De'Jonnae and her husband José live by one universal truth: Reunification is the goal. These foster parents have taken in 15 kids over 5 years, making them an outlier in a state where the number of foster parents has been declining and half tap out after just 1 year www.thebanner.com/education/ea...

After a developer's bid for a Remington dump backfired, he's thinking bigger. Seawall reached a deal this month that looks to some like a step toward a long-held Baltimore dream: to turn the banks of the beleaguered Jones Falls into a park. w @emilyopilo.bsky.social www.thebanner.com/community/cl...

Everyone knows it takes a village to raise a child. But as extended families live increasingly far apart and the cost of living rises, many parents find themselves without the help they need. So moms started building their home away from home in West Baltimore. www.thebanner.com/education/ea...

Historians, scholars and artists are working to unearth, record, preserve and share Maryland’s LGBTQ+ history— work they say is all the more urgent as the Trump administration and conservative legislatures try to roll back the rights of queer people www.thebanner.com/community/lo...

Johns Hopkins University has its eyes on D.C. The elite university just bought a second building in the nation's capital, bringing its total D.C. footprint to almost 600,000 square feet. Inside Hopkins' Bloomberg Center + the university's D.C. ambitions: www.thebanner.com/education/hi...

Breaking: Salisbury University has postponed a talk set to take place on campus Monday by white nationalist Jared Taylor due to security concerns. Taylor, a eugenist, is often called the “godfather of the alt right.” Here’s what you need to know: www.thebanner.com/education/hi...

There's a stretch of Maryland that's next to BWI and just north of Fort Meade. It holds housing, the Arundel Mills mall and has been targeted for growth and development. And it's under a complete development moratorium that seems to have come without warning. Read more in @thebaltimorebanner.com —

The @thebaltimorebanner.com and @bykowicz.bsky.social let me write a personal essay about my heartbreak over Southwest Airlines now charging for checked bags and assigning seats. It also features quips about Pilates and Agatha Christie. Read here: www.thebanner.com/opinion/colu...

Kids in the "iPad generation" have grown more reliant on screens at home and in school since the pandemic. The head of Baltimore's public schools has had enough. She introduced screen time and digital device limits, though she doesn't think they go far enough. www.thebanner.com/education/ea...

Montgomery County wants to ban permits for ICE facilities after seeing warehouses turned into detention centers in other parts of the state. My latest: www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

Hundreds of Panamanian golden frogs are breeding in a closed-to-the-public section of the @marylandzoo.bsky.social in an effort to save them from extinction. Soon, zoo workers plan to bring some back to Panama…

A little bit of happy for your Wed. morning: We've been reporting for months that the federal immigration crackdown is keeping some scared immigrant families from venturing outside their homes. Norma Montesino is the bilingual Santa Claus bringing reading to them. www.thebanner.com/education/ea...

A snow day read: Who is Winnie Harris? She wrote her will in the pages of a Bible. It became a state record, $ now it lives at the Maryland State Archives — where what she wrote & other records give a glimpse into Black life in Baltimore shortly after emancipation. More in @thebaltimorebanner.com

Scoop from @conarck.bsky.social + me: A University of Maryland, College Park police officer lost his certification last month after being accused of an inappropriate, and at times nonconsensual, relationship with a UMD student who he met on a BDSM kink website: www.thebanner.com/community/cr...

Race conscious admissions was banned by the Supreme Court in 2023. So why are some Maryland colleges more diverse than ever? My latest in the @thebaltimorebanner.com shows how the "cascade effect" is impacting Goucher, UMBC and Towson: www.thebanner.com/education/hi...

Happy Valentine’s Day. For nearly two years, this photo has lived rent free in my mind. I finally got to find out what happened to Ellin and Franklin, the former Frederick Douglass High School students whose spark electrified this photo from 1942. www.thebanner.com/community/fa...

The University of Maryland, Baltimore got its first needed approval to build a $300 million "college town" in downtown Baltimore. Our latest about the plans, in @thebaltimorebanner.com, includes visual renderings of what it will look like. What do you think? www.thebanner.com/education/hi...

With rumors and anxieties swirling over a potential uptick of ICE activity near Baltimore, you may be wondering what happens if ICE shows up to your school or college. We rounded up the answers for Central Maryland. www.thebanner.com/education/k-...

Frostburg State University has a new president with strong ties to Appalachia and a track record of increasing enrollment and shrinking deficits, something the western Maryland university needs. Meet the pick: www.thebanner.com/education/hi...

The University of Maryland, Baltimore is trying to create a $300 million “college town” near the heart of its downtown campus, featuring high-rise residential buildings, an outdoor recreation area and even a pub. Last spring, UMB laid off 30 employees. www.thebanner.com/education/hi...

My latest story: "Aspiring teachers thought they were getting a full ride. Then the bills came." Students are accusing the state's higher education commission of bungling scholarships for the second time in six months. This time, for teacher education. www.thebanner.com/education/hi...

New: In ads to run ahead of Super Bowl kick-off & during post-game, BGE will push its legislative agenda to build and own Maryland power plants, a reversal on decades of state regulatory policy. $150K ad buy includes spots in Super Bowl-night & Olympics coverage www.thebanner.com/community/cl...

New: Maryland grants in-state tuition to undocumented students if they submit three years of tax returns. But now the IRS is working with ICE, and students fear they'll be deported. It means that some of Maryland's best students aren't going to college. www.thebanner.com/education/hi...

