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Millions of borrowers will receive relief without applying; others will need to apply for loan forgiveness.

Our public education system cannot sustain this amount of stress. It scares me to imagine the catastrophes that might be ahead.

Of some 102 Maryland school board candidates who responded to a survey on education issues, 16 named learning loss stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic as the key issue facing schools in their districts, while another 16 cited other academic performance issues as most important.

University of Baltimore president says campus police arrested an individual on a handgun charge, and there was not an ”ongoing threat” to the university community.

School bus delays in Baltimore County have improved since the start of school. The deputy superintendent told school board members on Tuesday of the work her staff have done to make sure more kids are picked up on time. But it isn’t perfect. Delays still persist and the director of transportation role has been vacant since August.

The county has four contested races on the Nov. 8 ballot, while three candidates are running unopposed. Meanwhile the terms of four appointed members on the 11-member board are expiring later this year.

The school board is now all appointed, but city voters next month will get their first chance to elect school board members.

The downsizing effort stems from a loss of revenues after three consecutive years of shrinking first-year class sizes.

The Baltimore School for the Arts is trying to identify and discipline the person who is scrawling graffiti defined as hate speech on the boys bathroom walls.

Police said a 17-year-old driver drove through an intersection and collided with multiple vehicles after a traffic stop Saturday evening.

The allegations may shed light on what hospital safety monitors discovered when they visited the medical center in August and issued a preliminary denial of accreditation.

Homecoming at an HBCU represents an opportunity to see familiar faces and new ones and experience the promise of a safe space where Blackness is celebrated.

Berol Dewdney, a nine-year veteran teacher at The Commodore John Rodgers School in East Baltimore, was chosen for the award from a field of seven finalists and will go on to compete for national Teacher of the Year honors.

Marcellus Walls, 19, of Washington, D.C., had been facing charges of attempted first- and second-degree murder, using a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence, reckless endangerment and related offenses.

Howard County police found no evidence of danger to students at Howard County's River Hill High School after a threat was called in shortly before 2 p.m.

The plaintiffs live near where the proposed Johns Hopkins Police Department would have jurisdiction.

Students are now being excluded from schools for failure to get childhood vaccinations, even though free vaccine appointments are hard to find for uninsured families.

School president Richard Shurtz blamed the closure on a “set of unfortunate circumstances,” including a federal agency decision.

Making school lunches happen is a feat of coordination and heart.

Baltimore City desperately needs teachers, but the hiring process is frustrating to prospective educators, some of whom say they are leaving the city for the county.