Stevie Wonder and Misty Copeland will deliver addresses as part of the Peabody Conservatory’s graduation ceremonies on May 22.
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The proposal requests that Hopkins divest “from all companies with ties to the state of Israel,” demilitarize “by severing its financial relationships with the U.S. Department of Defense,” and disclose “all financial relationships with the state of Israel.”
The sounds of discovery were supplemented by the tinkering of droid building and whooshing of the Millennium Falcon as parents and their Padawans gathered for a Jedi Academy event, part of the Maryland Science Center’s May the Fourth activities.
The Howard County Council and school system sit down for robust work session regarding the upcoming fiscal year’s budget.
Years of underfunding has left Carroll County short of the number of teachers it needs, the president of the Carroll County Education Association says.
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Students in Anne Arundel and Howard County students counties have elected Hafsa Hamdaoui and James Obasiolu as their respective student school board members. Each will serve one year.
Johns Hopkins University is the latest college campus to face demonstrations related to the Israel-Hamas war.
Johns Hopkins University’s encampment has been growing every day into a tense but peaceful stalemate.
Anne Arundel voters will decide May 14 which candidates advance in the race for a seat on the school board, the body that sets policies around school reading materials.
Officers responded to Marley Middle School in Glen Burnie on Tuesday after school officials found an unloaded 9 mm handgun in a student’s backpack, according to Anne Arundel County Police.
A university spokesperson said both affiliated protestors and unaffiliated protestors are in violation of university “policies and/or are trespassing.”
Pro-Palestinian protesters on Monday set up an encampment at the Johns Hopkins University, the latest college to face demonstrations related to the Israel-Hamas war.
Wright wants to give families a clearer view of how well their children are taught in Maryland schools.
A documentary about Jim Henson, who began his career as a freshman at the University of Maryland, College Park, is coming to Disney+ next month.
Howard County’s school board has historically resisted campaigns to get certain books off the shelves. Could this election flip the script?