AdvertisementBy Baltimore SunApr 22, 2021 at 3:28 pmFailing grades have doubled — and sometimes tripled — in school systems across Maryland as the prolonged effects of learning from home take their toll on student achievement and well-being.Second-quarter data from Baltimore-area school systems offers a bleak portrait of the state of student learning during the pandemic.AdvertisementIn Baltimore and Baltimore County together, more than 10,000 middle school students are failing English. In Anne Arundel County, 61% of high school students have a GPA of less than 2.0. Statewide, high school...…AdvertisementBy Baltimore SunApr 22, 2021 at 3:28 pmFailing grades have doubled — and sometimes tripled — in school systems across Maryland as the prolonged effects of learning from home take their toll on student achievement and well-being.Second-quarter data from Baltimore-area school systems offers a bleak portrait of the state of student learning during the pandemic.AdvertisementIn Baltimore and Baltimore County together, more than 10,000 middle school students are failing English. In Anne Arundel County, 61% of high school students have a GPA of less than 2.0. Statewide, high school...WW…

AdvertisementBy Baltimore SunMar 05, 2021 at 9:41 pmStudents across Maryland will not be taking standardized tests this spring after the state school board voted Thursday afternoon to delay the tests until fall.The vote came just 10 days after Maryland’s state superintendent — learning in-person or from home — in grades three through eight in math and English, as well as in some high school grades.AdvertisementSchool board members noted the public backlash to the decision to go ahead with testing at a time when the U.S. Department of Education was offering states flexibility in how they...…AdvertisementBy Baltimore SunMar 05, 2021 at 9:41 pmStudents across Maryland will not be taking standardized tests this spring after the state school board voted Thursday afternoon to delay the tests until fall.The vote came just 10 days after Maryland’s state superintendent — learning in-person or from home — in grades three through eight in math and English, as well as in some high school grades.AdvertisementSchool board members noted the public backlash to the decision to go ahead with testing at a time when the U.S. Department of Education was offering states flexibility in how they...WW…

AdvertisementBy Baltimore SunFeb 22, 2021 at 3:38 pmUnable to pay his tuition, Calvin E. Tyler Jr. dropped out of Morgan State College in 1963 and took a job as a truck driver, as one of the first 10 UPS drivers in Baltimore in 1964.On Monday, Tyler and his wife, Tina, pledged to give $15 million to Morgan State University to help other students struggling to pay for their education, bringing their lifetime pledge to $20 million, the university announced.Advertisement“We never forget where we come from,” Tyler said Monday. “I know Baltimore and I know there are promising, brilliant,...…AdvertisementBy Baltimore SunFeb 22, 2021 at 3:38 pmUnable to pay his tuition, Calvin E. Tyler Jr. dropped out of Morgan State College in 1963 and took a job as a truck driver, as one of the first 10 UPS drivers in Baltimore in 1964.On Monday, Tyler and his wife, Tina, pledged to give $15 million to Morgan State University to help other students struggling to pay for their education, bringing their lifetime pledge to $20 million, the university announced.Advertisement“We never forget where we come from,” Tyler said Monday. “I know Baltimore and I know there are promising, brilliant,...WW…

AdvertisementBy Baltimore SunOct 27, 2020 at 5:00 amThe schools superintendent in Queen Anne’s County stopped going to work over two weeks ago after a contentious school board meeting — leaving many in the county wondering what has happened and who’s in charge of its 15 schools as they prepare to reopen after months of closure due to the coronavirus.Dr. Andrea M. Kane, now in her fourth year on the job, ceased covering her normal administrative duties and began a leave of absence Oct. 9, Tamera Harper, president of the county school board, confirmed Monday.AdvertisementIn an email to The...…AdvertisementBy Baltimore SunOct 27, 2020 at 5:00 amThe schools superintendent in Queen Anne’s County stopped going to work over two weeks ago after a contentious school board meeting — leaving many in the county wondering what has happened and who’s in charge of its 15 schools as they prepare to reopen after months of closure due to the coronavirus.Dr. Andrea M. Kane, now in her fourth year on the job, ceased covering her normal administrative duties and began a leave of absence Oct. 9, Tamera Harper, president of the county school board, confirmed Monday.AdvertisementIn an email to The...WW…

