Kristen Griffith
Education Reporter at The Baltimore Banner
Education Reporter for @BaltimoreBanner | [email protected] | Previous: @Philanthropy, @CCTNews, @SoMdNews
Articles
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3 weeks ago |
thebaltimorebanner.com | Kristen Griffith
When Sean Marshall walked into his first after-school tutoring session two years ago, the Woodlawn High School sophomore was a bundle of nerves. The three students waiting for him needed help with algebra I and geometry. Turns out, he had nothing to worry about. “Let’s just say, I absolutely loved it,” said Marshall, now a graduating senior.
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3 weeks ago |
thebaltimorebanner.com | Kristen Griffith
An old adage says a teacher’s day never ends. They meet with students before class, stay late and take grading and planning home. But Baltimore County Public Schools teachers, unhappy with the loss of a promised raise, have begun finishing their days when the school day ends. County schools teachers will not perform any work outside of their contractually obligated hours, according to the Teachers Association of Baltimore County.
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3 weeks ago |
thebaltimorebanner.com | Dylan Segelbaum |Kristen Griffith
A physical education teacher at Deep Creek Middle School in Essex accused of committing sex offenses against two students was ordered released Monday. Baltimore County District Judge Leo Ryan Jr. concluded that Roger Myers is not a danger to the community because the allegations against him are several months old. As a condition of his release, Myers cannot engage in unsupervised contact with minors and must stay away from all schools.
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1 month ago |
thebaltimorebanner.com | Kristen Griffith
Amelia “Bindi” Ray sat on her Florida lawn crying as neighbors hauled away her toys. Her mom couldn’t afford a storage space big enough for all 30 years’ worth of memories accumulated in her family home. “We’ll make everything back someday,” Dr. Sandhini Ray told her daughter before they flew back to their Baltimore County apartment. It had been a rough couple of years for the family, who were grappling with the deaths of Bindi’s father and grandmother.
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1 month ago |
thebaltimorebanner.com | Kristen Griffith
When Principal Adam Carney asked Cockeysville Middle School teachers about the top challenge they faced in 2021, their answer wasn’t COVID. It was cellphones. That summer, Carney and his team came up with a violation system to hold kids accountable. They were unsure how effective their strategy would be, but they got buy-in from staff and parents.
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