says curbing sexual harassment is her top priority
Vice Adm. Yvette Davids is the first woman and first Hispanic American to serve as Naval Academy superintendent, and as she laid out her top three priorities to the Board of Visitors for the first time, she even found good news in the Washington political maelstrom that delayed her arrival by six months.
Groups demand changes, apology from Hopkins after resignation of DEI chief
A group of 12 organizations has written a letter of support for Sherita Golden, a respected chief diversity, equity, and inclusion officer who resigned after her definition of “privilege” caught the ire of high-profile conservatives. The letter includes several demands.
St. John’s College receives grant for student mental wellness pilot programs
St. John’s and other liberal arts colleges receive grant money to test mental health services.
Overcrowded Baltimore County schools will finally get relief. How long will it last?
The school system’s largest redistricting process has come to a close. Not everyone is confident the relief will be permanent.
She dropped a loaded gun at school. A judge said jail time would be a ‘miscarriage of justice.’
Baltimore Circuit Judge John Addison Howard said it would be a “miscarriage of justice” to impose a harsh sentence for Tracie Minor, 36, of Mondawmin, a former educator who accidentally dropped her bag containing a loaded handgun at KIPP Harmony Academy in West Baltimore on Dec. 21, 2023.
Baltimore principals are being threatened, punched and stalked — by parents
“I have never seen it this bad,” one principal said about the rising number of parents showing up at school ready to fight on behalf of their children.
Teammates shunned them. Now victims of a UMBC swim coach feel vindicated.
The federal investigation was one step toward justice, former swimmers say.
Sexual misconduct at UMBC prompts audit of policies at all Maryland campuses
The University System of Maryland will take deeper look at how its campuses can prevent the kind of abuse a federal investigation found at UMBC.
UMBC failed to protect athletes sexually assaulted by swim coach for years, DOJ finds
The investigation found that the University of Maryland Baltimore County knew about allegations of sexual assault, harassment and discrimination by a former head coach and failed to protect the students on his team.
Here’s what you need to know about the DOJ’s investigation into UMBC
The university has promised “critical changes” in the way it responds to future allegations of sexual harassment and sex discrimination.
Student found dead near parking garage at Towson University; investigation ongoing
A 21-year-old student was found dead Saturday near a parking garage at Towson University, and police were investigating the circumstances.
UMD received complaints of physical abuse, hazing before suspending fraternities, sororities
The University of Maryland received multiple complaints of hazing and physical abuse, including beating new or prospective members with a paddle, before it banned fraternities and sororities from engaging in new member activities or holding social events involving alcohol, according to new filings in a lawsuit over the suspensions.
Students sold chocolate to raise money for school. A Baltimore County man stole $29,000 from them.
James Michael Harris, 46, stole $29,000 tied to the chocolate sale organized by the parent teacher student association for Stemmers Run Middle School in Essex, Baltimore County.
University of Maryland lifts ban on Greek Life for all but 5 chapters
After two weeks of a no-contact order and a social moratorium issued by the University of Maryland, school officials have lifted the blanket ban on Greek Life for all but five chapters.
Baltimore City schools are constantly criticized. But here’s where they’re doing well
It’s a bright spot for the Baltimore City school system, which often trails the rest of the state on test scores.
4 fraternities seek to block Greek life ban at University of Maryland
As four fraternities from University of Maryland College Park asked a federal court to end the university’s blanket ban on social activities by fraternities and sororities, campus leaders were preparing to update the community Friday on the status of their investigation.
Maryland schools are changing the way they teach reading. One district is lagging.
The superintendent defended a controversial curriculum that some say is not teaching kids how to read properly.
Remember Baltimore City Schools’ grade-changing scandal? That seems to be over
An outside audit of 18 million grades showed no evidence of widespread grade changing last school year.
Morgan State student alleges sexual harassment by campus security guard
The university is investigating after a student alleged, in a now viral TikTok video, that she was the target of repeated sexually suggestive comments and that school officials were initially dismissive of her concerns.
