Ehrlich Promises More Money for Schools

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland school officials may breathe a sigh of relief if Gov

State Universities Become Less Attractive To Foreign Students

ANNAPOLIS – A messy visa process coupled with more competition for international students has university administrators worried about attracting new foreign students in the coming years

Maryland Colleges, Law Schools Diverge on Military Recruiter Welcome

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s law schools are considering action against military recruiters in the wake of a federal court ruling earlier this week making it easier for universities to ban them, but the state’s liberal arts colleges say they’ll continue their welcome

Regents Expand Measures to Help Students Who Need More Financial Aid

BALTIMORE – Maryland higher education officials approved measures Tuesday to make more financial aid available for the students who need it most

School Hopes Sex Separation Equals Testing Prowess

MOUNT AIRY – When it’s free reading time in Harry Hanna’s fourth-grade class at Twin Ridge Elementary School, students lounge around the classroom with books such as “Brian’s Winter” by Gary Paulsen, “A Boy at War” by Harry Mazer and Aaron Shepard’s “The Legend of Lightning Larry

Same-sex Classes Are Unattractive to Md. Schools

ANNAPOLIS – Proposed changes to federal guidelines earlier this year have done little to encourage Maryland schools to develop single-sex learning environments

Charter Schools Finally Finding Place on Maryland Map

ANNAPOLIS – Twelve years after the nation’s first charter school opened in Minnesota, Maryland may finally be catching up to the trend

University Students Supplement Poll-working Seniors

COLLEGE PARK – With the presidential election less than a week away, some University of Maryland students are readying to replace retirees as poll workers in Prince George’s County and to help make voting more efficient

Regents Seek Efficiency, Try to Avoid Deeper Budget Cuts

SALISBURY – The Maryland Board of Regents released a report Friday outlining ways to make higher education more efficient and called on Gov

School Administrators Fret Fuel Prices Will Mean Program Cuts

ANNAPOLIS – With temperatures dropping and energy costs soaring, Maryland school officials are worried that money will have to be transferred from academic areas to compensate for increased spending on oil and gas