Parents Must OK Use of Students’ Preferred Names
The federal education department contends that a transgender student's preferred name or pronoun is not confidential medical info and must be shared with parents.
Anne Arundel County Public Schools
Md. parents alarmed after unsafe school bus drop-off
Young children were told to get off a bus along Ritchie Highway, putting them close to 50-mph traffic and ponds.
Donation drives aim to ease back-to-school costs
From Baltimore’s “Stuff the Bus” to Chicago’s community bashes, schools turn to supply drives to support families and teachers.
Should a Md. teacher cleared of sex abuse return?
A 3rd-grade teacher in Anne Arundel Co. was acquitted on charges that he sexually abused his students. Families want to keep him out of the classroom.
Md. invests in schools’ renewable energy future
Md. will invest millions in an effort to enhance energy efficiency, electrification, and renewable energy projects for public schools.
Anne Arundel supt. speaks to principals at Harvard
His presentation to about 170 principals from the US and other countries included a discussion of the Blueprint for Maryland's Future.
National Signing Day for high school athletes
National Signing Day is the 1st day student-athletes can commit to attend a university or college. It's usually a big party.
Santas, some secret, pay off student meal balances
A growing holiday tradition is to give schools money to help them pay off past-due student lunch bills.
Minor injuries at a bus crash in Glen Burnie
A bus crash in Glen Burnie, Md., resulted in injuries to 6 children and 2 adults Friday. All injuries were minor.
Better to accelerate the gifted & talented
Should gifted students skip a grade? The debate may be a hundred years old. Research has settled some questions but opened others.