Baltimore hosts charter school fair
The fourth annual Baltimore City Public Charter School Fair will be held this Saturday, Dec. 2, from 10 a.m. to noon at Monarch Academy...
Howard County Schools Focus on the Early Years
With the start of the school year, Howard County Public Schools kicked off Launch into Learning, an initiative to get parents, county organizations, child...
Resources for Your Young Artist
Looking for some artistic inspiration for your child? Here’s a sampling of programs to introduce the arts or give your budding artist a deep-dive...
The Big Jump
Bryn Mawr School Spanish teacher and sixth grade advisor Rebeccah Wish often tells people that teaching middle school students is the best. Many will...
Changing Times
When Baltimore County Parent Cheryl Knauer first heard about the state’s decision to push the start of the school year until after Labor Day,...
Good Deed
Pop quiz: Where can you find teachers, kids, and a collection of books that includes everything from Make Way for Ducklings to Maniac Magee...
Dream Job
It was “the greatest book club you can ever imagine,” John Scott says about getting the chance to serve on the 2016 Newbery Medal...
Read, No Weep
The summer reading list has been sent home, and with it, a clear expectation: On days when the thermometer reads 90 degrees and Snowballs...
Your Child’s End-of-Year Checklist
Whether it’s called “summer slide,” “summer brain drain” or “summer learning loss,” the National Summer Learning Association claims that loss of academic skills over...
Can You Spell Like a Bee Winner?
Here are the winning words from the last 10 years of the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
2007: serrefine
2008: guerdon
2009: Laodicean
2010: stromuhr
2011: cymotrichous
2012: guetapens
2013: knaidel
2014 (tie):...
