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Accusations of politics in struggle on city schools

March 30, 2019 at 3:12 a.m.

The sparring over who will control Baltimore's struggling school system intensified yesterday as the mayor charged that the governor and state officials are trying to undercut the city's educational and...

Maryland to appeal ruling on schools

March 29, 2019 at 5:40 p.m.

The State Board of Education voted yesterday to appeal a Baltimore Circuit Court judge's ruling that would pump millions of dollars immediately into city classrooms and ease the schedule for...

Voices of Brown

March 28, 2019 at 3:39 a.m.

Lawrence E. Leak When Lawrence E. Leak's mother went to register her two seventh-grade sons in the fall of 1965, Queen Anne's County officials automatically signed them up at Kennard...

Black students sent away

June 7, 2019 at 1:20 a.m.

Those who know the story first-hand have dwindled to a precious few. For more than 40 years, Maryland taxpayers paid for the graduate education of hundreds of African-American teachers, lest...

As hobby, amassing beer cans tapping out

August 19, 2021 at 3:30 p.m.

Beer-can collecting has gone stale. Oh, there are still many serious collectors, people such as Jeff Lebo of York Haven, Pa., whose 50,000 cans (the world's second-largest collection) fill a...

At Morrell Park Elementary-Middle School, Principal Leslie Barnett Davis speaks with fifth-grader Hiva Nadeem. In recent months, Davis has added cafeteria and cleaning duties to her workload.

Already stretched thin, city teachers make do

March 30, 2019 at 7:49 a.m.

Brenda Payne knew something was terribly wrong back in October. That's when one of the three sixth-grade teachers at Morrell Park Elementary-Middle School abruptly resigned and was not replaced by...

Radical fixes pondered for city system

March 27, 2019 at 5:26 p.m.

With the city school system heading toward insolvency, the unthinkable becomes thinkable. Radical fixes are tossed about with deadly seriousness - such as state takeovers and replacing the school board....

Members of the Baltimore Teachers Union cast their ballots on whether to accept a 3.5 percent pay cut. Almost three-quarters of the teachers and aides voted to reject the proposal.

‘I could see fury in their eyes’ at vote

March 30, 2019 at 6:35 a.m.

The Baltimore Teachers Union, long a bit player in city school affairs, suddenly is in a lead role, thrust there by thousands of members who delivered a message yesterday: We're...

Ehrlich wants scholarships to be need-based

March 29, 2019 at 8:47 a.m.

Bucking a national trend, Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. is proposing to shift millions of dollars in state financial aid money from programs based on academic ability to those based...

To Baltimore’s youngest voters, their age isn’t a primary issue

April 5, 2019 at 9:06 p.m.

Lacking drivers' licenses, some will need rides to the precinct. They're years from having their first legal sip of beer. And they can't run for office. They're the 16-year-olds and...

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