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In the upcoming election, what would it take for a candidate to emerge as the best hope to become Maryland’s “education governor”?

Students and teachers told a congressional committee that their right to talk about LGBTQ+ issues and people, even family members, are being abridged by repressive state laws and policies.

The Maryland Board of Public Works voted Wednesday to lease one of the state’s three publicly run psychiatric hospital campuses to the University of Maryland Baltimore County for $1.

Sen. Chris Van Hollen joined lawmakers requesting details on the U.S. Department of Education’s plans to give student loan borrowers a “fresh start” before collections resume in August.

School board members work hard but usually get more grief than appreciation for their labors. I was one of them, serving two separate stints…

With mask mandates largely lifted in schools and a growing public consensus around a return to a pre-pandemic normal, Maryland’s State Board of Education…

University of Maryland welcome sign

Over the past decade, some employees at the University of Maryland College Park have noticed a decline in tenured faculty and more frontline workers…

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) holds up two banned books

Students in one Pennsylvania school district were not allowed to read a biography of the first Black president, Barack Obama. In some Tennessee classrooms,…

State inspector general for education declines to say whether he is investigating ethics panel.

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) holds up two banned books

A U.S. House Oversight and Reform Committee panel on Thursday examined why thousands of books, predominantly written by marginalized authors, have been banned from…