For more than a decade I’ve heard Baltimore students and parents complain about the messy and sometimes dangerous process of getting to school. And for more than a decade school leaders have ignored the problem.

Just one in 533 miles of Anne Arundel County shoreline is open to the public while taxpayers fund millions for private waterfronts. Can Maryland balance what’s best for the Chesapeake Bay with the public’s right to enjoy it? w/ @leeosanderlin.bsky.social &Alex Mann www.thebanner.com/community/cl...

Do you ever get so overwhelmed at work you need to take a walk to clear your head? It happens to kids, too, which is why they should go outside, play and learn naturally from the world around them. Click for the cute pictures, keep reading for the brain science www.thebanner.com/education/ea...

NEW: Baltimore students told about their experiences with violence and harassment on the way to school in the state's only district without yellow bus service for middle and high schoolers. @lizbowie.bsky.social and I on what students are facing every day www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/k-...

Our latest on the difficulties city school students have getting to school on mass transit. No one has surveyed students to know how many of the 25,000 students who get MTA passes use them. Neither MTA or the school system collects this information. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/k-...

Michael Martirano, who abruptly retired as superintendent of Howard County schools last year, will soon take the helm in Allegany County. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/k-...

When we talked to MTA Administrator Holly Arnold for our "Transit Nightmare" investigation, she expressed confidence that the governor's budget would provide some relief for Baltimore's students. Read Daniel Zawodny on the budget and MTA's Sisyphean task. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/tr...

Will representation change in Eastern Baltimore County? www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-pow...

Super proud of the @thebaltimorebanner.com newsroom for winning an IRE award for our Key Bridge collapse coverage. At the time, we didn't even have a live blog, but we did have great journalists who know this community and what the bridge meant to it.

NEW: At least 19 men have now filed lawsuits that claim they were sexually abused as children while at Calvert Hall, an independent, all-boys Catholic school in Baltimore County. Read more in @thebaltimorebanner.com:

The U.S. Department of Education told Maryland's education leaders it won't be reimbursing up to $418 million in funds it already promised to the state, including about $305 million that was already spent. Led by @lizbowie.bsky.social www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/k-...

Prince George's County was 80% white when the federal workforce was integrated. Today, PG and Charles County are America's most affluent majority-Black counties with~20% of Black workers there being federal employees. Trump's cuts now threaten generations of progress. story👇🏾

Great read + photos by @jasminevaughnhall.bsky.social & @kaitlinobscura.bsky.social: How one man is lifting up West Baltimore’s Penn-North through fitness, faith and friendship www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...

ICYMI:

New from me and @lizbowie.bsky.social: What closing the Dept of Education would mean for the $1.6 billion in funding that flows to Maryland schools and the $754 million that goes to the state’s public colleges and universities from the federal government: www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/ed...

NEW: 1 in every 10 workers in Maryland is employed by the federal government. It's also home to thousands of jobs at agencies like NIH. The data tells us a lot about which communities rely the most on federal jobs. Read at @thebaltimorebanner.com www.thebaltimorebanner.com/economy/care...

Maryland legislators are currently deciding whether to cut a state scholarship program by 50% for the second year in a row. The financial impacts would be “devastating,” college presidents told me. Some had to layoff workers to deal with last year’s cuts: www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/hi...

Baltimore-based global aid groups dependent on USAID funds lay off workers around the world and in Baltimore. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/johns-hopkin...

Fascinating piece about how the school board censured a member for asking questions about a $2.3 billion budget. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/k-...

Maryland is facing a teacher shortage. Trump's Department of Ed cut off grant funding last month that was supposed to help get more teachers into understaffed classrooms, including at least $10 mil for MD. Yesterday, a judge granted some temporary relief www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/k-...

At this moment, Maryland lawmakers are considering a new 2.5% tax on services that businesses sell to each other -- an issue that's gaining plenty of attention. What else is on the table for raising money? I made a list: www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-pow...

Hundreds of people marked Presidents Day on Monday by packing Lawyers Mall in Annapolis to protest President Donald Trump’s actions. Read about it on @thebaltimorebanner.com's live coverage of the Maryland General Assembly: www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-pow...

JHU will hire 30 officers for its new police force. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/hi...

Breaking: Baltimore County teacher being investigated for allegedly trying to help ICE find students and their families. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/k-...

“He was much more than a basketball coach, at least for these young men, and for the young women, too." www.thebaltimorebanner.com/obituaries/d...

Howard County's ban on cell phone's in school. Here's how it works. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/k-...

Moore focuses on difficult decisions ahead for the state in his state of the state. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-pow...

New: The Independent Investigations Division of the Maryland Office of the Attorney General started more probes into deaths involving the police than ever last year, including three fatal shootings in Baltimore that remain active. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/cr...

Maryland wants to axe advanced math classes in elementary school. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/k-...

While Moore has portrayed his bill as “pausing” pieces of the 10-year plan, the effect will be felt most by students living in poverty and immigrant students learning English. By @lizbowie.bsky.social www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/k-...

The state's education department has put out official guidance for schools should ICE come looking for students. School employees should comply, MSDE says - but only according to their district's guidelines and after talking to their lawyers www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/k-...

Breaking: Pikesville High School AI case suspect arrested on a federal warrant as he shows up for a hearing in Baltimore County Circuit Court on related charges. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/k-...

www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/hi... Howard County's three state senators are urging Gov. Wes Moore to appoint immigration attorney Alicia Altamirano, public policy expert Michele Douglas and state labor official Daniel Newberger to fill the open seats on the Howard Community College board.

Breaking: PHA Healthcare told to shut down after @thebaltimorebanner.com investigation. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/pu...

BSO boosts attendance this season. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/culture/musi...

Legendary Baltimore Sun columnist Dan Rodricks - he's written it since 1979, starting at the Evening Sun - is leaving the paper. His farewell column: www.baltimoresun.com/2025/01/10/r...

Breaking news: Sen. Kathy Klausmeier named Baltimore County Executive. She'll be sworn in today at 3 p.m. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-pow...

In a 27-page sentencing memo, Assistant U.S. Attorneys Colleen McGuinn and Kim Hagan described Chris Bendann, 40, of Baltimore, as "two-faced, a wolf in sheep’s clothing." (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)

Anne Arundel County school superintendent proposes to increase spending by 9% with a good chunk going to pay increases and special education. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/k-...

The Banner is sharing data about U.S. overdoses. We hope it saves lives.

Overdose deaths, lax state oversight and a private vendor that profited from all of it. An investigation by @thebaltimorebanner.com with @nytimes.com. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/pu...

BREAKING: The UnitedHealtcare shooting person of interest, a Towson native, was a Gilman School valedictorian who received a bachelor's and master's degree from UPenn. From me and @lizbowie.bsky.social in the @thebaltimorebanner.com: www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/k-...