Liz Bowie

Liz Bowie has been an education reporter for The Baltimore Sun for more than 20 years, covering every aspect of education. Since joining The Sun in 1986, she has also covered environment, business and state government. A Baltimore native, she was a Spencer Fellow in Education Reporting at Columbia University.

Maryland’s state school board approved an emergency regulation Tuesday that allows students to go without masks if the community spread of COVID-19 in their county is moderate or if vaccination rates are above 80% in the school or the surrounding community.

By Liz Bowie

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December 07, 2021

Maryland state school board approves mandate that would allow some students to go maskless

The video shows three adults holding down a student on the floor of the cafeteria. One of them punches the student in the head twice and holds on to his hair while the other adult appears to hold the student’s arms down.

By Liz Bowie

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December 03, 2021

Howard County school officials call video of staff punching student ‘upsetting’

Board members voted 12-2 Wednesday to call for a new masking plan for the state’s 24 public school systems after hearing from from Maryland’s Superintendent of Schools Mohammed Choudhury.

By Lillian Reed and Liz Bowie

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December 01, 2021

Maryland State Board of Education, superintendent call for ‘off ramp’ option to lift school masking mandate

In Baltimore City, 90% of the school system's 10,000 employees are vaccinated or have an exemption.

By Liz Bowie

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November 27, 2021

Baltimore City schools not ready to start enforcing employee vaccine mandates and penalties

A schoolwide outbreak at Margaret Brent Middle School in St. Mary’s County began in the middle of September.

By Liz Bowie

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November 23, 2021

St. Mary’s County public schools see large outbreaks of COVID spread

Eight weeks into the school year, a Baltimore public school’s teachers are relieved to be back. But they must do far more than fix the academic gaps that have increased during the coronavirus pandemic.

By Liz Bowie

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November 11, 2021