WTOP NEWS: The number of Montgomery County students who are categorized as ‘chronically absent’ has dropped from last year’s high of 26%, but remains above 20%, according to data shared with county council members on […]
MARYLAND MATTERS: As Maryland continues to implement a decade-long education reform plan, the focus of multiple state boards and commissions has shifted to a key initiative: ensuring that all students are college and career ready. […]
WTOP: Maryland high school students can now participate in a “service year” where they will be placed in jobs throughout the state to help jump-start their careers while giving back to the community. Gov. Wes […]
WTOP: Students are planning to rally at Charles Herbert Flowers High School in Prince George’s County, Maryland, on Thursday morning in response to the removal of the school’s principal, Gorman Brown. The new superintendent of […]
BALTIMORE BANNER: As a way to boost her students’ vocabulary, LaTanya Sothern introduced a “word bank graveyard” at Excel Academy Public Charter School. It’s a figurative cemetery where basic words like “good,” “bad” and “nice” […]
WASHINGTON BUSINESS JOURNAL: The teams with the most promising business plans could land up to $2 million in funding. Students brainstorm engineering and startup ideas in the E.A. Fernandez IDEA Factory. The University of Maryland, […]
MARYLAND MATTERS: As a Maryland legislative work group continues to consider how to reform a sometimes-adversarial approval process for academic degree programs at state-supported colleges and universities, the scope of their review has become clearer. In […]
PATCH: Two Maryland colleges were ranked among the top 100 in the country — including one that landed in the top 10 — Monday by U.S. News & World Report. The rankings evaluated 1,500 colleges and universities […]
MARYLAND MATTERS: Maryland Superintendent Mohammed Choudhury, who took the helm of state public schools in 2021 as a change agent and recently faced criticism from state lawmakers, former employees and others, has decided he will […]
PATCH: Students who live on campus at the University of Maryland must isolate at their permanent homes or perhaps at an area hotel for five days if they test positive for COVID-19, the university recently said, […]
