Baltimore City Public Schools

There are 93 out of more than 150 schools across the city which are changing bell schedules earlier or later this year and parents are unhappy.

The head of the city's public schools sits down for an end-of-the-year talk about some of the major challenges facing the school system.

He is asking the Maryland State Prosecutor to investigate, and told the prosecutor to send a report to the U.S. Attorney for Maryland to pursue federal charges if needed.

After transforming UMBC, Hrabowski prepares to step down.

The city's public schools chief joins us with updates on COVID mitigation strategies, and transitions to virtual class.

Parents were surprised when more than fifty Baltimore City Schools went virtual this week, driven by surging covid infection rates. Could eleventh-hour decisions be avoided with better testing, masks and planning? We talk to Schools CEO Sonja Santelises and the president of the Baltimore Teachers Union.

The Baltimore Teachers Union is calling for the district to distribute high-filtration masks such as N95s to staff and students

About 35,000 students rely on MTA for their commutes. Advocates say that long rides are a barrier to full opportunity

The city schools chief talks about bus shortages, fixing remote-learning gaps, and staff responses to the vaccine mandate.

Award-winning WYPR reporters Emily Sullivan and John Lee discuss some of the week's top local news stories.