Op-Ed: BCPS Should Better Prioritize Spending
By Bronwyn Mitchell-Strong
The work is hard. It is going to take time. It is going to take money. But we need to meet the students where they are and give them what they need to succeed.
Readers Speak!: ‘Nary of Word’ from Some Media When Prior BCPS Leadership Demonstrated Disrespect
By Anne Groth
"When one board member told another to 'shut your mouth,' no one batted an eye, or spoke a word."
Readers Speak!: BCPS Sounds Like a Hollywood Movie Script
By Anne Groth
"Truth is stranger than fiction indeed."
Op-Ed: Tail Wagging the Dog? BCPS Shredgate Issues Still Exist.
By Scott Hall
What has not been done is insulting to the taxpayers' intelligence, paradoxical to proper management, an affront to common sense, and repugnant to the public's expectations for improved school board supervision of its employees...
Op-Ed: Protecting Vulnerable Adults from Abuse and Neglect through Legislation
By Del. Michele Guyton
A state bill, designed to make it a criminal act to abuse or neglect vulnerable adults, will be heard on Tuesday, Jan. 21.
Readers Speak!: All I wanted for Christmas was Transparency in Baltimore County (and the truth about the North Point Government Center)
By Robert Staab
Imagine this. After years of struggling to save North Point Government Center Park in Dundalk, it's still here to be enjoyed thanks to the wisdom of the Maryland Board of Public Works.
Readers Speak!: Connecting Baltimore County’s Dots
By Anne Groth
Kudos the residents who actively continue to question these kinds of dealings.
Op-Ed: Maryland Discipline Study Shows Usual – But Misunderstood – Effects of Policies on Measures of Racial Disparity
By James P. Scanlan, Esq.
"Thus, contrary to expectations promoted by both the U.S. Department of Education and the Maryland State Department of Education, reductions in school removals had been accompanied by increases, rather decreases, in ratios of the rates of blacks and students with disabilities to the rates of comparison groups."
Readers Speak!: Outside View of Western Culture on the Influence of a Celebrity, from the President to Religion
By Matjaž Kulovic
Who would have thought that this is the man who would start a culture revolution? Or at least spark one?
Readers Speak!: Maryland’s Government Agencies Should Take Public Record Requests Seriously
By Anne Groth
"Clean it up!"

“I want someone to kill me.” Video of bullied Australian child goes viral.
“I want someone to kill me.” Video of bullied Australian child goes viral.
By Ann Costantino
A GoFundMe account has been set up for Quaden in order to take him on a trip to Disneyland. By early Friday, the fundraiser had brought in over $290,000, more than $280,000 past its $10,000 goal.
FDA Cracks Down on 15 Companies for Illegally Selling and Marketing CBD Products
FDA Cracks Down on 15 Companies for Illegally Selling and Marketing CBD Products
By Ann Costantino
The FDA sent letters to the companies for violating the FD&C Act which says that any product intended to treat disease, or is intended for therapeutic or medical use, is considered a drug.
Part 1: Is Technology Outpacing Federal Student Privacy Safeguards and Schools’ Accountability?
Part 1: Is Technology Outpacing Federal Student Privacy Safeguards and Schools’ Accountability?
By Ann Costantino
Only 14 school districts or postsecondary education institutions are documented as having self-reported data breaches, inadvertent data sharing and cyber hacks to the U.S. Department of Education over the last five years. All in 2018 and 2019.
White House Releases Memorandum of Trump-Zelensky Conversation (pdf)
White House Releases Memorandum of Trump-Zelensky Conversation (pdf)
By Ann Costantino
The White House released the transcript on Thursday ahead of the impeachment hearing.
Society of Professional Journalists’ 2020 High School Essay Contest Now Open
Society of Professional Journalists’ 2020 High School Essay Contest Now Open
By The Gunpowder Gazette
National winners of the 300-500 word essay contest receive scholarship awards.

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