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George B. McCeney, a longtime Baltimore County public schools social studies teacher and accomplished bluegrass musician, died Saturday from Parkinson's disease at his Timonium home. He was 79.

Cheryl Bost will become president of the Maryland State Education Association on Wednesday.

Three Carroll County Public Schools educators won state-level awards for agricultural education.

In 2014-15, females earned 57 percent of all bachelor's degrees. What’s behind this phenomenon?

A longtime educator who rose through the ranks in Maryland’s second-largest school system was tapped Monday as its new leader, becoming the second woman to hold the top post.

Seven new members will be inducted into the Edgewood High School Hall of Fame on Friday, Oct. 5 during the school’s homecoming.

Albert D. Miller Jr., longtimePerry Hall High School athletic director and coach, died Friday from Alzheimer's disease at hos Parkville home. He was 82.

At a reception on Friday, June 22,  Freedom Federal Credit Union honored Kathleen Ford, as the grand prize winner of the Credit Union’s 2018 Golden Apple Annual Educator Award competition.

Margaret Pfaff adjunct faculty award McDaniel Carroll County

The leader of Harford County’s most influential public employees union will be stepping down at the end of this month.

Rodgers Forge Elementary School students got to experience working a camera and animating the scoreboard at Camden Yards through their school's library media specialist, who moonlights with the Orioles.

Recently I asked three of my teen-aged great nephews about the last time they’d been assigned to read books written by black authors at their schools. All three answered with a resounding: “never.” Thus far in their educations, not one of their teachers has exposed them to black literature.

Mr. Scanlan was adamant that there is no radical leftist bias in Carroll County Public Schools. He made it clear that CCEA has admonished staff not to be

The Howard County Education Association, the union that represents more than 5,000 educators in the county’s public schools, has endorsed Democrat Calvin Ball in the 2018 race for Howard County Executive.

Reaction to the sentencing of former Baltimore County Superintendent Dallas Dance.

County Commissioner, District 5 candidate: Frank Robert, Republican

I am writing to voice my concern about comments made by Kathy Fuller, who is running for a commissioner seat in District 5 (as reported in the Thursday, April

Marion B. Osing, a retired Howard county educator, died March 28 from respiratory failure at Sunrise of Columbia Assisted-Living community. The former Ellicott City resident was 92.

A wealth of data reveals a lack of diversity in the teaching profession, which is troubling given the research showing the benefit of teachers of color on all students.

The Harford County Education Association (HCEA) and Harford Educational Services Council proudly announce our endorsement of Barry Glassman for re-election as Harford County Executive.

From West Virginia to Oklahoma, public school teachers are going on strike - what's the source of their frustration?

Bel Air High School English teacher Paula Stanton, Ph. D, was named Harford County Public Schools' Teacher of the Year for 2018 Wednesday.

The Baltimore County school board approved a $140 million technology contract Tuesday night that would expand its four-year-old technology initiative into its high schools.

Who received thumbs up from the Carroll County Times this week?

The Baltimore County teachers union has yet to unveil its endorsement for Baltimore County executive, but it’s already stirring controversy within the Democratic primary.

Harford County’s finalists for 2018 Teacher of the Year were honored Monday by the Harford County Board of Education ahead of Wednesday’s banquet where the winner will be chosen.

Carroll County Public Schools announced their eight Outstanding Teacher Awards recipients Wednesday night.

The Baltimore Teachers Union has voted to ratify new salary scales, endorsing a 2.5 percent pay raise for city teachers over the next two years.

If city school officials don't act quickly, they risk either going against Gov. Larry Hogan's mandate to have school between Labor Day and June 15 or breaking an agreement with the teachers' union.

Howard County Arts Council's 21st annual Celebration of the Arts on March 24 features honoring the Howie award recipients, a Rising Star Performing Arts competition, food and a silent auction.

State school board refuses to give Baltimore City schools a waiver to reduce number of school days, says city needs to add one more school day to calendar this year.

Daniel C. Brewington, a veteran Baltimore public schools educator who served in the Army during World War II, died Feb. 24 from congestive heart failure at Arbor Terrace Senior Living in Lanham. The former longtime Northwest Baltimore resident was 95.

Towson resident Laurie Taylor-Mitchell is a longtime advocate for Baltimore County public school students.

Despite pleas for a reversal from students, parents and community members, the Harford County Public Schools administration remains adamant that students cannot participate in a nationwide walkout Wednesday to bring attention school safety and gun control conerns.

Sarah P. Shane, a former teacher, longtime Baltimore Jewish organizer and past president of the largest religious Zionist organization in the U.S., died of heart failure at the Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem on Feb. 27, one day after the birth of her 35th great-grandchild.

Teachers union endorses Alfred Williamson and Jansen Robinson for school board seats.

In the wake of Tuesday night’s deadline to file candidacy for the 2018 elections, Baltimore County’s District 1 is getting its first look at what the ballot will look like come November.

Compared to the $200 million (and counting) that Baltimore County schools are expected to spend on an unproven educational initiative (STAT), an audit of the program would cost mere nickels and dimes. It would be worth it to find out once and for all if it's worth it — an

A Baltimore teacher and Iraq veteran meditates on the position of a teacher during a school shooting.

Sarah D.C. Banks, a retired career college educator and administrator who was one of the students who desegregated Western High School, died Feb. 10 from cancer at her Columbia home. She was 77.

Bond Mill Elementary School celebrated its 100the day of school with classes doing a variety of activities from dressing up as 100-year-olds to reading a 100 books.

Otto Begus, a retired professor and former philosophy and religious studies chair at Morgan State University who believed in a liberal arts education, died of complications of dementia and heart failure Feb. 10 at his Tuscany-Canterbury home. The former Waverly resident was 85.

The Democratic leaders of the General Assembly said Thursday that they will support legislation implementing the a broad range of improvements in Maryland’s public schools recommended by a commission Gov. Larry Hogan wrote off the previous day as lost.

The Harford school board approved a $466.2 million fiscal 2018 budget request Monday, adding $100,000 to support the office of Equity and Cultural Proficiency in the wake of a racist incident at Bel Air High School.

Shirley Givens, a retired Peabody Institute faculty member who taught violin, died of pancreatic cancer Jan. 10 at her New York City home. She was 87.

Dr. James H. Kelly, former chairman of Greater Baltimore Medical Center's Department of Otolaryngology whose research centered on swallowing disorders, died Thursday from a blood clot at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The Ruxton resident was 74.

The Maryland Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals’ fifth annual Kindness for Paws Art Show at the White Marsh Mall Sunday raised about $3,000 for homeless and hurting animals, officials said.

All states should introduce their students to computational thinking and computer science during their K-12 education. They should incorporate computer science as a graduation requirement at the high school level.

Five finalists for the Harford County Teacher of the Year award were announced Tuesday by Harford County Public Schools.

Walter K. Sherwin Jr., a founding faculty member of the University of Maryland, College Park, who established the Ancient Studies Department, died Tuesday from pancreatic cancer at his Charlestown retirement community home. He was 79.