New: Maryland grants in-state tuition to undocumented students if they submit three years of tax returns. But now the IRS is working with ICE, and students fear they'll be deported. It means that some of Maryland's best students aren't going to college. www.thebanner.com/education/hi...

Hey, look, it's GOOD media news. @thebaltimorebanner.com and @bannermoco.bsky.social are coming to Prince George's County. 🗞️ www.thebanner.com/banner-pr/th...

Thought it was hard for your school to reopen after the storm? The state's only school serving blind students had to de-ice thousands of feet of sidewalk while stuck beholden to surrounding districts' closure decisions. Plus, they're not allowed to go virtual. www.thebanner.com/education/k-...

💸Loyola University Maryland has received three record breaking gifts, back to back to back in under two months. The gifts, totaling $32 million, "mark an inflection point," for the private Jesuit university in Baltimore. www.thebanner.com/education/hi...

Household items are making their way outdoors in Baltimore. Do you save your parking spot after a snowstorm? www.thebanner.com/community/tr...

New: Students at the University of Maryland, College Park are being encouraged to leave campus if they can after more than 100 buildings, including residence and dining halls, have lost heat and hot water. This is the state's flagship public university: www.thebanner.com/education/hi...

Scoop: All three main academic deans at the University of Baltimore have announced their departures in the last month, as the struggling institution continues to lose students and money. www.thebanner.com/education/hi...

Towson University is delaying the start of its spring semester, canceling classes and urging students to postpone their return to campus because of this weekend's expected snowstorm. www.thebanner.com/education/hi...

🎨After years of bleeding cash and students, the Maryland Institute College of Art announced new strategic investments to turn things around. My story about changes coming to Baltimore's art school and its 200th anniversary celebration, here: www.thebanner.com/education/hi...

🚨: Johns Hopkins University has named an interim provost, who will take over once Ray Jayawardhana departs in mid-February for CalTech. Meet Lainie Rutkow, known for leading the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center: www.thebanner.com/education/hi...

New: The Maryland Public Employee Relations Board ruled that the University of Maryland, College Park and Baltimore City Community College both violated state labor laws while bargaining with their respective unions. The decision is unusual, experts say: www.thebanner.com/education/hi...

Thousands of people will testify before delegates and senators in Annapolis this year, all trying to convince them to see issues their way, to vote in favor of their positions. Most will get two minutes. www.thebanner.com/opinion/colu...

Is this Morgan State policy a threat to free press? @elliew0lfe.bsky.social reports. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)

NEW: Maryland Gov. Wes Moore's redistricting commission plans to meet at 4 p.m. today to vote on recommending a new map of Congressional district boundaries. The meeting is not open to the public. www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

📝Morgan State University, Maryland's largest HBCU, is being accused by multiple national advocacy orgs of censoring its student newspaper. I spoke with experts, current and former student journalists and faculty about the policy. Here's what you need to know: www.thebanner.com/education/hi...

After a contentious renewal process, Baltimore is shutting down its only all-boys charter school. Two small traditional schools were also up for closure, but the board chose to kick the can down the road - to when they'll have a new CEO in charge of recommendations. www.thebanner.com/education/k-...

Catherine Torney was shot while attending a party at Towson University in 2021 and tried, unsuccessfully, to sue the public university. Now, the Maryland Supreme Court has agreed to hear her case. Read my latest with @dylansegelbaum.bsky.social:

In a district of more than 156,000 students, just 56 families asked Montgomery County school leaders to excuse their children from reading books that conflict with their religious beliefs. Many of the disputed titles had LGBTQ characters. Search the full list here: www.thebanner.com/education/k-...

The University of Maryland, College Park spent $600,000 on an investigation that ultimately cleared President Darryll Pines of plagiarism allegations. But despite being vindicated by the findings, Pines and the university refuse to release the report: www.thebanner.com/education/hi...

🚨: Ray Jayawardhana, the provost at Johns Hopkins University, will depart after three years to serve as the 10th president of Caltech. The leadership change comes at a time when Hopkins deals with repeated blows from the Trump administration. www.thebanner.com/education/hi...

During the month of December, I traveled to a few pantries on college campus that give food and household supplies to students for free. Pantries have popped up on campuses in recent years as more and more students struggle with food insecurity. My latest: www.thebanner.com/education/hi...

For my first story of 2026, I dug into the numbers defining a trend that has exploded in Maryland since the pandemic: homeschooling. There's been a 50% uptick since the 2019-20 school year, holding steady as public school enrollment declines www.thebanner.com/education/k-...

McDaniel College, private liberal arts college in Westminster, announced Thursday it will offer free graduate tuition to those who teach at a Baltimore County private school, as the state continues to grapple with a teacher shortage. www.thebanner.com/education/hi...

It's déjà vu for Maryland's only all-boys charter school, which is again fighting a closure recommendation from Baltimore City Public Schools. The district says there are major academic, financial concerns; school leaders say they're already making major strides www.thebanner.com/education/k-...

Maryland is boosting the share of foster kids living with family&loved ones, progress experts lauded, but the state still lags behind the national average. Have a story to share in Maryland foster or kinship care? I'd love to talk with you: [email protected] www.thebanner.com/community/fa...

University of Maryland Eastern Shore president sues ex-professor who accused her of plagiarism, @elliew0lfe.bsky.social reports. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)

The president of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore is suing a former professor for defamation and seeking $1 million after being accused of plagiarizing her 1986 dissertation. The two meet in court tomorrow, here's what you need to know: www.thebanner.com/education/hi...