As the planet logs some of its warmest years on record, Maryland is trying to make good on some of the most ambitious climate goals in the country. But the state is struggling to keep up with deadlines it set for itself.
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Climate change is a local issue – and here’s what’s happening in every part of Maryland
By SASHA ALLEN The oak trees on Mike Tidwell’s street in Montgomery County are dying, so he wrote a book about it. “In the last few years, I have become very conscious of the fact that our biggest trees in Takoma Park were dying,” said Tidwell, founder and director of...
This school banned cellphones six years ago. Teachers — and many kids — couldn’t be happier.
Students at California’s San Mateo High School, about 20 minutes south of San Francisco, have been prohibited since 2019 from using their cellphones while in school — from bell to bell. Schools nationwide, including some in Maryland, are now increasingly imposing such bans, but San Mateo was one of the earliest and largest schools in the country to implement a complete ban on cellphones during school hours.
Maryland Schools Respond to Opioid Epidemic with Programs that Connect Teens to Screening and Treatment
By LIZZY ALSPACH Karen Siska-Creel, Anne Arundel County’s school health and support director, knows from experience that if a problem pops up in the community, it won’t take long for it to appear in schools. When the opioid epidemic began to spread in Anne Arundel...
Youth mental health? There’s an app – many apps – for that. But are they effective?
Welcome to the modern world of mental health care, where help can arrive on your phone. Young people — and in fact, people of all ages — now have access to a variety of apps that can help them get through the day and through tough times.
As young Americans struggle with mental health, online support surges – including in Maryland
By MAX SCHAEFFER Adolescents across the country have increasingly suffered from anxiety and depression over the last 10 years, and school officials in Prince George’s County noticed the same trend locally. So when the county’s public school system needed to support...
To improve youth mental health, these programs start by educating parents
The goal of the Parent Encouragement Program in Kensington, Maryland, is to teach parents how to communicate with their children in an encouraging and respectful way.
Maryland’s push to become the world’s quantum capital depends partly on this UMD physicist
Ronald Walsworth is helping the state of Maryland become a leader in the burgeoning field of quantum computing.
Maryland’s push to become the world’s quantum capital depends partly on this UMD physicist
By W. WADE DEVINNEY II Capital News Service Quantum physicist Ronald Walsworth is a busy guy. Over the years he has founded a number of startup technology companies, including several in the biomedical field. His name is on a number of patents and more recently one...
Students aim to prevent school violence with help from Sandy Hook Promise
By Aug. 30, 2023, the school’s SAVE Promise Club was established and registered with Sandy Hook Promise. Since its creation, the students have run multiple advocacy campaigns in their school, including putting up boards around the school and recording morning announcements.
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