New: President Trump will NOT speak at the U.S. Naval Academy's graduation ceremony this Friday, breaking tradition. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will speak instead. The USNA made the announcement unusually late: www.thebanner.com/education/hi...

New: Two months after faculty at Anne Arundel Community College voted no confidence in their provost, Tanya Millner, she has been named the school’s interim president. www.thebanner.com/education/hi...

This is probably a good place to say that I've officially added some more work to my plate at The Banner. I now cover Baltimore City Public Schools, school choice and early childhood education. That'll include a lot of pre-K coverage this year, supported by EWA: ewa.org/members-news...

The new head of Baltimore City Public Schools is a math whiz known for using data to turn around struggling schools. But as CEO, he'll need to do a lot more than just academics while answering for controversial decisions. Is this the job that finally sticks? www.thebanner.com/education/k-...

Menopause. The once avoided conversation is now everywhere online and in the news. Women left in the dark on what’s happening to their bodies are thirsting for information. Maryland wants to ensure doctors know how to help them. www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

New: Bowie State University will eliminate 79 jobs as the HBCU deals with its second multimillion-dollar deficit in two years. The university is facing an $18 million deficit this year after last year's $13.6 million budget shortfall. www.thebanner.com/education/hi...

A new standardized test loved by red states and Christian schools was created in Maryland. The Classic Learning Test was started by two Marylanders who felt that mainstream tests forced educators to ignore the classics, like poetry, Greek and Latin: www.thebanner.com/education/hi...

Baltimore City Public Schools has a FY27 budget and I have a breakdown of how the district will receive and spend $1.95 billion www.thebanner.com/education/k-...

Happy college graduation season! We put together a list of Maryland’s notable speakers this year for your viewing pleasure. Featuring an astronaut, a comic book writer, and a whole lot of politicians. No muppets this year! www.thebanner.com/education/hi...

After a 27% decline in first-year enrollment since 2022, Bowie State University is launching a direct admissions pipeline for Prince George's County Public Schools students. It's the latest sign that Maryland colleges are bracing for an enrollment cliff. www.thebanner.com/education/hi...

New: The University of Maryland, College Park, will eliminate up to 150 jobs and enact a hiring freeze this year as a result of reduced state funding and uncertainty about federal research funding. www.thebanner.com/education/hi...

Asian enrollment at Johns Hopkins is skyrocketing. No one can say why, @elliew0lfe.bsky.social reports. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)

New with @mercohn.bsky.social: Johns Hopkins University officials reported 43% less federal funding for new and ongoing research last year, with losses of more than $500 million. That's after the university reported losses of $200 million in NIH cuts in 2024. www.thebanner.com/education/hi...

New: The Maryland General Assembly passed legislation this week to give thousands of non-tenure track faculty the right to form recognized unions at public universities. The bill now goes to Gov. Wes Moore's desk. Everything you need to know: www.thebanner.com/education/hi...

It’s not easy to operate a college in Hungary. So how does a small school in Maryland, which educates 3,000 students and has an endowment of under $200 million pull it off? My latest story looks at McDaniel College's satellite campus in Hungary: www.thebanner.com/education/hi...

The Johns Hopkins Carey business school is offering half priced master’s degrees for students who graduate from Maryland colleges this year. Experts say that could be a sign of trouble and dwindling enrollment of international students. Read more: www.thebanner.com/education/hi...

White nationalist Jared Taylor's talk at Salisbury University, organized by the Maryland Federation of College Republicans, is back on and now scheduled for April 29th, reports @elliew0lfe.bsky.social: www.thebanner.com/education/hi...

New: After it was postponed last month for security reasons, a talk hosted by the Maryland Federation of College Republicans featuring "godfather of the alt-right" Jared Taylor will take place at Salisbury University later this month: www.thebanner.com/education/hi...

New: Students at the University of Maryland vote this week on whether USM Regent Tom McMillen should resign. McMillen appears twice in the Epstein files, though he told me the vote is a "a Trojan horse" for the real controversy: His support of Israel. www.thebanner.com/education/hi...

After 15 years of lobbying, graduate students at two Maryland universities are the closest they’ve ever been to getting the right to unionize. But three amendments added to the bill, which they say are harmful, means they aren’t celebrating. Read: www.thebanner.com/education/hi...

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...