Baltimore City may raise bar for student-athletes
Baltimore City student-athletes may have a specific GPA requirement in order to maintain eligibility for sports. It's about time.
Maryland
Annual appeal: get your vaccinations up to date
Vaccinations against measles and other diseases are important for all parents before they send their kids off to school. Everywhere in the world.
Prince George’s Co. loses a big Head Start grant
A Head Start program in Md. will lose a big grant. We wonder if that's a bad thing, given the failures of Head Start.
Baltimore Co. adopts new heat closure policy
A/C in the summer heat, or the lack thereof, in schools is a problem, and the school board says it will close schools if the temps get too hot.
Md. school funding commission leader named
A new educational funding commission in Md. will be chaired by a man with a legacy of expanding spending in the name of "innovation."
Former Md. teacher indicted in a 2nd county
A teacher, convicted of sexually abusing a student in one school system, is accused of abusing a student in another, 13 years ago.
Tax-free week starts Sunday in Maryland
Tax-free week in Maryland starts on Sunday. You can buy clothes and shoes without paying any sales tax, as you can in >15 other states.
Petty crimes in 2 Baltimore-area schools
Petty crimes can lead to worse & will eventually tear down a life & force young people into jail or prison before they get a shot at life.
Tech changes the experience in Md. schools
A near 1-to-1 technology initiative in Worcester Co., Md., aims to prepare students, by high school graduation, for college or the work force.
Md. family must pay $540K; enrolled kids in D.C.
Faking your residency in order to enroll in a desirable school is fraud, plain and simple. Yet people risk this in certain areas.