students

School year starts with continuing reforms such as new state tests

At Target in Mondawmin Mall, megaphone-shaped "college" signs hover over aisles stocked with must-haves for students living on their own — mini-refrigerators, desk lamps, plastic bins, door mirrors and six-packs of microwave popcorn and ramen noodles

Monday marks the return of public school staff in many area districts, but it's doubtful that most were treated to pulsating Motown music and call-and-response chanting.

Andrea Ingram, the executive director of Grassroots, will be honored by the organization¿s Board of Directors with a reception on Friday, Sept. 5 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Howard Community College¿s Rouse Foundation Student Services Hall.

In 1971, Laurel High School devoted two days to the radical idea of scrapping the standard curriculum for a non-traditional, student-designed one that was taught, in some cases, by students themselves.

Thomas Viaduct Middle School almost ready for students from eight feeder schools

Freshmen students moved into their dorms Wednesday morning, excited to start their college journeys.

Diane Richmond is new principal at Pikesville Middle School

For students at High Road Academy, the lazy, hazy days of July are not the time for spending endless hours at the local swimming pool, riding a bike or learning new skills at day camp.

Southampton Middle School students who completed the Marathon of Achievement were honored in late May at a banquet at Maryland Golf and Country Clubs.

Boosting college and work readiness among city high school grads requires a multi-pronged strategy that focuses students on postsecondary education

New standards call for additional vaccinations for schoolchildren

The Board of Education of Carroll County voted to approve a charter agreement with Sustainable Futures, Inc.—a group working to open Carroll County Montessori Public Charter School—at a meeting Wednesday afternoon.

New Baltimore schools CEO Gregory Thornton needs to practice some tough love.

The racial makeup of Harford Community College's student body reflects the overall population of Harford County, but college administrators must work to improve the graduation and retention rates of minority students, as well as increase the number of minority faculty and staff members, according to a progress report on cultural diversity presented to the Board of Trustees Tuesday evening.

New vaccines required for kindergarteners, 7th graders in Maryland

Prepare for Success helps provide school supplies to financially struggling Howard County families

When Howard Community College nursing student Danielle LaClair discovered that her tuition payment plan was canceled, she didn't know what to think.

At the Arts and Ideas Sudbury School, children take their education into their own hands — literally.

Lisa Renee Oxendine, of Westminster, a student at Mount St. Mary's University, was inducted into Alpha Sigma Lambda Honor Society during the spring semester.

This year at the aquarium, 25 students in grades seven through nine are enrolled in the summer program at the National Aquarium where they work with blue crabs and water to investigate what goes on under the sea.

Members of the public, as well as Harford County Public Schools leaders, will have opportunities this month to review educational specifications of the proposed replacement facility for Havre de Grace Middle and High School, as well as get a first look at schematic designs of a building officials expect will accommodate up to 1,600 students.

Maryland's online university must explore new ways of doing things to adapt to changing conditions and take advantage of the opportunities they offer

Companies should offer student loan repayment assistance, with the state's help

On June 24, 2014, Carroll Community College honored students who completed the Emergency Medical Services (EMS)-Paramedic Program during a recognition ceremony.

Earlier this month Elkridge resident and Howard University student Linda Ogwuazor packed her bags and boarded a flight to summer school

How much added weight should be given to grades achieved by students who do well in academically advanced courses?

Maryland needs to put higher academic standards for high school students to the test without delay

On Wednesday, a group of middle school students from the Lansdowne Summer Bridge Academy, a free summer enrichment program at Lansdowne Middle School, traveled to the Hippodrome Theatre in Baltimore City to participate in a day of theater programming.

Carroll County student Steven Priester sits for his first day meeting on the Maryland State Board of Education Wednesday morning.

The members of the Harford County Board of Education voted 6-0 Monday in favor of changes to a school system policy regarding weighted grades for advanced courses, but the measure did not pass without significant debate among board members and school system administrators about making the new weights retroactive to prior academic years.

Harford County students generally did better than their counterparts around the state in the final year of Maryland School Assessment testing administered in the 2013-14 school year.

It will be harder for students to meet the requirements to graduate from Maryland high schools starting next year.

On June 24, 2014, Carroll Community College honored students who completed the Emergency Medical Services (EMS)-Paramedic Program during a recognition ceremony.

Shots for chickenpox, meningitis and Tdap

Richard W. "Dick" Bourne, a colorful longtime law professor who retired earlier this year from the University of Baltimore School of Law, died Saturday of pancreatic cancer at his Pylesville farm. He was 71.

Keeping the youngest students in school is the right policy

The GED diploma, A+ certification program in information technology at Carroll Community College, which allows students to receive a GED diploma and industry-based certification simultaneously, graduated its first class Thursday.

Students at Milford Mill Academy are taking a summer course to prepare for AP calculus next year. It's part of an effort to improve scores on the national exam.

Drops in data show some students are having a harder time making the transition to a new curriculum tied to the Common Core standards.

Students saddled with debt from fraudulent for-profit schools should have a way to challenge the situation in court.

Manchester Valley High School senior was on county school board

For a growing number of freshman applicants to universities in Maryland and across the country, it's a second chance – denied admission for the fall, they are offered a slot in the spring semester, often with conditions attached.

Maryland student test scores had the largest one year drop since the administration of the Maryland School Assessment began a decade ago, a result of the transition to a new Common Core curriculum, state education leaders said.

Baltimore principals will be required to take extra steps before suspending 4- and 5-year-olds under a new policy that seeks to curb the practice of kicking the youngest students out of school.

. Do you know the importance of Mary and Caroline Pickersgill? The fourth grade students at West Friendship Elementary do; they learned in a very hands-on manner this year.

Harford Community College announces that Freedom Federal Credit Union has established the Freedom Federal Credit Union Scholarship at the college.