Education

Clauda Towles, who owns aMuse Toys in Baltimore's Fells Point with her husband, says the coronavirus pandemic has been made finances and daily operations of the store difficult.

Earlier this week Anne Arundel County Public Schools announced that it would postpone school-sponsored homecoming dances, citing fear of spreading COVID-19, but half of the Board of Education supports moving the events outside rather than postponing.

Dr. James Campbell, a pediatric infectious disease expert at the University of Maryland, answers questions about the Pfizer COVID vaccine for kids.

The Annapolis Symphony Academy is poised to become one of the most comprehensive institutions for young musicians in the area — one that aims to train its students from their first C major scale to their first professional audition.

No vote was taken, no changes were made and critical race theory was not discussed during the work session. Instead, staff proposed to shift its existing policy about campaigns to focus more on teaching polite discourse.

The Baltimore Catholic archdiocese acknowledged three years ago that it was under investigation by the Maryland attorney general's office. Survivors of church abuse say they wonder what's happened since then with the investigation.

School nurses in the Baltimore area are shouldering pandemic duties on top of their day jobs and are burning out just weeks into the new year.

A juvenile was arrested Thursday after bringing a loaded gun to Chesapeake High School in Essex and leaving it inside a classroom Wednesday, police said.

The number of students quarantined away from in-person classes due to COVID or a close contact is growing faster than Anne Arundel County Public Schools anticipated and the system will scale up its virtual learning operation in response starting Oct. 4, Deputy Superintendent Maureen McMahon said Wednesday.

More than 200 staff members and students in the Howard County Public School System have tested positive for COVID-19 since the start of the school year, according to a school system official.

The CCPS dashboard reported 214 people, including 10 staff members, have the virus and are in quarantine. Carey Gaddis, the system’s spokesperson, said a separate 1,221 students are in quarantine.

The Carroll County Board of Education will discuss a politically neutral teaching standard for the classroom, grade results from summer recovery learning and the capital improvement projects in series of discussions on Thursday.

The Board of Education will hear from the public and vote on Superintendent George Arlotto’s proposed $193 million Capital Budget request for fiscal year 2023 during its meeting Wednesday evening.

A parent of a Francis Scott Key High School student said her son’s parking space at the Union Bridge school was vandalized with a homophobic slur.

Professor Leah Hollis says Morgan State University has paid her thousands of dollars less than men in her department “despite credentials that parallel or exceed those of her male colleagues,” and denied her tenure and blocked her promotion when she complained about it.

Leonor Blum is the founder and executive director of ¡Adelante Latina!, a free, after-school academic enrichment and college preparatory program for Latina girls attending Baltimore City high schools.