Maryland’s public education system is on the verge of major policy changes, but how to pay for those recommendations could elude lawmakers, many of whom ran for election promising to increase school funding. For many watching and participating in the ...

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While Gov. Larry Hogan says a second term would look a lot like his first, he also says Maryland voters can expect to see some significant changes — notably in how the state's congressional map is drawn.

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Choosing between public and private education for your child can be one of the hardest decisions a parent has to make. But for Dr. Donna Hargens, the new superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, it’s an investment ...

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Sahab Masoumian, a 22-year-old engineering student at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, Calif., hasn’t been able to think of anything but President Donald Trump’s ban on visitors from seven predominantly Muslim countries since his academic term began on Monday. “If ...

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ANNAPOLIS — In nine years of teaching elementary school, Robin Beers has always felt the profession never came easy. Beers did not decide she wanted to teach until after undergrad when she received her master’s degree in special education. Ever since ...

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A Maryland firm that provides educational cloud services for online degree programs now lists as an advisor a member of British nobility. 2U Inc. of Landover announced that David Willetts is now strategic advisor to CEO Chip Paucek. Baron Willetts ...

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A Maryland panel reviewing how to reduce school testing practices has released its final report. The recommendations will now be adopted or rejected by local school boards by Sept. 1, and the state school board by ...

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The University System of Maryland Foundation says it will no longer directly invest in certain fossil fuel sources. Leonard Raley, president and CEO of the foundation, which oversees the system’s $1 billion endowment, tells The Baltimore Sun that they are concerned ...

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Citing new data from the College Board, state officials say 31.7 percent of Maryland high school seniors earned a score of 3 or higher on one or more AP exams. The tests are scored on a 1-to-5 scale, and 3 ...

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Some Maryland high school students will have an opportunity to earn a college degree and move almost instantly into jobs under the expansion of a public-private partnership. At least two schools in Baltimore City and two more in rural areas ...

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