Scores on standardized academic proficiency tests taken during the COVID-19 pandemic have dramatically fallen since Maryland students were last tested in spring 2019. Only…
In the last month, 6,500 more Maryland public school students tested positive for COVID-19 and 31,800 more students have been quarantined due to close…
The State Board of Education reviewed Maryland’s 100-page plan for spending nearly $2 billion in coronavirus emergency funding on Tuesday — and returning to…
Maryland’s State Board of Education passed a resolution Tuesday directing all schools to return to in-person learning for a full 180-day school year starting…
A proposed emergency bill that would require Senate confirmation for the state superintendent of schools has raised the eyebrows of the State Board of…
Maryland Sen. Katie Fry Hester received this response to her letter, “MSDE, Do More to Support Local School Districts During Pandemic,” [Maryland Matters, Oct….
The following is an open letter to the Maryland State Board of Education Superintendent Karen B. Salmon, President Clarence C. Crawford and Vice President…
State Board of Education members disagreed Monday about whether schools should reopen, even as some parents, eager for a return to classrooms, are “crying…
The Maryland State Board of Education voted unanimously on Tuesday afternoon to extend the contract of outgoing State Superintendent of Schools Karen B. Salmon,…
Many Democrats helped smooth the way for Republican Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr.’s robust reelection margin in 2018. One of the most prominent: Then-Montgomery…