charter schools

Most mornings students arrive early at City Springs Elementary/Middle School to throw a football around on the blacktop. They love the game, but it is hard to play in a raggedy yard behind the school.

Anne Arundel: CSP Readying for 11th Grade Expansion

The Board of Education's opposition to any public money for non-public schools, while regrettable, is understandable. The Board sees no responsibility for the education of Harford County children not in their corporate system; the Board's business is preserving its monopoly on education tax dollars for their 'corporation'. However, your editorial on Friday, Dec 2nd, is a chilling, exclusionary and discriminatory statement not shared by all Marylanders.

More than 60 city public schools courted potential recruits at the annual school choice fair for fifth- and eighth-graders in Baltimore schools.

Education reforms stand to gain significant financial support under a historic $8 million endowment bestowed to the Baltimore Community Foundation, which the organization said will double its resources to support education projects in Baltimore city and county school districts.

In a dispute that mirrors the nationwide debate over students' participation in physical activity, the parents want sixth through eighth grade students to have some relief from Roland Park Elementary/Middle School's rigorous academic model of 70-minute classes and restricted social time. They say it's an essential part of their children's education.

At a panel discussion on the city's property tax rate, Joseph T. "Jody" Landers took to the lectern in the manner of a professor.

Mount St. Joseph football coach Blake Henry thought about calling a draw play for quarterback Luke Casey when the Gaels had a chance to win Thursday night's game against Friendship Collegiate Academy.

Jeremy Dy was among a small group of Chesapeake Science Point Public Charter School students who took the PSAT/NMSQT, a national standardized test considered a precursor to college entrance exams, during the past school year. He and his peers excelled at the test, which is good, because they might be retaking it a few times.

Plans by Laurel Boys and Girls Club officials for an all-boys charter high school have changed to include girls.

Charter school planned in York Road corridor, with help of Loyola University Maryland's dean of education and a former Gilman School headmaster who resigned under pressure, accused of padding his resume.

Digital Harbor High School was teeming with IBM employees preparing to educate local middle school students Wednesday morning on the supercomputer known as "Watson," made famous by his appearance on the acclaimed TV show "Jeopardy."

'Restorative practices' have made a difference for low-income students in Baltimore and around the world

Mayoral candidate and former city planning director Otis Rolley III has vowed to offer vouchers to students zoned to attend failing middle schools and to lobby to restore mayoral control of city schools.