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Starting Tuesday, the state education department is now required to intervene to ensure a “consistent curriculum” across districts.

State Republicans call the ruling a win for parental rights. But Democrats and local queer advocates mourn a “dark day” for public education.

As it finalizes its budget for the next year, the Frederick County school board says the system experiencing growing pains which reflect how fast the area is growing.

Frederick County Public Schools trimmed around $1 million dollars from its budget on a split vote while facing a $2 million deficit.

School and district leaders knew about the abuse in the 1970s and 80s, attorney Janai Woodhouse claims. And they did nothing about it.

Robert Kelly, FCPS’s Food & Nutrition Services Director, says Frederick is growing fast enough to overcome the loss of federal funds.

At an annual remembrance event Friday, city leaders acknowledged a reduction in student deaths from last year — but said it’s not enough.

At a school board meeting this week, some speech-language pathologists called for caseload caps and more in-school planning time to ease the burden.

Nothing’s changed since The Baltimore Banner published a months-long investigation on how public bus issues hurt student grades and attendance. But residents want solutions.

WYPR education reporter Bri Hatch joins Midday to discuss policies restricting student use of cell phones in city and county schools.