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Judge to end oversight of city schools

Judge to end oversight of city schools

The often-contentious 26-year-old lawsuit that attempted to provide equality for Baltimore's special-education students but ultimately helped to change the course of the public school system is nearing an end after a federal judge agreed Monday to end his oversight.

Balto. Co. says it made 'mistake' in $300,000 grammar book purchase

Baltimore County schools spent $300,000 last fall to buy high school grammar books for elementary school educators, including some who teach music, art and gym, and administrators acknowledge that they failed to follow purchasing rules for the desk reference.

 
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Annapolis high school staff returns to 10-month schedule

With the academic turnaround at Annapolis High School solidified, Superintendent Kevin M. Maxwell has adjusted staff scheduling to return...

Gibbons closure draws protest

Defiance and dejection contended for the upper hand Saturday as parents, students and alumni of Cardinal Gibbons School held an emotional...

Columbia eatery aids HCC students

A Columbia restaurant will be donating all of its earnings Monday night to a Howard Community College program that provides financial and...

Teacher learns lesson about close shaves

When the earthquake devastated Haiti, students and staff at Hampstead Hill Academy pledged to raise money for relief efforts. Fourth-grade...

St. Agnes says it is not interested in Cardinal Gibbons

Hospital said Friday it has no plans to acquire the property of the nearby closing high school

Archdiocese to face students, parents

Meetings planned for Monday to discuss school closings

Statewide survey finds teachers are generally satisfied with work

The first statewide teacher survey shows that Maryland has a remarkably satisfied teaching corps, three-quarters of whom feel positive about...

Parents plan campaign to save Cardinal Gibbons School

Parents at the Cardinal Gibbons School vowed Thursday to fight its planned closing.

Gibbons community stunned by closing

School nurtured doctors, lawyers as well as athletes

Neighbors wonder what will happen

Sacred Heart of Mary has anchored Graceland Park for decades

For one Baltimore school, sighs of relief

St. Ambrose Catholic School had many attributes that could have led Baltimore's archdiocese to target it for closure: Located in an aging...

Public schools expect to be able to take in displaced students

Public schools in Baltimore and the city's suburbs could easily absorb the students being displaced by a wave of Catholic school closings,...

Histories of Catholic schools being closed

Ascension School, Halethorpe Founded 1913. Students may go to St. Augustine in Elkridge, Our Lady of Victory in...

What they're saying about Catholic school closings

"This is a major blow. It's terrible. I don't know what I'm going to do now. I don't want to send them to public [school]."

List of Catholic schools to be closed at end of year

The list The Archdiocese of Baltimore will close these schools at the end of the school year:

27 arrested near University of Md. in post-game confrontation

The wild celebration that began immediately after Maryland's 79-72 victory over No. 4 Duke late Wednesday night started with players being...

Alonso hastens to correct Obama's graduation numbers

Baltimore schools chief Andres Alonso was polite but clear: President Barack Obama made a mistake when he suggested in a speech this week...

O'Malley's school reform plan debated before Senate panel

A leading business group and charter school advocates said Wednesday that the governor's education reforms, designed to help the state...

Helping the youngest readers

Kindergartner Breon Stepney looks forward to his weekly reading session at Barclay Elementary/Middle School with Caroline Bennett, an...

Families get word on Catholic schools' fate Wed.

For families across the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore, months of waiting will come to an end today when officials detail plans...