Education

Howard County is scheduled to vote Thursday, Nov. 21, on the redistricting proposal to combat school overcrowding, address inequities in the distribution of students affected by poverty and establish a road map for the eventual opening of the county’s 13th high school, in Jessup.

In a packed meeting, the Anne Arundel County Board of Education voted to amend the 2020-2021 school year calendar to start after Labor Day, instead of following the superintendent’s recommendation which would have put the first day of school on Aug. 31.

By Naomi Harris

Nov 20, 2019

A 17-year-old Central Special School student in Edgewater choked on a latex glove at school and may have been without oxygen for 10 minutes, his family said Wednesday in their first public statement about his death.

By Naomi Harris

Nov 20, 2019

Carroll County high school seniors from public and private schools have been selected to represent Carroll County as legislative pages for the Maryland General Assembly.

McDaniel College has received approval from the Maryland Higher Education Commission to add eight new undergraduate majors, the first additions since the college cut several last year.

Federal prosecutors have charged former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh in what they allege was a corrupt scheme involving her sales of a self-published children’s book series.

According to federal prosecutors, the massive book sales of former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh were really a racket — built on a ruse that saw Pugh increase her profits time and again by intentionally double-selling the books by the thousands, first to one paying customer and then to another.

Former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh used money from double-selling her self-published “Healthy Holly” children’s books to fund straw donations to her 2016 campaign and buy herself a bigger house right after she was sworn in, court documents allege.

By Talia Richman

Nov 20, 2019

Former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh has been indicted on 11 criminal counts related to the sales of her children’s books. Longtime aide Gary Brown Jr. and associate Roslyn Wedington have pleaded guilty to another 10 charges combined.

The Howard County Public School System is looking to drastically pay down its health fund deficit to demonstrate its commitment in eliminating the deficit once and for all.

The Howard County school board has revised the plan to only make modest gains in balancing the levels of poverty across its schools.

The first of a new generation of British aircraft carriers arrived off Annapolis Tuesday afternoon, part of a months-long trials and training exercise off the East Coast of the United States.

By Rick Hutzell

Nov 19, 2019

State auditors tasked by lawmakers with investigating the University of Maryland Medical System after a self-dealing scandal involving its board of directors have complained UMMS “delayed and hindered” their work, requiring an extension of their deadline to produce a report.

By Kevin Rector

Nov 19, 2019

The final in a series of three town hall-style meetings hosted by Carroll County Public Schools to discuss budget priorities is scheduled for Dec. 9.

The Howard County Board of Education took three straw votes Monday night to move 5,320 students for the 2020-21 academic year. A final vote with different numbers will come Thursday.

Baltimore City Council President Brandon Scott will introduce a resolution calling for the state to settle a longstanding lawsuit over disparities in the way Maryland’s historically black colleges and universities are funded.

By Talia Richman

Nov 18, 2019