Education

NBCUniversal News Group is partnering with Morgan State University in Baltimore to launch NBCU Academy, a new program aimed at training the next generation of diverse talent in the journalism industry.

Anne Arundel County has made a commitment to vaccinate public school teachers by the end of February, and Thursday night the Board of Education voted to begin reopening schools no later than March 1

Baltimore City Public Schools’ plan to allow thousands more elementary and high school students to attend in-person classes beginning next month raised deep concerns from both parents and teachers who question whether schools can be safe places to learn as the pandemic rages.

The Naval Academy started vaccinating staff and faculty against COVID-19 on Thursday, the academy announced.

Nell W. Stanley, who taught at several area private girls schools, has died at 77.

The Carroll County health officer suggested the board of education discontinue high school sports since it caused a burden on the health department.

The N-word was repeated multiple times during a virtual orientation hosted by Century High School and attended by Sykesville Middle School students.

Miriam DeCosta-Willis, a retired University of Maryland, Baltimore County professor who received master’s and doctoral degrees from the Johns Hopkins University, died last week, according to the University of Memphis.

The opening day of a Maryland General Assembly session typically has a feel of the first day of school. This year, the tone is more somber.

Faced with questions from parents about why their students remain learning virtually while Carroll County Public Schools restarted its hybrid learning model last week, officials in nearby Howard and Harford counties questioned the wisdom of Carroll’s school board’s decision-making.

Maryland counties are announcing and revising plans and guidelines for holding classes while containing the spread of coronavirus.

Baltimore is planning to reopen more schools for in-person learning despite the spike in COVID-19 cases this winter, the city schools’ leader said Tuesday.

Since students returned to hybrid learning last week, CCPS has worked to fill in areas where staff members are absent. Despite the challenges the school system faced with staff, several parents have reported positive reviews of their child’s in-person learning experience.

McDaniel College is moving forward with plans to hold in-person and hybrid courses this spring, but will require students returning to campus to follow new safety measures.

Saying there is inadequate oversight to combat possible fraud, waste and abuse within Baltimore County Public Schools, County Executive Johnny Olszewski, Jr. is pushing for a state bill that would empower the County Office of the Inspector General to act with discretionary oversight of the school system.

When educators are vaccinated is likely to vary widely across the state due to a slower-than-expected vaccine rollout across Maryland and nation — setting the stage for a patchwork quilt of school openings.