There was much to do and many things to buy Thursday at Winfield Elementary School’s Econ Fair, which aims to teach students about basic economics using firsthand lessons.

The Carroll County Board of Education unanimously ratified a $442.6 million budget for fiscal 2024 on Wednesday. The budget is $36 million higher than the current one, helped by a $12.9 million increase in funds from Carroll County and a $13.6 million increase in state funds.

Manchester and Hampstead Police Departments address dangers of Manchester Valley High School students using realistic looking water guns in senior game tradition.

South Carroll High School Stagelighters will present "9 to 5: The Musical," this weekend and next as the school's spring musical production.

Westminster High School’s production of “The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical,” adapted from the popular young adult novel by Rick Riordan first published in 2005, is set for performances through this weekend.

Public school systems in Baltimore, Anne Arundel, Carroll and Harford counties are ending the school year sooner than planned.

Manchester Valley High School’s Maverick Theater will take audiences back to the 1980s this weekend and next with its spring musical production of “Footloose,” based on the 1984 Kevin Bacon film.

Winters Mill High School in Westminster will perform the musical 'Into the Woods' on Thursday and Friday evening.

Construction of a replacement building for Westminster’s East Middle School is set to be completed in time for students’ return to classes this fall, Supervisor of Construction James Marks told the Carroll County Board of Education last week.

Francis Scott Key High School invokes the creepy and macabre with spring musical 'The Addams Family.'

Carroll County Public Schools' proposed 2024 budget includes a $13.4 million increase in county funding compared with this year. On Wednesday, Board of Education President Marsha Herbert announced that all but $1 million has been included in the county’s proposed 2024 budget.

The Carroll County Board of Education is scheduled Wednesday to discuss a waiver request from Superintendent Cynthia McCabe that would allow public schools to close one day earlier than planned, on Friday, June 9.

Two seniors in the Carroll County Career and Tech Center Applied Mechanical Engineering course have accepted job offers to work with Flowserve in Taneytown after they graduate in June, following successful summer internships there.

The Carroll County Chamber of Commerce recognized 739 teachers as nominees in the 34th annual Outstanding Teacher Awards program this week.

Carroll County public school students’ standardized test scores in English and language arts have returned to pre-pandemic levels, while student achievement in math continues to suffer, according to results from 2022 state testing.

Century High School in Sykesville will open the musical "Matilda," based on the book by Roald Dahl, Thursday. Performances continue this weekend and next.

In a presentation Monday on impacts the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future education reform will have on Carroll County Public Schools, Superintendent Cynthia McCabe forecast that necessary changes would be felt most acutely at schools in the county’s northwestern and southeastern regions.

More than six months after a school bus driver crashed the bus she was driving near Liberty High School Sept. 15, Maryland State Police said Monday that blood test results are “in the final scientific confirmation process.”

Carroll County Public Schools has submitted its preliminary plan to the state for the upcoming school year implementation of the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future, a 10-year education reform program designed to promote equity in schools and produce more capable graduates.

Carroll County's Special Education Citizen’s Advisory Committee will hear feedback from community members at a virtual town hall on Thursday.

Carroll County school curriculum materials for 2023-2024 will be subject to public review, Board of Education approval and recommendation from the Curriculum Council.

The Carroll County Board of Education decided against a proposal that would save roughly $1.2 million by adjusting bus schedules and requiring seven elementary schools to start up to two hours later.

Carroll County's school board will face new budget challenges amid the decade-long implementation of the massive Blueprint for Maryland's Future Education Reform.

Carroll County Public Schools’ average graduation rate declined to 93.08% in 2022, down from 95%, where the county had remained each year since 2018, according to data released Thursday by the Maryland Department of Education.

The Carroll County Board of Education will discuss school bus route changes that would change start times at Eldersburg, Friendship Valley, Freedom, Linton Springs, Piney Ridge, Spring Garden and Westminster elementary schools and also realize more than $1 million in savings.

When McDaniel College’s theatre arts program stages “Heathers: The Musical” beginning tonight in Westminster, two Carroll County natives will perform in starring roles.

State board of education members on Tuesday reviewed preliminary results for the state’s school rating system, known as the Maryland Report Card.