Education

A female student was assaulted by an unknown male early Sunday on the campus of McDaniel College, school officials said.

Morgan State University and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County will receive millions of dollars from the National Institutes of Health to develop ways to attract and retain more minorities in the biomedical sciences, NIH officials announced Wednesday.

Afterschool activity aims to reduce learning gap in computer science education

University of Maryland, College Park has identified cases of viral meningitis and viral syndromes on campus, according to an email school officials sent to students this week.

Twice over the past year, an aging Head Start school bus has broken down, forcing Alejandro Martinez to skip a day at work so he can stay home and care for his two children enrolled in the program.

Seven students were arrested Tuesday after multiple fights broke out in the cafeteria at Overlea High School, Baltimore County police say.

For Austin Bradburn, a fresh cup of coffee, brewed and delivered during the busy early-morning hallway rush, became an unlikely path into the complex social world of his high school.

An international philanthropic foundation has donated $5 million to help transform the historic Parkway Theater into a multipurpose film center, it was announced Monday.

A local nonprofit asked residents of Baltimore what they think about their public schools and found both optimism and frustration in neighborhoods from Pigtown to Hamilton.

A Howard County high school teacher who was raised in a family of educators and turned to the profession as a second career was named the state's Teacher of the Year Friday.

A former Howard County substitute teacher and Columbia resident pleaded guilty to 19 counts related to child pornography Wednesday morning in connection with two cases involving 18 minors, including 14 Howard County public school students.

In the latest effort to be technologically savvy, Baltimore County schools launched a website this fall that enables parents to check on homework assignments and track their children's grades on tests and quizzes.

Legislation that would allow the installation of exterior cameras on school buses to catch and ticket drivers who fail to stop for them got a mixed review during a recent Harford County Council hearing, and two key amendments were put onto the bill Tuesday night.

Aspiring designers meet with Michelle Obama, Anna Wintour and others

Police in Baltimore and at the University of Maryland, Baltimore are beefing up security after a pair of attacks on the downtown campus.

More than two dozen Johns Hopkins University students and staff painted the corridors of the 29th Street Community Center on Saturday as part of the school's annual President's Day of Service. Among them was the university's president himself.

The scores fell below the national average for the first time in years.

The shortfall is being offset with cuts to the administration and other cost-saving measures rather than tuition increases.

McDaniel spokeswoman Cheryl Knauer said the Westminster Police Department has had officers visible on campus for the past couple of days as school officials seek to restore “a sense of normalcy” to campus.

Hollifield Station Elementary School students joined Gov. Martin O'Malley Tuesday along the Upper Little Patuxent River in Ellicott City to plant trees, roll out burlap matting and announce $600 million in bay restoration funds over the next six years.