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The Carroll County Board of Education voted to adopt its $334,979,586 budget for the 2020 fiscal year at its February meeting this week. 

Residents are urging the Harford County Council to seek greater local and state funding for public schools."Advocate for our children," one elementary school principal told council members.

What is fueling some of the biggest growth in Baltimore County school enrollment? The immigrants. Where are many coming from? Nigeria.

Parents appreciate a post-Labor Day school start that teachers union wants to overturn for selfish reasons.

In a rare show of unity at the Baltimore County school board meeting Tuesday night, dozens of parents, teachers and administrators encouraged the school board to ask for what students need rather than the slimmed-down budget that meets the county executive’s fiscal limits.

For the first time in X years the Board of Carroll County Commissioners held a joint work session with the Board of Education on Feb. 5. The two boards noted the tensions from the past and said the move would be the beginning of quarterly meetings to work on building trust and understanding.

The Kirwan Commission’s recommendation to spend $3.8 billion more on Maryland public schools will do no good if members simultaneously hamstring teachers by insisting on another “redesign of public school curriculum.”

Baltimore County teachers say they will protest a revised school budget which gives them little pay increases.

The same sea of red showed up to Wednesday’s Board of Education meeting to listen to the 2020 Fiscal Year budget work session and share public comment on the proposed $201.3 million budget.  Superintendent Steve Lockard’s proposal is an $8.9 million — or 4.65 percent — increase from 2019.

Harford County Public Schools Superintendent Sean Bulson has proposed a $467,678,414 budget for the next fiscal year, a 1.3 percent increase over this fiscal year.

Sister Mary Constance Baker, a member of the School Sisters of Notre Dame, taught at various schools in Pennsylvania and Maryland.

Howard County school officials and the county’s teacher’s union have announced a two-year pact that revises educators’ salary scales.

The Maryland Science Center travels to hundreds of schools across the state each year for its traveling science program.

The Carroll County Chamber of Commerce and Carroll County Public Schools are seeking nominations for the annual Outstanding Teacher Awards. The deadline is Jan. 11, according to a news release from CCPS.

Priscilla L. Beirne, a retired Baltimore city public school educator who enjoyed reading, died Wednesday from respiratory failure at her North Homeland residence. She was 89.

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.

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McDonogh School, the highly regarded Owings Mills private school, encourages creativity among its teachers, which helped make it a Baltimore Sun Top Workplace for the seventh year in a row.

All things being equal, Harford County Public Schools would need almost $35 million in additional funding to operate during the next school year in 2019-20 — an increase almost certain not to happen — Superintendent Dr. Sean Bulson said.

While Carroll County Public Schools has made improving diversity among its teaching staff a priority in recent years, it has yet to see any sustainable success.

Carroll County Public Schools continues to struggle when it comes hiring more diverse educators, the most recent numbers from the school system show.

Black elementary school students who have black teachers are significantly more likely to enroll in college, according to a research paper co-authored by a Johns Hopkins University professor.

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.

McDaniel College full-time facutly members Elyzabeth Engle, Stephanie Bettis Homan, Nicholas Kahn, Holly Martinson Matthew Mongiello

We absolutely take seriously Baltimore County parents' complaints about unchecked discipline problems in the schools. But returning to zero-tolerance policies isn't the answer.

With early voting underway and Election Day on Nov. 6, the Carroll County Times reached out to the candidates running for school board to see where they stand on key issues facing Carroll County Public Schools.

Virginia Shriver Burns, who had careers as an educator, case worker and museum docent, died Sept. 1 from multiple sclerosis atr Stella Maris Hospice. The Cross Keys resident was 84.

Patricia L. "Pat" Skebeck, a former longtime Harford County public school educator who was an inveterate Ravens fan, died ThursdayOct. 11 from cancer at her Kingsville home. She was 75.

Hillcrest Elementary School in Catonsville is preparing for an anniversary fair on Oct. 13 to celebrate its 50th and its future with an eye toward its past. The school was built in an effort to counter education segregation.

In 2017, the LYNX (Linking Youth to New eXperiences) School at Frederick High School opened its doors. Envisioned as the “next generation” American high school, the LYNX School is a comprehensive public high school with a diverse student body. Results suggest it could be a model for Maryland.

After watching Larry Hogan and Ben Jealous bumble and insult their way through a rather stupor-inducing debate, as a Baltimore high school teacher, I was left shaking my head at the gross irresponsibility on both sides of the aisle.

Howard County schools were above the state average on all PARCC assessments. Going forward, however, Maryland is looking to replace the test with another that aligns to the Common Core standards and is a shorter exam, an official from Howard County School System says.

Johns Hopkins University graduate students rallied on campus Wednesday to announce plans to unionize and demand better working conditions.

Charlotte M. Perry, a retired city educator who was aactive in the affairs of Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, died Sept. 5 from congestive heart failure at Miami Jewish Health Systems in Miami, Fla. She was 94.

Maryland's State School Superintendent has decided to ditch the test it has given for the past four years.

The Harford County Education Association announces several endorsements of candidates for Harford County Council and the Harford County Board of Education:

Having trouble attracting new teachers? Offer to pay for their college education and they'll flock to your door.

Baltimore County's teachers' union endorsed Johnny Olszewski Jr. for county executive.

The time has come to bring positive change to the Board of Education. So, I ask for your vote in November.

With the school year starting, a number of new administrators and teachers are joining local schools.

William S. James Elementary School students start the 2018-2019 school year with a special guest, new Harford County Public Schools Superintendent Sean Bulson.

School districts across the region are hiring thousands of new teachers every year. How long can we expect them to stay?

On Sept. 4, Rebecca Debinski will welcome 24 fifth graders into a space where she hopes to help them grow and learn over the next nine months, a dream she’s held onto since she was about their age.

Maryland's teachers union gathered a group of advocates from around the state Thursday to call for closing a loophole that allows casino revenues to be diverted from public schools.

Maryland Institute College of Art fine arts teacher was recalled as a gifted artist and mentor to his students

Ruth M. Conard, a pioneering professor of kinesiology at Towson University who was known as being a champion for her students, died Aug. 20 in her sleep at her Mercy Ridge retirement community home. She was 95.

Sister Mary Michelle Carroll, who was the first principal of Mercy High School, died Thursday of complications from old age at Mercy Convent in Savannah, Ga. She was 96.

The statewide teacher’s union also found that 91 percent of educators use their own money to buy school supplies.

A commission looking at overhauling Maryland's school systems heard far-reaching recommendations Thursday that it call for boldly expanding early childhood education and overhauling the way teachers are paid.

Jennifer McGough, a teacher at George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology, brought home a first place prize for her invention at the National Summer Teacher Institute in Tampa.