Category: Education
US dominance in science at risk with Trump cuts, scientists warn
Weston Slaughter, a Ph.D. student in the University of Maryland’s Department of Geology, always wanted to be a government scientist. But if the Trump administration were to cut federal funding for science programs, his aspirations may become bleaker and blurrier.
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Maryland High School graduation rate reaches a seven-year high
Maryland’s high school graduation rate climbed to 88% in 2024, reaching its highest point since 2017, according to the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE). The increase of nearly 2 percentage points over the previous year marks a significant recovery following pandemic-era declines.
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Maryland will slow – not stop – its investment in schools
Maryland lawmakers passed a bill this week revising the state’s expensive education reform plan, making marginal cuts instead of the more dramatic rollbacks proposed earlier this year.
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Thousands of Maryland students are chronically absent each year. Here’s what we know
Student absenteeism rates have proliferated across the state and the country since the COVID-19 pandemic. Thousands of Maryland students are absent from school each year.
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Is Maryland’s ‘Blueprint’ the path to better schools? We asked school board candidates
By Marwa Barakat and Colin McNamara A 10-year, $30 billion plan out of Annapolis, the Blueprint...
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On school safety, Maryland school board candidates push for officers, mental health services
By Emily R. Condon and Colin McNamara In Montgomery County, school board candidate Brenda M. Diaz...
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Should Maryland schools ban cellphones? Here’s what school board candidates say
By Sasha Allen and Audrey Keefe “FOCUS NOW! PHONES LATER,” blares the newest school cellphone...
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Support for book bans varies in Maryland school board races
By Adam Hudacek and Tolu Talabi Colt Black is many things: a mortician, an emergency medical...
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On gender identity in schools, Maryland school board candidates are divided
The culture war erupting around the nation about transgender rights is being fought in Maryland’s school districts, too.School boards that set policy for those districts face a dilemma: Do they prioritize a student’s autonomy over their identity or the parents’ right to know who that child really is?
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Phones Off, Focus On: How Maryland schools are cracking down on cell phones this fall
Classrooms across Maryland are a bit more quiet this fall, with students under new rules to keep their phones off and out of sight.
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New state schools superintendent has a super-hard job
State superintendent of schools might sound like a really important job – but it has less power than its importance. It is much like being prime minister of one of those coalition governments in parliamentary systems made up of splinter parties with conflicting ideologies.
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Finding a new president for Towson University has made a mostly good start
Towson University has picked its Presidential Search and Screening Committee (TUPSC) to choose its...
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