Hogan in Md. hires accountability watchdog
Maryland's governor wants his new director of Education Accountability to look into reports of corruption and other violations.
Larry Hogan
Hogan looks to help students pay for college
Will Md. become the 2nd state to make it tuition-free for students to attend a 4-year state college? It depends.
Tomorrow begins the 2018 legislative session in Md.
The Maryland General Assembly convenes tomorrow for its legislative session this year. Education leads the agenda in some ways.
Md. county hits the opioid crisis head-on
The opioid crisis has caused schools to adjust their services, sometimes beyond the needs of current funding or staffing levels.
Fentanyl deaths up 70% this year in Maryland
While heroin itself appears to have leveled off in Maryland, abuse of other opioids, esp. the synthetic fentanyl, have spiked.
Hogan won’t sign ESSA plan for Maryland
Md.'s gov. wouldn't sign off on the state board's school accountability plan, but his objections were based on the use of standardized tests.
Can DeVos and privatization be stopped?
The public school privatization argument is worth talking about—if only to bust the myth that it will solve all our problems. It won't even come close.
Gov. joins state supt. on 1st day of school in Md.
The day after Labor Day is the new start of the school year for almost every one of Maryland's 24 school districts, under a new executive order.
Extra week of summer good in Ocean City
Schools in Md. have been ordered by the governor to start the school year after Labor Day. It works for business. Does it work for kids?
Md. schools to stock opioid overdose drug
Opioid abuse has hit high schools, so educators in many states, incl. Maryland, stock schools with an emergency overdose antidote drug.