Maryland lawmakers are planning to set aside $800 million to cover future costs of the state's sweeping education reform law.
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Read More »March 17, 2022 Comments Off on Maryland budget plans $800M for future education plan costs
Maryland lawmakers are planning to set aside $800 million to cover future costs of the state's sweeping education reform law.
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Read More »March 8, 2022 Comments Off on Homeschooling numbers in Maryland rise as public enrollment drops
In the spring of 2020, the face of education changed drastically throughout the United States as the COVID-19 pandemic spread. And Maryland was no exception.
Read More »February 28, 2022 Comments Off on Reading Partners’ $20M gift to help Baltimore students
Reading Partners received a $20 million, unrestricted gift from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott to support its evidence-based early literacy intervention programs.
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Read More »February 25, 2022 Comments Off on Committee votes to allow Maryland school boards to make decisions on masks
Maryland lawmakers voted Friday to approve a change in state regulations that returns decisions to wear masks in schools to local boards of education.
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Read More »February 22, 2022 Comments Off on Maryland board votes to let local schools decide on masks
The Maryland State Board of Education voted to allow local school districts to decide whether K-12 students must wear face coverings.
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Read More »February 10, 2022 Comments Off on Maryland governor calls to end school mask requirement
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan called on the State Board of Education on Thursday to stop requiring face coverings in schools. Hogan cited the state’s improving health metrics, a well as the widespread availability of vaccines for school-age children. ...
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Read More »December 17, 2021 Comments Off on CDC endorses schools’ coronavirus ‘test-to-stay’ policies
U.S. health officials are endorsing policies that allow close contacts of students infected with the coronavirus to remain in classrooms if they test negative.
Read More »December 6, 2021 Comments Off on Maryland tip line sees increase in concerns at schools
The Maryland Center for Student Safety is getting more reports of violence on school campuses through its tip line.
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Read More »September 29, 2021 Comments Off on Annapolis High School fight leaves 2 hurt, 7 arrested, officials say
Seven students were arrested and two were taken to hospitals after a fight involving a knife broke out at Annapolis High School, police said.
Read More »September 29, 2021 Comments Off on Federal judge overturns South Carolina school mask ban
A federal judge Tuesday suspended South Carolina from enforcing a rule that banned school districts from requiring masks for students.
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