Two writers find the same story — the Naval Academy in a time of change
“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.
Two new books, one a memoir the other the final installment in a long fiction series,  focus on the future of the Naval Academy just as a new superintendent is about to arrive.
Baltimore County schools chief presented a modest budget. How did she do it?
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.
Baltimore County Public Schools superintendent Myriam Yarbrough pictured at a public forum on Thursday, June 15, 2023.
What makes a book ‘sexually explicit’? Carroll County schools are about to decide
A proposed policy change in Carroll County Public Schools could remove library books the group Moms for Liberty flagged as inappropriate.
Books on desk in library at the elementary school
Commentary: I am not yet looking ahead in 2024 — and that’s OK
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.
Illustration shows group of diverse people walking toward the viewer with determination, while one woman stands far behind in the background, looking back toward the sunset.
Baltimore-based author Naomi Winston featured on ‘CBS Mornings’ for her inclusive coloring books
23-year-old Naomi Winston, who creates coloring books to help young people and others embrace their skin tone, was recently featured on "CBS Mornings" with Gayle King.
Through a line of coloring books, Naomi Winston wants to create “mirrors of representation” for Black and Brown kids and “coils of understanding” for children to educate themselves about other cultures.
Naval Academy midshipman dies during holiday leave in Mississippi
Mason Halsey, a midshipman first class, died on New Year’s Day, the Naval Academy said in a social media post. The cause of death was not immediately released.
Midshipman Mason Halsey died Monday, the Naval Academy announced.
Anne Arundel County schools launches new multilingual Facebook pages
AACPS has introduced new Facebook pages tailored to families who speak Chinese, Korean, Urdu and Vietnamese.
Anne Arundel County has launched new Facebook pages in different languages.
Many Baltimore schools don’t have a nurse. Local colleges are stepping in to find them.
In a first-of-its-kind arrangement, nursing schools at three Baltimore universities will hire and oversee registered nurses in public schools.
A wide photo of Northwood Elementary nurse Brianna Gibson writing a note to a second grader’s mom as the student, facing away from the camera, watches.
A West Baltimore principal chose her students’ future over her school’s
With funding dwindling and classes on the chopping block, LaWanda Wilson did something rare and remarkable this fall.
LaWanda Wilson, principal of Bluford Drew Jemison STEM Academy, is interviewed inside the school on Friday, Dec. 8, 2023.
Students prepare for ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ trip exploring key sites in the Civil Rights Movement
Since 2004, more than 1,000 Baltimore-area high school students have taken the trip to various Southern states with the hopes of getting a better appreciation for the Civil Rights Movement. The weeklong trips are capped at about 36 students with six chaperones.
Students and teachers from Park School and City College will participate in an annual Civil Rights history trip through the South in January 2024. Since 2004, more than 1,000 Baltimore-area high school students have taken the trip to various Southern states with the hopes of getting a better appreciation for the Civil Rights Movement.
Black teachers are leaving. How can Maryland schools get them to stay?
Research has shown Black students are more likely to graduate and go to college if they have a Black teacher, yet thousands don’t have one at all.
Pocomoke High School's La'Tier Evans is Worcester County’s only Black secondary math teacher.
When a college freshman missed his train home, a MARC conductor made sure he caught it anyway
When a Morgan State University freshman, loaded down with duffels and suitcases, missed his train home for the holidays, a MARC train conductor figured out how to get him on it anyway.
When a Morgan State freshman missed his train home for the holidays from Penn Station, a MARC train conductor figured out how to get him on it anyway.
What one teacher learned when students found his Instagram account
Wallace Lane was reminded that teachers are role models and the meaning of the Gen X phrase, “having motion.”
Teacher Wallace Lance writes about what happened when his students found his INSTRAGRAM account.
‘I may have lost my gun,’ teacher’s assistant told principal before arrest
The Baltimore charter school employee didn’t mean to bring the weapon into the school, charging documents say.
Lockers inside a Baltimore City public school.
Commentary: Eager to have the empty nest filled; knowing it’s only for a little while
Having the kids home for the holidays brings recognition that family celebrations will never be quite the same, writer and filmmaker Charles Cohen says.
Charles Cohen with wife Amy Lynwander and daughters Ellie and Lilah (L to R).
KIPP Harmony employee arrested after bringing gun to charter school
The gun was found by another employee in a school bathroom.
Dunbar student charged after handguns found on campus
A Dunbar High School student was arrested for a handgun violation on Wednesday, school officials say.
Voting poll at Paul Laurence Dunbar Community High School
Baltimore Co. Public Schools to offer free teletherapy services to high school students
The online mental health care is meant to supplement — not replace — the work of existing school counselors and social workers, said Superintendent Myriam Rogers.
Classroom at Overlea High School, in Baltimore, Tuesday, May 31, 2023.
Enoch Pratt Free Library’s top leader Heidi Daniel to step down in February
Daniel is stepping down after seven years heading Baltimore’s 137-year-old library system.
Heidi Daniel, who has served as the Pratt’s president and CEO since 2017, will leave her position by the end of February.
Parents raise concerns about busy roads after student hit by car in Baltimore County
Baltimore County police increased patrols and will add a new speed camera after a boy was hit by a car near Stoneleigh Elementary School.
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