Education

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.

Hundreds of educators flooded Tuesday’s board of education meeting to demand the 5% raises the district is still unable to fund by July 1. Leaders are hoping for a compromise.

After being rejected last year, Puzzle Pieces Learning Academy earned unanimous approval from the county school board for its early-childhood-focused school in April.

District leaders told the county council Tuesday that they would use some of the $35 million they’re requesting to pay teachers. But the union president says that’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.

The council abandoned a plan to pressure the school superintendent.

Loss of federal grants could impact low-income students, special education and 1,200 school positions.