Sam Bermas-Dawes

1 week ago | wypr.org | Tom Hall |Teria Rogers |Sam Bermas-Dawes

On today's Midday on Education, we’re hearing from students in our area today. College seniors are considering their futures, in employment or graduate school. Maryam Abdiruhman will graduate soon from Goucher College in Towson, where she’s majoring in Professional Creative Writing, with a focus on poetry. We asked her about the use of AI in college-level education and facing the job market in the midst of a faltering economy.

1 week ago | wypr.org | Tom Hall |Teria Rogers |Sam Bermas-Dawes

Over the course of the next month and a half, high schools in the Baltimore area will send off another class of graduating seniors into the world. Last September, we spoke to a group of rising seniors in Baltimore. We asked them about cyberbullying, social media and phone use in schools, their concerns about the future of our country and their hopes for their final year in school. 9 months later, we’re checking back in with that same group of students as they prepare for their next steps.

1 week ago | wypr.org | Tom Hall |Teria Rogers |Sam Bermas-Dawes

Artificial intelligence, social media, smart phones and cyberbullying. Today’s young people live with access to digital technology unlike anything older Americans had when they were young. Schools across the country are still playing catch-up with policies regarding technology use by students. education reporter Bri Hatch joins to talk about what local schools are doing when it comes to smartphone use and their students.

1 week ago | wypr.org | Tom Hall |Teria Rogers |Sam Bermas-Dawes

Scott Shellenberger, the State’s Attorney of Baltimore County, was first elected to the position nearly 20 years ago. Recently, state lawmakers have made changes to criminal justice policy. Last week, Governor Wes Moore signed several criminal justice bills into law that Speaker Adrienne Jones suggested would address the state’s “inequitable criminal justice system.”How do those reforms change the job of Schellenberger and other State's Attorneys?

1 week ago | wypr.org | Tom Hall |Teria Rogers |Sam Bermas-Dawes

More people called Baltimore home in 2024 than in the previous year. For the first time in a decade, more people moved into Baltimore City than moved out. The increase was small with only about 800 additional residents, but after years of steady decline a little growth is a sign of hope. Meghan McCorkell, the Executive Director of Live Baltimore, joins Midday to discuss attracting and retaining more Baltimore homeowners.