Education

Maryland public schools are expecting to open the school year with about 14,000 students — or just 1.5% of statewide enrollment — taking classes online, according to data compiled by the Maryland State Department of Education and presented at a state board of education meeting Tuesday.

Branville Bard’s appointment is the first movement university officials have made in a year toward creating a private police force after school officials put plans on hold amid nationwide protests against police brutality toward Black Americans.

Jack Elstner cultivated his love of learning in freshman Latin class, where a welcoming teacher introduced him to Severn School and the importance of building deep, meaningful connections when interacting with people.

More than 131,000 students attend public schools in Prince George’s County, where the vaccination rate for 12-to-19-year-olds was under 40 percent in June.

Maryland colleges and universities are adjusting computer software, hiring additional staff and considering third-party vendors to manage the influx of COVID-19 vaccination records from students and employees ahead of the fall semester.

Jared Reck, who completed coursework in the Writing for Children and Young Adults program at McDaniel College and currently teaches as an online adjunct lecturer in the program, published a young adult fiction novel called “Donuts and Other Proclamations of Love” with Knopf Books for Young Readers by Penguin Random House.

Colds and other respiratory infections are infecting people now that many coronavirus pandemic restrictions have lifted and people are mixing at work, camp and in social settings.

Lelis’ and Hostetler’s wedding was one of the 2020 Naval Academy weddings interrupted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Veteran journalist and educator Jacqueline Jones is named dean of Morgan State University's School of Global Journalism and Communication.

The Carroll County Public Schools system reported 2,707 students received at least one F in the last quarter of the school year; however, only 535 students received at least one failing grade during the same quarter in the 2019-20 school year.

The Naval Academy, Fort George G. Meade and other Maryland military infrastructure could receive funding under two bills, currently in the House of Representatives.

Judy Buddensick has been sponsoring Naval Academy midshipmen for more 20 years. Stop by “Judy’s House,” and one can hear multiple languages as midshipmen call home, Buddensick said.

Funeral arrangements have been made for Jayden Baldree, a Dundalk teen who died Monday in a hit-and-run crash.

Candace C.W. Antwine, a member of the Anne Arundel County Board of Education, died Friday, the school system announced.

Students at McDaniel College in Westminster have been working to find a solution to COVID-19 during the summer research program. The overall goal is to find a starting point for a drug that can treat the virus.

Maryland’s health and education departments are encouraging schools to expand COVID-19 testing programs in the fall and offering to help pay — a total of $182 million from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.