baltimore city public schools

The backpacks will go to students at Armistead Gardens Elementary/Middle School and Sandtown-Winchester Achievement Academy, as well as a new welcome center for immigrant and other new pupils.

By Sameer Rao

Aug 18, 2019

The T. Rowe Price Foundation is making $2.7 million worth of grants to improve opportunities for residents in underserved city neighborhoods.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Jun 27, 2019

The real reason the Monarch School closed is because the school system doesn't support charter schools.

While additional education funds may eventually come if Maryland adopts a new funding formul as recommended, Baltimore children can't wait. The need is now.

Leona Williams Carpenter, a retired Baltimore City school teacher and guidance counselor who was named woman of the year by her church, died.

By Jacques Kelly

Jun 18, 2019

The Abell Foundation will no longer fund the "National Academic League," a competition that tests students knowledge, in favor of sports programs.

Baltimore Schools honored 12 students lost to violence this year during a Wednesday event on the steps outside its North Avenue headquarters.

By Talia Richman

May 29, 2019

The Baltimore County school board will interview six finalists for superintendent this month in a selection process challenged by a short timeline, discord.

Following a series of assaults on staff and teachers, the Baltimore Teachers Union released recommendations aimed at making schools safer.

Denying much-needed funds from city schools with greatest burden of low-income students is an outrage. So why is that about to happen?

The district recognized the English language arts teacher for his commitment to students both inside and outside of the classroom.

By Sameer Rao

Apr 29, 2019

Baltimore City is looking for developers to come up with new uses for three buildings that were once used as schools, plus a historic mansion.

By Meredith Cohn

Apr 23, 2019

As more immigrant families move into Baltimore, the public school system plans to pump additional money into programs that help children learn English.

By Talia Richman

Apr 18, 2019

Baltimore school and police officials discussed the implementation of Handle With Care, which would inform school officials of when a child has gone through a traumatic experience, in response to recent violent incidents at and near city schools.

By Phil Davis

Apr 11, 2019

The Baltimore City Public Schools board of commissioners on Tuesday unanimously passed a policy allowing transgender students to use the names, pronouns and bathrooms that align with their gender identity — prompting the boardroom, packed with LGBTQ+ advocates, to burst into applause.

By Colin Campbell

Apr 10, 2019

CEO Sonja Santelises is proposing a budget that continues to focus on literacy, student mental and emotional health, and a well-rounded curriculum.

Baltimore City Public Schools saw a graduation rate increase while the statewide rate slipped, according the Maryland Department of Education.

By Talia Richman

Mar 29, 2019

A student was stabbed inside Patterson High School on Monday, according to district officials, marking the second time a Baltimore student has been stabbed on or near school grounds in less than a week.

By Talia Richman

Mar 25, 2019

Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh and the interim superintendent of Baltimore County Public Schools, Verletta White, should resign over unethical behavior.

The University of Maryland Medical System labeled its most recent $100,000 purchase of books from Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh as a "grant" to the city public school system, a mischaracterization that tax experts say is a violation of federal reporting rules for tax-exempt hospitals.

By Doug Donovan

Mar 19, 2019

Mayor Catherine Pugh has resigned from the University of Maryland Medical System Board.

Poor children in Baltimore City are being undercounted. This is a systemic problem put in place four years ago, when we stopped collecting lunch applications, used for decades to set poverty rates. The proxy for poverty, critical for determining school supports, is now a flawed measure.

The ACLU's lawsuit on city school funding is a reminder that Maryland has never lived up to what the law requires when it comes to providing an equal opportunity to Baltimore's children.

Police gave an all-clear and students returned to classes after a Northwest Baltimore school building was evacuated due to a bomb threat, a city schools spokeswoman said. Police searched the building at 2801 N. Dukeland St. and declared it safe. They continue to investigate the threat.

By Colin Campbell

Mar 4, 2019

It appears the Baltimore school system is getting ready for a major legal battle. The school board this week approved a request to increase its contract with a law firm from $25,000 to $200,000. The terms of the contract include representing the school system in a lawsuit filed by the ACLU.

By Talia Richman

Mar 1, 2019

Baltimore schools clearly need to do more to protect kids in the wake of the Frederick Douglass High School shooting, but arming school police officers isn't the right approach.

Another former Baltimore school board member has landed a high-paying job with the school system. Tina Hike-Hubbard, who left the board in January 2018, was recently named the district’s chief of communications and community engagement.

By Talia Richman

Feb 21, 2019

A nonprofit, called Beat The Streets Baltimore, aims to save Baltimore kids by resurrecting the sport of wrestling. The young league partners with Banneker Blake and about a dozen other city schools to give kids a place to play a sport, get academic help and develop character.

By Luke Broadwater

Feb 13, 2019

Frederick Douglass High School in Baltimore will be closed to students on Monday, following the shooting of a staff member at the school Friday.

By Colin Campbell

Feb 10, 2019

A staffer was shot Friday at Baltimore's Frederick Douglass High School, officials said. A suspect is in custody.

Criticisms of The Green School of Baltimore by public school officials miss the mark - and The Sun should have recognized that.

Governor Hogan's charter school initiative would deny Baltimore the money its needs to adequately fund schools.

Governor Hogan needs to put forth a greater investment in Baltimore City schools.

Gov. Larry Hogan needs to stop pretending he doesn't know anything about the Kirwan Commission and its findings about the adequacy of state support for education.

The board of Baltimore City schools voted unanimously to oppose a measure that would have allowed school police officers to carry weapons during the day.

By Christina Tkacik

Jan 22, 2019

Five schools in Baltimore were closed Tuesday due to water and heat-related problems.

By Sarah Meehan

Jan 22, 2019

City schools held a fatherhood engagement summit Saturday to try to involve fathers and male caregivers in supporting students academic success

By Lorraine Mirabella

Jan 12, 2019

The Baltimore school board is considering closing Monarch Academy not because of performance, but because it wants to reduce the number of charter schools.

Baltimore City Schools say more staffers have been assaulted at National Academy Foundation, where a cafeteria worker was assaulted by students late last month.

Baltimore schools are better prepared for winter this year thanks to recent building upgrades, but major capital improvements are still needed.

Monarch Academy shows too much promise to be shuttered by Baltimore's school system.

The HVAC units in Lakewood Elementary are expected to be operable in January.

By Jonas Shaffer

Dec 3, 2018

Eugene F. Baldwin, a retired Baltimore City public schools English teacher who later worked as an editor, died Nov. 12 from an aneurysm at Holy Family at Merrimack Valley Hospital in Haverhill, Mass. The former longtime Catonsville resident was 74.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Dec 1, 2018

A cafeteria worker at one Baltimore school was injured Tuesday in an alleged assault involving students, and a teacher at another city school was punched by a student Wednesday, district officials confirmed.

Baltimore City has a lot of problem schools but Monarch Academy isn't one of them and should not be closed.

City schools should keep effective Banneker Blake Academy in business.

The Baltimore teacher punched by a student at Frederick Douglas High School showed grace in how she handled the situation.

Baltimore school administrators are investigating after a teacher at Frederick Douglass High School was hit by a student Wednesday in an exchange captured on a viral video.

By Christina Tkacik

Nov 8, 2018

Should Baltimore school police officers be allowed to carry guns while on campus? The city school board is bringing the issue back into the forefront, hosting a forum next week to gauge public support for the idea.

By Talia Richman

Oct 11, 2018

Police were carrying out a search warrant on the locker at Achievement Academy in the Hamilton Hills neighborhood when they found the firearm, the statement says.