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Howard Community College has closed its Children’s Learning Center in Columbia, prompting an outcry from parents who called the program a popular and educationally valuable experience.
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As the fall semester approaches, Maryland’s colleges and universities are announcing plans and guidelines for how they plan to hold classes while containing the spread of coronavirus. Here’s a sampling of what some of the schools in the area are doing.
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St. John’s will not resume in-person instruction for the fall semester, instead students and faculty will use online learning, according to an announcement sent out late July.
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U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen will return to campus this fall, though much of their education will likely still be conducted online due to the coronavirus pandemic, the academy announced Friday evening.
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Citing the rise in coronavirus cases both locally and nationally, Johns Hopkins University and Loyola University Maryland have become the latest colleges to announce that they would offer only online classes to undergraduates this fall.
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Government and private programs aim to connect state residents to broadband during the coronavirus pandemic and build upon earlier efforts to expand digital access. But some residents still worry service won’t come soon enough.
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As the beginning of the 2020 school year approaches, Maryland counties are announcing plans and guidelines for holding classes while containing the spread of coronavirus.
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More education news
Pier M. Larson, a Johns Hopkins University history professor and renowned scholar of African history, has died at 58.
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School plans “a full residential and academic experience” for the Spring 2021 semester.
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A Naval Academy adjunct professor is suing a Queen Anne’s County woman for defamation, claiming that woman conspired to have her fired.
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The chief of schools in Queen Anne's County, Baltimore native Andrea Kane, has voiced support for Black Lives Matter. Now her job could be on the line.
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A citywide ad blitz from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals takes aim at Johns Hopkins University for running brain tests on owls.
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McDaniel College’s summer research groups mostly went online this summer, but two small groups of researchers got special permission to work in the labs on campus, working to contribute to the development of drugs designed to fight COVID-19.
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A group of teachers unions, students, parents and allies rallied outside the Comcast regional headquarters in South Baltimore on Monday afternoon, calling on the company to improve the quality of its internet services and offer it for free to students and educators as many prepare for another semester of virtual learning.
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Private schools in Anne Arundel County are preparing to reopen school buildings for students to return to in-person instruction for the fall semester.
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Students struggling during the pandemic say it’s unfair for the University of Maryland to charge them normal prices even though the coronavirus has disrupted the university’s usual offerings.
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Parents of Baltimore County students with IEPs say the sudden shift to remote learning in March amid state orders to curb the spread of the coronavirus resulted in the loss of specialized services.
