Mayor's Office of Employment Development

Across Maryland, kids in middle and high schools are expanding their ideas of their futures: career counseling for every student is mandated by the Blueprint, the education reform law. Students visit workplaces, hear from employers, explore their aptitudes. How is it working? We ask advocates, a counselor and a high-school senior.

5.6% of people in Baltimore City find themselves unemployed. A few years ago, Diane was one of them. She had a series of personal struggles that left her…

Last month, an audit found that Youth Works, Baltimore’s summer youth jobs program for roughly 8,000 young people, was riddled with problems and in danger…