On gender identity in schools, Maryland school board candidates are divided

On gender identity in schools, Maryland school board candidates are divided

By Capital News Service
October 21, 2024

Howard County school board candidate Trent Kittleman said that like other conservative candidates, she strongly opposes policies that allow schools to withhold information from parents when a child chooses alternate pronouns..  Kittleman is a former state delegate who lost re-election in 2022 and asked [...]

Support for book bans varies in Maryland school board races

Support for book bans varies in Maryland school board races

By Capital News Service
October 21, 2024

Meanwhile, Wicomico County banned “All Boys Are Blue,” George M. Johnson’s  coming-of-age novel about a young queer boy. Frederick County banned Hopkins’ “Triangles,” which publisher Simon & Schuster described as a "surprisingly erotic" novel that includes adultery about three women's intersecting friendships. [...]

Should Maryland schools ban cellphones? Here’s what school board candidates say

Should Maryland schools ban cellphones? Here’s what school board candidates say

By Capital News Service
October 21, 2024

By Sasha Allen and Audrey Keefe FOCUS NOW! PHONES LATER,” blares the newest school cellphone policy out of Washington County. [...]

Maryland school board candidates push for officers, mental health services

Maryland school board candidates push for officers, mental health services

By Capital News Service
October 21, 2024

By Emily R. Condon and Colin McNamara  In Montgomery County, school board candidate Brenda M. Diaz worries that  “knife-wielding vandals” [...]

Is Maryland’s ‘Blueprint’ the path to better schools? We asked school board candidates

Is Maryland’s ‘Blueprint’ the path to better schools? We asked school board candidates

By Capital News Service
October 21, 2024

A 10-year, $30 billion plan out of Annapolis, the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future aims to dramatically improve the state’s public schools by boosting teacher salaries, expanding pre-kindergarten and rewriting the curriculum — and school board candidates say the state’s schools need that improvement. [...]

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