4+ hour, 54+ min ago (69+ words) The NCIA Vocational Training Program is free for participants to get the qualifications needed to advance in their careers. A graduate explains what the program meant for her. Search location by ZIP code NCIA Vocational Training Program: Graduate shares her experience The NCIA Vocational Training Program is free for participants to get the qualifications needed to advance in their careers. A graduate explains what the program meant for her....

1+ week, 4+ day ago (414+ words) Many people wish they had learned certain skills before becoming adults, so Aberdeen High School started a new program to teach life skills. That's where Aberdeen teacher Kyle Brown comes in, making sure his students are prepared. "We thought, OK, what if we gave kids an opportunity to learn some of those things that people say, 'I wish somebody taught me this in high school?'" Brown told WBAL-TV 11 News. Around 60 Aberdeen students signed up for the new after-school program called "Adulting 101," and that number is growing. In the first session, students learn what is under the hood of a car, how to check fluids, and how to check tire pressure and treads. "I just hope I learn how to do everything by myself so I can be independent. Like, if my car breaks down, I know how to change my…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago (434+ words) The Trump administration plans to shift key services from the Education Department to other federal agencies. The U.S. Department of Education announced new steps Tuesday in President Donald Trump's push to downsize the federal agency. Trump signed an executive order in March that called for eliminating the Education Department, but his administration has previously acknowledged that dissolving it entirely would require an act of Congress, which created the agency in 1979. For now, the department is moving forward with plans to shift key services to other parts of the federal government through six new interagency agreements. "The Trump Administration is taking bold action to break up the federal education bureaucracy and return education to the states," U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said in a statement. "Cutting through layers of red tape in Washington is one essential piece of our final mission." The…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago (91+ words) The Harford County Board of Education is appealing the state's decision to undo the ban of a controversial book. Search location by ZIP code Harford County Board of Education appeals state decision to reverse ban of controversial book The Harford County Board of Education is appealing the state's decision to undo the ban of a controversial book. Last week, the Maryland State Board of Education reversed the county's decision to remove the book "Flamer" from middle and high school libraries. Now, Harford County is appealing the decision to a circuit court....

2+ week, 4+ day ago (145+ words) The Baltimore Ravens and T. Rowe Price on Wednesday hosted a second round of their High School Leadership Institute. Over the course of the year, students from Baltimore City and Baltimore County learn about what it takes to be a leader. Students are nominated by their school to participate in the program. Wednesday's focus was about leading yourself and leading others. "We use current examples, stories from the team to do that, and if they walk away with just some ideas that they can reflect on their past leadership and how that might apply to them being more successful in the future, that would be a huge win," said Marc Kolp, executive director of the University of Baltimore-Baltimore County's Center for Leadership and Innovation. The leadership institute meets four times throughout the school year and ends with a culminating celebration event…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago (463+ words) Maryland students are searching for options as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act changes federal student loan programs by ending Grad PLUS loans and capping other graduate loans. From the moment Jefferson Vasquez-Reyes stepped onto University of Maryland's campus in College Park, he already knew what his next step would be. He thought he had the finances figured out, too. Vasquez-Reyes had planned to use Grad PLUS Loans and direct unsubsidized loans to finance his education. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed in July will phase out Grad PLUS Loans next year, meaning new borrowers will not be able to get loans from the program. The new law also caps direct unsubsidized loans at $50,000 a year for professional programs, like medicine and law, and $20,500 for other graduate programs. "I felt very worried just because I immediately thought the average…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago (186+ words) The Living Classrooms Foundation marked the public launch this week of its first significant capital campaign, which aims to raise funds for major projects. The Living Classrooms Foundation marked the public launch this week of its first significant capital campaign, which aims to raise funds for major projects including a charter school expansion in Harbor East and a $10 million workforce development center in Washington, D.C The Baltimore-based nonprofit announced Wednesday that it has so far raised $52.37 million, or 75%, of the $70 million goal for its Tomorrow's Promise Campaign The fundraising effort has been quietly underway for about three years, Living Classrooms President and CEO James Piper Bond said, and is now seeking broader public support with an aim of meeting or exceeding the $70 million target by spring 2026 The campaign coincides with a celebration of the foundation's 40th anniversary "It's a time when…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago (346+ words) The Baltimore Ravens are recognizing the Greatest Good Council, based at the McDonogh School in Owings Mills, for the group's hard work in the community. At a recent Service Fair, McDonogh senior Sonia Marwah helped her classmates find community service hours. "(These are) 20 organizations that McDonogh works with, and this is a really great chance for ninth, 10th, 11th graders (who) haven't completed their service hours to connect with nonprofits and kind of build that relationship," Marwah said. Every stand offered opportunities to connect with a group on a mission, and service is really what the Greatest Good Council at McDonogh is all about. "What we work to do is to create nonprofit partnerships in the Baltimore area and create curriculum and engage classes directly with the work that nonprofits in the community are doing," said Jen Pineau, the director of Greatest…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago (332+ words) During National School Bus Safety Week, Howard County is celebrating a decrease in drivers illegally passing school buses. The news reflects a national trend of improved safety. A recent survey from the National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services found that violations across the country fell by 13%, from 45.2 million in 2024 to 39.3 million in 2025. Justin Meyers, president and chief innovation officer of BusPatrol America, said the artificial intelligence system and cameras on Howard County school buses have been instrumental in reducing violations. The model is making a difference, Meyers said. BusPatrol equipped all of Howard County's buses with the school bus camera safety program in 2021, following a fatal crash in Indiana that led to recommendations from the National Transportation Safety Board. "In 2020, the NTSB made the recommendation to every state that did not already have legislation that they need…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago (135+ words) Archdiocese of Baltimore, Knights of Columbus donate new winter coats to St. Michael-St. Clement School While Christmas is still months away, more than 200 students received the gift of warmth. The Archdiocese of Baltimore and the Knights of Columbus donated new winter coats to the St. Michael-St. Clement School in Overlea, Baltimore County. "The frost is starting to hit, and the smiles will stay there throughout the entire season because these are fleece-lined, really nice, warm coats for them, and it's theirs," said Robert Van Rite, a member of the Knights of Columbus. "The Good Book says in giving, we receive. That's absolutely true," Baltimore Archbishop William Lori told WBAL-TV 11 News. This winter, the Knights of Columbus plan to distribute some 500 coats to children in the Archdiocese of Baltimore....