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A New York investor came to town. His next moves could threaten a Baltimore school
As many as 120 Yorkwood Elementary School students could be pushed out of their community, with devastating consequences to their school.
He had ‘a tough message’ for Baltimore’s school board. The meeting ended abruptly.
The school board “was made aware of a potentially unsafe situation in the boardroom,” according to a statement from the school system.
Baltimore-area schools raise scores on Maryland tests as achievement elsewhere stalls
Students in Baltimore City, Anne Arundel, Howard and Baltimore counties made steady progress on the Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program, known as MCAP.
Maryland education reform kicks into high gear this school year. It’s getting sticky.
Parents may barely have heard of the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future, but the expansive changes to public education are already shaping their children’s lives in school.
More Maryland schools are locking up cellphones and banning them from class
Across the Baltimore region, schools are joining a national trend cracking down on kids’ phone use.
What happens when your AP test gets lost? Baltimore County students are finding out
Students were told they can either retake the three-hour exam or get a refund.
Maryland third graders who aren’t reading well would be held back under new rule
The policy could result in thousands of third graders being held back, but some research shows it could work.
CDC says Maryland has at least 5 cases of listeria
Two people died of listeria in Illinois and New Jersey.
Baltimore teachers and principals want transparency in search for new schools CEO
The Baltimore City school board needs to find a CEO next year. It’s not saying much about how that’ll happen.
Is African American studies ‘divisive’? This school board changed its mind
Previously, some Harford County school board members said they believed the African American studies course was too political and didn’t include enough positive history.
Nasty fight over Maryland’s renegade PTA chapter could cost $1 million
A yearslong legal battle over control of Maryland’s PTA chapter could result in more than $1 million in legal fees and squandering member dues, real estate and other assets in pursuit of the case.
Leadership of Baltimore City schools will be decided, in part, by these 3 people
All three new school board members have children in Baltimore City Public Schools system and two are former teachers.
Maryland’s former superintendent quietly resigned. Where is he headed?
Board of education officials acknowledged for the first time that the embattled former chief of schools has left the state.
Maryland is spending billions more on education. Here’s what leaders want in return.
“If you don’t set ambitious goals, you’re never going to reach them," said Carey Wright, Maryland's Superintendent of Schools.
What a fight over $1.9 million in pay says about training for veteran teachers
Baltimore City teachers were submitting 60 course credits — the equivalent of two masters degrees — in a year. Something seemed fishy.
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