As school moves online, teachers and parents press school board on tech access
While Baltimore scrambles to create a remote learning system from scratch, questions about equity and feelings of anxiety surface at last night’s school board meeting.
Education
Feb 22, 2020
“Uniquely bad” smell spreads through Mervo, sickening some students and teachers
A grease trap clog and sewage backup at Mergenthaler causes a stink. Students not dismissed early.
Aug 6, 2019
Council bill seeks to boost city’s response to youth trauma
After gunfire erupted at her school, a Douglass High School student helped a councilman craft a bill that deals with trauma suffered by young people.
Jul 2, 2019
Johns Hopkins police plan protested as bill takes effect
Hopkins nurses call the concept “terrifying,” and a Hopkins doctor calls the ICE contracts “a desecration of what our profession should be.”
May 24, 2019
Public school systems – including Baltimore County – also vulnerable to cyberattacks
In the wake of Baltimore’s ransomware attack, Ars Technica found hundreds of U.S. school systems are vulnerable to the EternalBlue hack, despite warnings to protect against it after the 2017 WannaCry attack.
May 16, 2019
“It’s time for change,” say members who ousted longtime BTU president
Unofficial results show that Baltimore teachers turned Marietta English out as union president and ushered in Diamonte Brown.
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