Maryland’s top public education official has blocked the appointment of a Baltimore County schools superintendent, citing ethical lapses. State schools superintendent Karen Salmon says a violation reported by the county school board’s ethics panel was her main reason for blocking ...

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(AP) Vice Adm. Walter Carter is the new superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy. The academy held a change-of-command ceremony Wednesday in Annapolis. Carter was recently president of the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. He graduated from ...

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Milwaukee schools superintendent Gregory Thornton will become the next chief executive of Baltimore's long-troubled school system.

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EASTON — Karen Salmon, superintendent of the Talbot County schools for 10 years, has announced her plans to retire. Salmon, who has worked in the county’s public schools for 24 years, says she will step down on July 31. Salmon ...

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UPPER MARLBORO — The Prince George’s County school board is beginning its search for a new superintendent as the school system contends with a void in leadership following Superintendent William Hite’s departure. A consulting company hired to identify and screen ...

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Do school systems still need in-house legal departments? Or are they better off taking on legal issues as they come and sending the cases to outside counsel?

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UPPER MARLBORO — The outgoing Prince George’s County schools superintendent is being released from his contract early. The Washington Post reports the county board of education granted the request from William R. Hite Jr. on Thursday. Hite’s last day in ...

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UPPER MARLBORO — Prince George’s County schools Superintendent William Hite Jr. says he wasn’t looking for other jobs but couldn’t pass up the chance to consider a move to Philadelphia. School officials announced Friday that Hite is a finalist to ...

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Delaware Secretary of Education Lillian Lowery has been chosen to be Maryland’s next state superintendent of schools, officials announced Friday. Lowery has been Delaware’s secretary of education since 2009. She is known for facilitating a broad-based statewide strategic planning and ...

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Towson University Tuesday named former Maryland Superintendent of Schools Nancy S. Grasmick as a presidential scholar as part of an initiative to improve teacher preparation at the university. “Towson University has asked Dr. Grasmick to join us in our mission ...

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