Release Date:
10/24/2020
Weeks after Maryland Governor Larry Hogan said schools can begin to reopen, school leaders are still deciding on when to do just that.
Release Date:
09/04/2020
With public schools in our area beginning the year with virtual instruction, a new study finds that students are at risk of learning loss, and shows that Maryland is lacking on some key indicators.
Release Date:
08/12/2020
Five months ago, BCF launched the COVID-19 Evolving Community Needs Fund to meet immediate, int
Release Date:
07/30/2020
Maryland’s state schools superintendent announced on July 22 that schools should set a goal of returning students to classrooms by the end of the yea
Release Date:
05/26/2020
Whenever classes return to school buildings, they’re likely to be very different than the day students walked out so suddenly in March.
Release Date:
05/07/2020
Protective films around bus drivers, temperature checks at schoolhouse doors, playgrounds marked with social distancing markers.
Release Date:
04/30/2020
An outline of a potential school day was drawn from interviews with more than 20 education leaders determining what reopened schools might look like come fall.
Release Date:
04/29/2020
The nationwide misalignment between the science of how to teach children to read and how reading is actually taught in most schools has been in the news for more than a year.
Release Date:
04/22/2020
During this crisis, local philanthropy has an essential role to play in bolstering a pillar of their local economies: child care.
Release Date:
04/20/2020
Josh Starr, CEO of PDK International, previously served as superintendent in the Montgomery County public schools in Maryland and in Stamford, Conn.