Frederick County public school teachers will finish off the fourth and final year of the county’s transition to a new pay scale in 2020.
The Brunswick mayor and city council unanimously approved a letter of support for a new Brunswick High School.
The state plans to invest $9.1 million in Frederick County projects in the coming fiscal year.
As Maryland prepares to roll out a suite of reforms to the way the next generation of students will be educated, those children bring with them the weight of the opioid epidemic.
ANNAPOLIS — The foundation for sweeping changes to Maryland’s educational system is now in place.
Battelle National Biodefense Institute donated $50,000 to Frederick County Public Schools on Tuesday to support science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education.
The board of Frederick County’s Center for Research and Education in Science and Technology voted unanimously Thursday morning to terminate all programming starting in July.
The Brunswick mayor and city council unanimously approved a letter of support for a new Brunswick High School.
The state plans to invest $9.1 million in Frederick County projects in the coming fiscal year.
As Maryland prepares to roll out a suite of reforms to the way the next generation of students will be educated, those children bring with the…
ANNAPOLIS — The foundation for sweeping changes to Maryland’s educational system is now in place.
Battelle National Biodefense Institute donated $50,000 to Frederick County Public Schools on Tuesday to support science, technology, engineeri…
The board of Frederick County’s Center for Research and Education in Science and Technology voted unanimously Thursday morning to terminate al…
ANNAPOLIS — The House of Delegates approved a state budget on Thursday that would pave the way for half a billion dollars in spending on schoo…
ANNAPOLIS — A huge gathering of teachers, students and community supporters marched in Annapolis on Monday night in a call for increased schoo…
With a bill introduced this week to fund recommendations for improving education across the state, local school leaders repeated their desire …
A meeting Thursday night marked the end of more than 60 days of stress and uncertainty for local child care providers, after funding for a hea…
On topic: Letters
- Widening the achievement gap
- What's led to FCPS budget woes
- Better charter schools equals better teacher pay
- Families need help making the right college investment
- High-stress pay
- Pay raise for teachers? Charter schools could have helped
- Public school lumber yard
- Better education choices
- Opening the door to public school decline
- Union recruiting bill
Trending topics
Articles
- Neighbors' complaints lead to arrests at 'disorderly home' in Frederick
- Local quarry owner, scuba diving teacher propose scuba diving, ecological site
- Sheriff’s office releases details of Weis Market suicide
- Despite neighbors' protests, city unlikely to rule against recovering addicts living in residential zone
- Brunswick man stole car, led deputies on drunken chase down U.S. 15, court records say
- Drugs, loaded handgun seized during traffic stop in Frederick
- Homeless man charged with assault after police said he attacked men with a machete
- West Virginia man arrested after Frederick police respond to assault in progress
- Roundabout work to shut down Md. 180 intersection for 8 weeks
- Lucky Corner's downtown location changes hands, and eventually its name, too
Images
School notes
Hello, Frederick County! I wanted to take my first week writing the School Notes column to introduce myself and give you a sense of how I plan to cover education for The Frederick News-Post.
Doug Fossett began with a question: Why does Frederick celebrate a slave owner?
On the heels of a long discussion last week about which vacation day to return to the academic calendar, the Frederick County Board of Education shifted its focus to when parent-teacher conferences will be held for the coming school year.
School sports
- Coach's Corner: Summer is a great time for high school athletes to separate from the competition
- Local Roundup: MSD sweeps national track crowns
- 50 years later, the late Ricky Dawson's record 24-strikeout game still stands
- Coach's Corner: Recognizing the importance of teamwork
- Local roundup: Titans' Acal picked for Robinson All-Star game
- Poffenbarger makes U16 national team
- Local Roundup: MSD wins national baseball, softball crowns
- Athletes of the Week (May 27)
- Five questions with Cole Crist, Senior first baseman, Middletown baseball
- Continued greatness: Oakdale boys, Urbana girls maintain stranglehold on track championships
From 2008 to 2017, the percentage of students at Hillcrest Elementary in the city of Frederick jumped from 89 percent capacity to 135 percent.
ANNAPOLIS — With $206,000 in the bank and belt-tightening already underway, the Frederick Center for Research and Education in Science and Tec…
Lawmakers in Annapolis on Thursday had their first opportunity to be formally briefed and to ask questions about the major education policy an…
The Board of Education unanimously approved the superintendent’s $630 million recommended budget for the coming year without making any major …
Without explanation, Frederick County Department of Social Services abruptly ended its decades-long participation in a program to fund healthy…
Protecting worshippers and children from acts of hate are among the first items Gov. Larry Hogan (R) announced he will fund in the state budge…
The last time Frederick County Public Schools conducted a reclassification of positions — to ensure those whose jobs have grown receive higher…
Howard Community College was received a state grant of $9.8 million last week through the Maryland Board of Public Works as part of an overall…
On the surface, two residential developments planned for opposite sides of the city’s Golden Mile have no real connection.
After the state threatened to withhold $21 million in funding, the Frederick County Board of Education changed course and approved a pilot sur…
UPPER MARLBORO — A Maryland public school system has come under fire for its summer school tuition policy, which the American Civil Liberties …
County Council members will decide next week whether to fast-track three school projects in the county.
As members of the Frederick County Council prepare to vote on a bill that would raise school construction fees, the five candidates running fo…
Here’s what you need to know about the six questions that will appear on ballots in Frederick County for the Nov. 6 general election.
On the same day Gov. Larry Hogan rolled out a mobile app and tip line for reporting school threats, the state announced receipt of $3.6 millio…
Frederick County Council members heard from several county residents Tuesday night about a proposed bill concerning the adjustment of school c…
Frederick County Public Schools officials are no longer seeking compensation from the city of Frederick for added expenses of more than $136,0…
As students ready to head back to school Tuesday, a recently-released report from the state says Maryland is leading the way on school safety.
SEATTLE — Marking another phase in his education agenda, Bill Gates is now taking a more targeted approach to help struggling U.S. schools.
The County Council president introduced a long-awaited bill Tuesday that would raise school construction fees that developers have to pay in o…
A state senator has issued a letter to Frederick County Public Schools requesting that the district rethink its decision to cut student suppor…
ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Larry Hogan is announcing some initiatives aimed at making college more affordable and easing student debt.
Annual income limits for families to receive free or reduced-price meals in schools increased for 2018, the state department announced.
Commented