Liz Bowie

A custodian cleans lockers at a school in Illinois March 3. Public health experts say the decision to close schools during an epidemic isn't clear cut.

Should schools close during a coronavirus outbreak? The answer isn’t so obvious

March 6, 2020 at 9:38 p.m.

Every parent knows a child with a cold can be a leaky, disgusting mess. Snot everywhere. Coughs spread far and wide. Diseases can travel fast when those kids show up...

Josselin Mencia, who did not want her face shown for privacy reasons, holds her 3-year-old daughter, Brianna, at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center, where the girl is receiving treatment.

A mother’s pilgrimage: Carrying her disabled child, Honduran woman seeking medical care finds her way to Baltimore

August 19, 2019 at 9:02 a.m.

At the December day’s first glimmer of light, a small Honduran woman carried her feverish 3-year-old daughter along the empty streets of East Baltimore toward Johns Hopkins Hospital, a place...

Former FDIC chair to head Washington College

July 1, 2019 at 2:13 a.m.

Washington College on Wednesday named a former chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to be the college's 28th president. Sheila C. Bair, 61, will take over the job as...

Legal experts divided on charges against Freddie Gray officers

August 19, 2019 at 12:25 a.m.

The decision of Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby to file charges of murder and false imprisonment against police officers in the death of Freddie Gray was both bold and...

Student accused of planning shooting at Carver Center is charged as an adult

July 1, 2019 at 2:51 a.m.

A 16-year-old student who police say wanted to kill people at his arts high school in Towson was charged as an adult Monday after homemade explosive devices and a gun...

Books surround George A. Roberts, Perry Hall High School Principal (left) and Dale R. Rauenzahn, Executive Director of the Department of School Safety and Security for Baltimore County Public Schools, as they address questions in the school's media center Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013.

Anticipating an anxious first day for Perry Hall High students

June 30, 2019 at 8:28 p.m.

When students return to Perry Hall High School for the first day of school Aug. 27, they will find new safety measures in place, as well as an opportunity to...

Dallas Dance, Baltimore County School Superintendent, left, and County Executive kevin Kamenetz, hold a press conference in front of Perry Hall High School where a student was shot by another student on the first day of school.

A challenging day for new school superintendent

August 21, 2019 at 9:18 p.m.

Dallas Dance knew a little of what the Perry Hall High School students were going through Monday after a student was critically wounded in the cafeteria by another student. His...

Coaches required to get more training about head injuries

August 19, 2019 at 6:56 a.m.

Emergency regulations passed by the state school board Tuesday will require that athletic coaches be trained in how to identify traumatic head injuries and that students be pulled out of...

State school board looking into head injuries

August 19, 2019 at 6:54 a.m.

Amid an increased awareness of concussions in sports (the NFL and Ivy League universities have limited football practices involving contact), the Maryland state school board is questioning whether action is...

For many parents, books that can be held are still the first choice

May 30, 2019 at 10:09 p.m.

Jo Keller relies on her Kindle when she travels so she can forgo lugging hardback books, but when it comes to her children's reading habits, she feels differently. She has...

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