BALTIMORE – Michelle Obama’s call to service inspired more than 20 spouses of Maryland elected officials to pack 4,800 Thanksgiving meals for families in need at the Maryland Food Bank Tuesday in recognition of the growing urgency of the hungry in their own state

COLLEGE PARK – Fall foliage may be burning red, orange and yellow these days, but the University of Maryland, College Park is turning green

BALTIMORE – Schools in the University System of Maryland will move forward with Gov

WASHINGTON – Maryland is one of only eight jurisdictions to show improvement in fourth-grade math scores from 2007, according to the 2009 Nation’s Report Card for mathematics released Wednesday

WASHINGTON – Tired of yucky, unhealthy, pre-packaged school lunches? So is Baltimore eighth-grader Alice Sheehan

WASHINGTON – Red Line Metro trains were delayed Tuesday as much as an hour after a part fell off one car, creating smoke in the tunnel — another in a long line of woes for the beleaguered commuter subway system that’s got passengers troubled

WASHINGTON-Higher paid employees at University System of Maryland schools are required to take more furlough days to lessen the burden on their lower paid counterparts, according to several university furlough plans released this week

COLLEGE PARK – Student Government members quizzed a panel of administrators about budget transparency and student fee hikes — largely ignoring staff furloughs — at a town hall meeting designated to discuss the budget and furlough plan at the The University of Maryland Tuesday

COLLEGE PARK – The University System of Maryland Board of Regents passed a resolution today outlining recommendations for furloughs and temporary salary reductions for its universities, measures that could begin as soon as early October

SILVER SPRING – Secretary of Education Arne Duncan recognized Highland Elementary School as a 2009 National Blue Ribbon School at a school assembly Tuesday, citing the principal’s leadership as key to significant improvement at the school