Liz Bowie

Baltimore

Education Reporter at The Baltimore Banner

Education reporter for The Baltimore Banner

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For Maryland Catholics, Pope Francis opened doors: ‘People found this pope different’

3 days ago | wypr.org | Liz Bowie

Pope Francis, who was known for his humble style and concern for the poor, died Monday at age 88. After being hospitalized earlier this year with double pneumonia, the pope emerged from his convalescence on Easter Sunday — his last public appearance, a day before his death — to bless thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square.
For Maryland Catholics, Pope Francis opened doors of the church: ‘This pope was different’

3 days ago | thebaltimorebanner.com | Liz Bowie

Pope Francis, who was known for his humble style and concern for the poor, died on Monday at age 88. After being hospitalized earlier this year with double pneumonia, the pope emerged from his convalescence on Easter Sunday — his last public appearance, a day before his death — to bless thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square.
Md. schools plan to comply with federal DEI demands

1 week ago | meaws.com | Liz Bowie

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Maryland schools plan to comply with federal DEI demands

1 week ago | thebaltimorebanner.com | Liz Bowie

Deciding not to pick a fight with the Trump administration, Maryland school leaders plan to sign a letter to the U.S. Department of Education that says their school districts are complying with all civil rights laws. The two-paragraph letter, which has not yet been sent, could deflect a confrontation over whether the state’s public schools run diversity, equity and inclusion programs that the Trump administration has called illegal.
Baltimore City schools to ban cellphones with tough policy

2 weeks ago | thebaltimorebanner.com | Liz Bowie

The Baltimore City school board voted to ban cell phones during the school day beginning next school year, enacting one of the toughest policies in the region. Students will not be allowed to look at their phones between the first and last bell of the day, and not in hallways between classes, during lunch or recess. Phones will have to be powered off, secured in a locker or in a central area of the school for middle schoolers. High school studentswould need to have them secured in their lockers.
Baltimore City schools rainy day fund to cover $48 million in Trump cuts

2 weeks ago | thebaltimorebanner.com | Liz Bowie

Baltimore City school finances are sound enough to handle a significant hit from the federal government of up to $48 million without creating a financial crisis, school officials said this week. Last month, the Trump administration said it was reneging on a promise to give Maryland schools up to $418 million in pandemic recovery funds, even though some of the money has already been spent. State officials said school districts had already spent about $305 million of that.
Maryland Blueprint bill: What the legislation changes mean for schools

2 weeks ago | thebaltimorebanner.com | Liz Bowie

After months of uncertainty, Maryland legislators leftthe state’s landmark education law largely intact, mostly gutting Gov. Wes Moore’s bill to cut school spending by $1.6 billion over four years. The outcome put some education advocates at ease, reassuring them that school system budgets — already stretched by inflation — won’t take as big a hit as they’d feared.
Baltimore City students lose tutoring, after-school activities next week

2 weeks ago | thebaltimorebanner.com | Liz Bowie

Baltimore City Public Schools will cancel after-school activities and tutoring next week after the Trump administration backed out of promises to provide pandemic-recovery funding for schools around the country. Tutoring for 1,100 Baltimore students during the school day at 25 sites will end by the middle of next week.
Maryland schools face ‘catastrophic’ loss of $360 million in federal funds

3 weeks ago | thebaltimorebanner.com | Liz Bowie

The U.S. Department of Education told Maryland education leaders late Friday evening that they will not reimburse schools for $360 million in funds they had already committed to giving them. The money is now being spent in all 24 of the state’s school systems. The federal money was designed to help schools recover from the pandemic and was to be spent on initiatives that include tutoring, social-emotional wellness programs and summer learning.
Blueprint should give Maryland schools more money. So why are their budgets in crisis?

3 weeks ago | thebaltimorebanner.com | Liz Bowie

Michele Rogers desperately hopes the Carroll County Commissioners will increase her property taxes. If they don’t, class sizes in her local high school could rise to 40 students per teacher next year. She worries that that would make parents in her area of the county flee public schools. In Harford County, the superintendent may have to cut 167 positions and cancel summer school.