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State and federal officials visited Folger McKinsey Elementary School in Severna Park this past week to review its efforts to teach students about the environment — and reduce its own environmental impact.

On Wednesday, Dunloggin Middle School's oyster gardening club students had an opportunity to showcase their project to a group of federal and state education officials touring the school through the U.S. Department of Education's second annual Green Strides Best Practices Tour of Green Ribbon Schools around the country.

School officials at Carroll County colleges say they are prepared to comply with new federal standards in transparency, education and reporting of sexual violence at on campuses by the October 1 deadline.

The U.S. Education Department has opened a formal investigation into Johns Hopkins University's response to an alleged rape at a fraternity house, the college disclosed Tuesday.

When McDaniel College professor of education and professional studies Francis "Skip" Fennell's office phone rings, it could mean an opportunity to work on a project that could land him next to an Emmy award.

Dr. Richard G. Thomas Jr., a retired longtime Baltimore County educator who helped integrate county public schools in the 1950s, died Thursday of complications from a stroke at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. He was 82.

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

Maryland can put off using test scores to evaluate teachers through the next school year under a waiver to federal law.

Janice H. Wilcox, former chief of staff for higher-education programs at the U.S. Department of Education, died June 26 of neuroendocrine disease at her home in Towson.

The law enforcement investigation into the alleged rape of a Morgan State University student earlier this year remains open, contrary to a claim by the university last week.

The U.S. Department of Education opened an investigation last week into Morgan State University's handling of a reported sexual assault, as the number of colleges nationwide facing scrutiny for their response to sexual violence claims grows.

The state's major education players – from school boards to teachers unions and superintendents – signed a pledge Friday morning to work together to fine-tune a new teacher evaluation system that has already been put into place across the state this past school year.

Folly Quarter Middle School community was celebrating its National Blue Ribbon honor when school officials announced another recent accolade – an online education resource named Folly Quarter the 12th best middle school in the nation.

Folly Quarter was the only school in Howard County to be named a National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education this year, and was also designated the 12th Best Middle School in the United States by TheBestSchools.org.

Johns Hopkins University has suspended for a year the fraternity involved with a rape accusation for unrelated concerns and has ordered the members to leave their off-campus fraternity house.

The Johns Hopkins University has come under fire for not disclosing an alleged rape at a fraternity house to the campus, as a group of students filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education and dozens of students staged a protest Friday.

In New York City in the 1930s, '40s and '50s, when city laws made it illegal to serve gay patrons or hire gay employees, it took a lot of money and clout for a gay establishment to stay ahead of the vice police and remain open.

Responding to complaints that universities have fallen short in policing sexual misconduct, the White House on Tuesday announced a series of measures intended to pressure college officials to step up efforts to combat rape and assaults on campus.

Carroll County school one of only two in Maryland to receive honor

The principal of Frederick Douglass High School pleaded guilty Thursday to stealing nearly $2 million from the federal government while overseeing a day care in Georgia for needy children.

As debate rages about the country's spiraling levels of student debt, some advocates want more focus on making sure people don't get suckered into bad educational deals — and on helping those who have already been scammed. The debt is a hole some might never dig out of, they say.

The college, founded as the Homestead-Montebello Center of Antioch College in 1972, is facing the most serious challenge in its history.

Maryland is among a handful of states that the U.S. Department of Education believes has faced several challenges in fulfilling its $250 million promise to overhaul the way it teaches students and evaluates educators.

The University of Baltimore plans to offer free tuition to students in their final semester if they can finish in four years, a proposal that could boost the college's flagging graduation rates and lower students' debt load.

State education officials said Tuesday they want to a three-year delay in evaluating a teacher's performance on test scores their students earn, a move welcomed by teachers.

About 80 people attended a forum, held by the PTA Council of Howard County and the Howard County Education Association, on the Common Core State Standards Initiative

Current school discipline practices exclude children from school -- and do so in a discriminatory way. We must embrace both the federal recommendations and the new Maryland school discipline regulations if we are to fulfill the civil rights of all Maryland's children to fair treatment and to an education.

A rigorous study commissioned by the U.S. Department of Education found Teach for America teachers were as effective, if not more, at teaching math as their peers.

Baltimore County teachers are filing a grievance against the county school board saying new education initiatives are forcing them to work long hours outside of their normal day.