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New era set to begin for Baltimore County school board
The board will elect a new chair, welcome five newly elected members and prepare to say goodbye to four appointees stepping down soon.
Julie Henn, Chair of the Baltimore County Board of Education, speaks during their bi-weekly meeting at the Greenwood Campus on 8/23/22.
Johns Hopkins wants to distance itself from the ‘Real Housewives of Potomac.’ Here’s why.
A cast member who got into an argument on an explosive recent episode is a Hopkins faculty member.
A general view of The Johns Hopkins University on March 28, 2020 in Baltimore, Maryland and the television show"The Real Housewives of Potomac" don't see eye to eye.
Hopkins and BPD sign operating agreement, paving the way for the hiring of private police force
The publication of the agreement paves the way for Hopkins to being recruiting and training private police officers in the next six to 12 months.
Scenes of Johns Hopkins Homewood Campus
Baltimore City Public Schools’ School Choice Fair returns as in-person event Saturday
The fair will help students and families make more informed decisions when choosing a middle and high school.
The School Choice Fair in school year 2019-2020.
Towson University president takes new job as leader of University of Louisville
Towson University President Kim Schatzel is leaving the university for a new job as president of the University of Louisville.
Dr. Kim Schatzel has been president of Towson University since January 2016.
UMBC preps future educators for vacancies in Baltimore city schools
At a time when Baltimore City's public schools are looking for teachers, UMBC has provided a small pipeline of graduates to fill needed positions.
Haleemat Adekoya, fifth grade English and Language Arts teacher at Cherry Hill Elementary and Middle School, is a Sherman Scholar.  Here she helps students individually with their assignments.
Reader reactions: Lawmakers urged to act on abuse cases; conservative activists seen as ‘infiltrating’ school boards
A Banner reader says Maryland lawmakers can and must act to ensure accountability in child sexual abuse cases; another reader says conservative activists elected to Maryland school boards are interested in spreading their political agenda, and not in what’s best for schoolchildren.
Photo collage of a tower of the Baltimore Basilica, boy holding rosary, man holding photo of teen boy from 70s, Archbishop Keogh High School sign, Sister Catherine Cesnik, and Archbishop William H. Keeler.
Towson University plans to honor longtime professor despite criticism of his role advising controversial student group
Richard Vatz, a professor at TU for 41 years, says he tends to want to help conservative groups because there’s ‘so much anti-conservatism in higher education.’ But he said he told Turning Point members that their remarks were inappropriate and that he would quit as their advisor if they continued.
Towson University students protest that the University hosted Attorney General nominee Michael Peroutka and Gordana Schifanelli, Dan Cox running mate in the West Village Commons Ballroom A from 6-8pm.  The League of the South, according to its website, seeks to “return to a more traditional, conservative Christian-oriented Southern culture.” The Southern Poverty Law Center has labeled The League of the South as a hate group.
When my student finally spoke
Teacher Kerry Graham remembers when a student who rarely spoke in class came to her one day with a surprise message.
Illustration of one red bird taking flight from leafless trees full of brown sparrows
Parents fight to keep Southwest Baltimore elementary school open
The Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners voted to close Steuart Hill Academic Academy in January, but parents were hoping their appeal to state officials would keep the doors open.
Members of the Steuart Academic Academy community gather around a table. Forms and documents about efforts to keep the school open are spread across the table.
‘The true meaning is kind of hard’: How American Indians in Maryland observe Thanksgiving
For Maryland’s American Indian population, Thanksgiving can be a complicated — and oftentimes painful — reminder of lost lives, land and culture.
A Native American celebration of food, culture, and heritage took place at the 46th Annual BAIC PowWow at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium on November 19, 2022.
Opinion: Baltimore County schools can find better disciplinary solutions than student removal
Baltimore County Public Schools should embrace new strategies for disciplining students because merely removing students from school does little to fix the problem of disruptive behavior, a law student and former county teacher says.
Side view of young teacher scolding two guilty girls for bad behavior during lesson in art school
Baltimore County school board has its winners, but its racial makeup is questioned
School board candidates Maggie Litz Domanowski and Brenda Hatcher-Savoy cemented their wins after the Baltimore County Board of Elections finished counting mail-in and provisional ballots late Friday.
A person fills out their ballot at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, in Baltimore, Md. on November 8, 2022.
Carroll Community College and McDaniel College to launch a dual admissions agreement next fall
Students who apply to McDaniel College through the program will receive guaranteed admission and a scholarship.
(Left to Right) Dr. Wendy Morris, Acting Provost and Dean of the Faculty at McDaniel, McDaniel College President Dr. Julia Jasken, Carroll Community College President Dr. James D. Ball, and Dr. Rosalie Mince, Provost at Carroll, sign the Memorandum of Understanding on Nov. 16 during a ceremony held at Carroll.
Johns Hopkins still wants private cops despite deep opposition and falling campus crime
The university plans to hire 100 officers, citing a 'sustained surge' in violence.
Collage of photographs of Ronald Daniels, president of Johns Hopkins, Johns Hopkins library, Charles Village row homes, police officer, and signs and graffiti protesting the private police force.
Threats send Baltimore County police to Towson and Eastern Technical high schools
Police increased their presence at Towson High School on Friday after a threat of a mass shooting was sent to members of the school community.
Towson High School, in Baltimore, Md., on November 18, 2022.
MICA Art Market returns for first time since 2019 as a pop-up
Maryland Institute College of Art students, faculty, alumni and staff will showcase and sell their art on Dec. 3 and 4 this year.
Vendors set up for the MICA Art Market at the college's Brown Center.
The state investigation into sex abuse by Catholic priests is complete. Here’s what you need to know.
Attorney General Brian Frosh is seeking court approval to release the 456-page report, which documents 80 years of child sexual abuse in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) Maryland member Teresa Lancaster during a press conference held outside of the Marriott to urge newly elected Archbishop Timothy Broglio to add clerics who abused men or women over the age of 25 to its list of perpetrators.
Baltimore County groups join forces to advocate for education issues
A coalition of Baltimore County community groups met Tuesday in Randallstown to brainstorm ways to help Black students succeed and hold school leaders accountable if they fail.
Ryan Coleman, president of the Randallstown NAACP, addresses the audience at the first Baltimore County Education Justice Table at the Union Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church.
A teacher’s prayer — via Zoom
What happens when a student asks a teacher: “do u believe in god?”
Illustration of white woman looking up at a sunny sky on left, and Black teen boy turning away from cloudy sky above him on right. There are rowhomes in background next to him.
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