After Freddie Gray’s funeral, Gregory Haskins watched as fire and looting threatened to engulf his city. The unrest in 2015 pushed the Baltimore City native to apply for a teaching job in the same school system that educated him. He earned a conditional certification, which allowed him to teach...
The Baltimore school board voted Tuesday night to approve a new charter school in a growing part of the city. Patterson Park Public Charter School will replicate its highly sought-after program at a second location in Southeast Baltimore, with a goal of eventually enrolling 540 more kids between...
A 15-year-old former football player at Maryland’s Damascus High School pleaded Thursday to rape and attempted-rape counts for his role in last fall’s broomstick assaults in the school’s locker room, according to three people familiar with the outcome of a closed hearing in Montgomery County Juvenile...
The Baltimore County school system is investigating problems stemming from a recent Microsoft update that allowed staff and students to search across one of its computer information systems. The technology staff became aware of the problem and developed fixes Wednesday night. Interim School Superintendent...
Ten Anne Arundel County schools will have new principals starting next school year. The changes are the result of various promotions and appointments made throughout the district, according to a statement by the school system. The Board of Education on Wednesday approved these appointments: Angela...
Ruby E. Williams, a retired kindergarten and first grade teacher active in Govans community organizations, died of heart failure May 30 at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. She was 86. Born Ruby Eliza Ford in Norfolk, Va., Mrs. Williams was the daughter of Percy Ford, who worked at the Sheraton...
Prominent Maryland lawmakers are concerned the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s adenovirus outbreak protocol didn’t do enough to protect University of Maryland student Olivia Paregol, who died in November after contracting the disease. “We are concerned that the guidelines ... leave...
The Baltimore County school board joined others in condemning a state delegate’s Facebook comments, saying the board “strongly denounces any form of violence or bullying, either direct or indirect against students or employees.” The board’s statement, released late Wednesday, follows the remarks...
Journalism is a big part of Lauren Mitchell’s life. For the past four years, the River Hill High School senior has been involved with the school’s student-run newspaper The Current. This year, she was co-editor in chief. She’s also had her own website where she covered pop culture, politics and...
As graduation approached last year, the list of often-absent students at Albert Einstein High School in suburban Maryland was long. More than 175 seniors repeatedly missed classes, many in courses required for their diplomas. Most students at the Montgomery County school graduated anyway. They...
The new president of the Baltimore Teachers Union is calling for the American Federation of Teachers to block plans to hold a new election and to investigate how the May 15 vote that put her in power was handled. Middle school teacher Diamonté Brown defeated Marietta English, who is seeking her...
Darryl L. Williams might have been excused from an appointment or two the day after he was named Baltimore County’s next superintendent, but instead he kept his scheduled meeting Wednesday with the middle school principals he supervises in Montgomery County. “They surprised me a little,” Williams...
The University of Maryland’s Center for Global Sustainability was jointly awarded a $2.3 million grant to evaluate nationwide greenhouse gas reduction efforts along with the Rocky Mountain Institute, according to a news release. The grant was issued by former New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg,...
The Naval Academy's graduation and commissioning ceremony at Navy-Marine Corps Stadium in Annapolis. (Naval Academy via watchstadium.com video)
Officials at Anne Arundel Community College conferred 2,366 degrees on to more than 2,200 graduates Thursday — the school’s 57th class. Future nurses, architects and teachers crossed the stage in shiny blue caps and gowns. Commencement speaker and math professor James Messenger congratulated his...
Eighth-grader Rishi Kumar, a student at Ellicott Mills Middle School in Ellicott City, took third place in National Geographic’s GeoBee national competition last week after competing in the final round in Washington, D.C. As the third-place finisher at the May 22 contest, Kumar will receive a $5,000...
The Baltimore Teachers Union elections committee plans to schedule a new election after allegations of campaign violations marred the vote earlier this month. Middle school teacher Diamonté Brown defeated incumbent Marietta English on May 15 by a 901-839 margin. English, seeking her ninth term...
A former middle school teacher at the elite Park School of Baltimore inappropriately touched and engaged in troubling behaviors with students in the 1980s, according to an independent investigation commissioned by the school. Alfred H. Siemon II, a Park School teacher from 1967 to 1987, engaged...