Education

Caret had decided not to seek another five-year contract, and the system’s Board of Regents announced it had chosen Perman, the University of Maryland, Baltimore President, to succeed Caret in June.

Critics say the system obscures performance differences between students of different races or economic groups, can inflate the quality of a low performing school and doesn’t put enough emphasis on the progress a school makes with its students over time.

Despite the Class of 2019’s “strong overall scores” on the SAT and ACT college entrance exams, classmate participation and performance gaps persisted among student groups in Howard County schools, according to a report presented to the Board of Education on Thursday night.

Former Naval Academy Superintendent Walter "Ted" Carter was confirmed Thursday as the president of the University of Nebraska system.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has announced two proposals he says will improve public education in the state by building schools and providing opportunities for creativity in turning around low-rated schools.

By Pamela Wood

Dec 5, 2019

Audrey C. Pinkney, who taught in Baltimore public schools for more than three decades and was active in the affairs of St. James Episcopal Church, has died at age 92.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Dec 5, 2019

Howard County students exempted from redistricting have until Dec. 13 to decide if they want to remain at their current school for the next academic year.

Carroll County Career and Technology Center students swept the secondary school category of the national “I Built This!” video contest.

Educators from the Maryland Science Center brought their traveling program "What's the Matter?' to Friendship Valley Elementary School on Wednesday.

To be elected chair, a board member needs at least seven votes.

Superintendent George Arlotto’s recommended to the school board at Wednesday’s meeting that four neighborhoods districted for Broadneck Elementary be moved to Cape St. Claire Elementary to address the near or at capacity schools within the Broadneck cluster.

By Naomi Harris

Dec 4, 2019

Maryland released its star ratings for schools Tuesday. There's some lessons in the results.

River Hill High School student Saniya Vashist created a coding nonprofit, codeHER, to teach young women locally and globally about computer science.

The Baltimore school system could be facing a $60 million budget gap in 2021, CEO Sonja Santelises warned the City Council on Tuesday night if state and local governments don’t come through with more funding.

By Talia Richman

Dec 3, 2019

Thanks to an anticipated federal Title IV grant funding, Anne Arundel County Public Schools could expand or establish co-curricular robotics programs at county high schools, according to an announcement by the school system on Tuesday.

By Naomi Harris

Dec 3, 2019

In the 2019 Maryland school star ratings released Tuesday, 22 public schools in Carroll County stayed at the same rating and four improved, but 12 lost one star of five.