Education

The Carroll County Board of Education held a special meeting to discuss the coronavirus via livestream Wednesday.

Over video call, the Anne Arundel County Board of Education approved designs for Old Mill High and reviewed policies regarding state of emergency, equity and board member ethics on Wednesday afternoon.

By Naomi Harris

Apr 1, 2020

Susan S. Uhlig, a former educator who served on the boards of numerous charitable organizations, died Saturday of complications from a stroke at Symphony Manor Assisted Living in Roland Park. The Elkridge Estates resident was 77.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Apr 1, 2020

The Baltimore Neighbors Network has formed to connect trained volunteers to isolated seniors and connect them with social workers and mental health professionals.

By Yvonne Wenger

Apr 1, 2020

Carroll County Public Schools’ nearly 25,000 students got started on distance learning this week, facing a semester that will take place mostly via computer screen due to the coronavirus.

Maryland’s state school superintendent agreed to extend her contract by one year amid the coronavirus outbreak after previously saying she would leave her post June 30.

By McKenna Oxenden

Mar 31, 2020

Amid the coronavirus health emergency, the Howard County budget season presses on, including with a three-hour virtual public hearing Monday night at which most of the testimony fixated on the school system's budget.

The University System of Maryland is preventing students from retrieving belongings in dorms at its 12 campuses after Gov. Larry Hogan issued a stay-at-home order Monday.

As hospitals around the country face a shortage of personal protective equipment to fight the new coronavirus, the University of Maryland, College Park is delivering N95 respirators and surgical face masks to the state university’s medical system in Baltimore, President Wallace D. Loh announced Monday.

By Colin Campbell

Mar 30, 2020

The Howard County Public School System will begin online learning for elementary students April 20 after previously not setting a date for virtual instruction to start for the district’s youngest students.

Parents are looking for creative new ways to entertain and educate their children at home.

By Lillian Reed

Mar 30, 2020

As the public school system in Carroll County rushes to find equitable ways to teach 25,000 students from a distance, many area private schools have already gotten started, able to move more quickly with their smaller sizes and for some, already established technology infrastructure.

Government bodies across Maryland are turning to technology to simultaneously comply with the state's open meetings law and Gov. Larry Hogan's coronavirus-related ban on gatherings of more than 10 people, with mixed results.

A Baltimore City Public School System Cherry Hill employee tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Sunday, according to officials. This is the first confirmed case of coronavirus among Baltimore City schools.

By McKenna Oxenden

Mar 29, 2020

Richard J. Steinke, a former deputy state superintendent of special education, has died at age 75.

By Phil Davis

Mar 29, 2020

With all in-person classes canceled as a result of coronavirus precautions, universities in Maryland are expanding the use of pass-fail grading for undergraduates for the spring 2020 term.

By Colin Campbell

Mar 29, 2020