The Howard County Board of Education has adopted its Operating and Capital Budget requests for the 2024-25 school year (fiscal 2025). The fiscal 2025 Board of Education Requested Operating Budget […]
Education
HCC receives $60,000 matching grant for cybersecurity apprenticeships
Howard Community College is set to receive a $60,000 grant to support cybersecurity workforce development programs. The grant is an investment in career apprenticeship funding and matches a grant that […]
Proposed HCPSS cut could risk compliance with environmental education mandate
The Howard County Conservancy estimates that other counties spend an average of $1.7 million annually on environmental educators compared with the $100,000 budgeted by the Howard County Public School System. […]
TEDCO invests $50K in University Startups
Columbia-based TEDCO has invested $500,000 from its venture fund in University Startups, of Bethesda, which has created an edtech software-as-a-service platform. The platform promotes an entrepreneurial mindset by providing opportunities […]
Personnel, reporting changes at HCPSS
Caroline Walker, who has worked for the Howard County Public School System as a teacher, resource teacher, coordinator, director and most recently as the executive director of program innovation and […]
HCPSS budget proposal: staff cuts and class size increase detailed
Bill Barnes, acting superintendent for the Howard County Public School System, said his proposed plan to cut 348 staff positions to help balance the school’s Fiscal 2025 budget would increase […]
New APL space mission will enlist the classroom
One of the most radical ideas ever developed by the Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel only costs $200 and transforms middle and high school students into NASA […]
HCPSS staff cuts proposed in light of $103 million funding gap
Bill Barnes, acting superintendent of the Howard County Public School System, has proposed the elimination of 348 staff positions as part of the “difficult decisions” that will need to be […]
Hospice of the Chesapeake celebrates grads after first year with NICHE
Hospice of the Chesapeake is celebrating the graduation of seven registered nurses and 46 certified nursing assistants at the end of its first year with the Nurses Improving Care for […]
Electrology career school in Laurel fills mid-Atlantic gap
Most entrepreneurs are content just to start a business. Eileen Collins went a step further and launched a career school aimed at helping others achieve the same success she enjoyed […]