AdvertisementBy Baltimore SunJul 17, 2020 at 1:34 pmIn the raging national debate over whether to reopen schools, advocates on both sides are basing their arguments on a range of factors: political, economic and emotional.But there is a growing consensus in the public health and scientific community that schools should resume in-person classes this fall — particularly in states such as Maryland, where cases have not spiked as they have elsewhere.AdvertisementTo be sure, these experts say safety precautions will be necessary to reopen schools. They do not support the unconditional reopening...…AdvertisementBy Baltimore SunJul 17, 2020 at 1:34 pmIn the raging national debate over whether to reopen schools, advocates on both sides are basing their arguments on a range of factors: political, economic and emotional.But there is a growing consensus in the public health and scientific community that schools should resume in-person classes this fall — particularly in states such as Maryland, where cases have not spiked as they have elsewhere.AdvertisementTo be sure, these experts say safety precautions will be necessary to reopen schools. They do not support the unconditional reopening...WW…

AdvertisementBy Baltimore SunJun 30, 2020 at 5:42 pmBaltimore-area public school students aren’t likely to return to in-person classes five days a week in the fall, school superintendents told state lawmakers, even though the school systems are developing a variety of options for the new school year.Several school superintendents told a legislative panel Tuesday that if the virus does not surge back in Maryland, students likely would have some in-person classes on a rotating schedule.AdvertisementIn the city and Howard County, parents will have the option of keeping children home and...…AdvertisementBy Baltimore SunJun 30, 2020 at 5:42 pmBaltimore-area public school students aren’t likely to return to in-person classes five days a week in the fall, school superintendents told state lawmakers, even though the school systems are developing a variety of options for the new school year.Several school superintendents told a legislative panel Tuesday that if the virus does not surge back in Maryland, students likely would have some in-person classes on a rotating schedule.AdvertisementIn the city and Howard County, parents will have the option of keeping children home and...WW…

AdvertisementBy Baltimore SunMay 26, 2020 at 10:53 amWhenever classes return to school buildings, they’re likely to be very different than the day students walked out . No one yet knows what that future might look like for schools, but there are glimpses.Student desks six feet apart. Temperatures taken at the door. Some students come on Mondays and Wednesdays, others on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Elementary students return to school first while  middle and high schoolers learn at home.AdvertisementSchool systems are only beginning to look at their options. Maryland school officials now...…AdvertisementBy Baltimore SunMay 26, 2020 at 10:53 amWhenever classes return to school buildings, they’re likely to be very different than the day students walked out . No one yet knows what that future might look like for schools, but there are glimpses.Student desks six feet apart. Temperatures taken at the door. Some students come on Mondays and Wednesdays, others on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Elementary students return to school first while  middle and high schoolers learn at home.AdvertisementSchool systems are only beginning to look at their options. Maryland school officials now...WW…

AdvertisementBy Baltimore SunMay 28, 2020 at 5:00 amMaryland’s colleges and universities are fighting for survival as they try to balance the unknowns of the coronavirus pandemic and the need to reopen their campus buildings so students will decide to return in the fall.Reopening campus is crucial to the long-term stability of many colleges, school leaders said, because a significant portion of higher education budgets are built on student fees such as tuition and room and board. If students decide campus isn’t safe or that a mix of in-person and online classes isn’t worth full price,...…AdvertisementBy Baltimore SunMay 28, 2020 at 5:00 amMaryland’s colleges and universities are fighting for survival as they try to balance the unknowns of the coronavirus pandemic and the need to reopen their campus buildings so students will decide to return in the fall.Reopening campus is crucial to the long-term stability of many colleges, school leaders said, because a significant portion of higher education budgets are built on student fees such as tuition and room and board. If students decide campus isn’t safe or that a mix of in-person and online classes isn’t worth full price,...WW…