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Maya Lora McKay (she/her)@mayaklora25 Jun 2024

Today is officially my second day at @BaltimoreBanner! I'm covering early childhood education and keeping an eye on private and independent schools. Have a tip for me or the Education Hub? I'm available at [email protected]

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Tim Prudente@Tim_PrudenteSep 16

In Baltimore City, a student’s fourth grade performance sets the trajectory of the rest of their academic career. By @mayaklora: thebanner.com/education/k-12…

Want a spot at a competitive Baltimore high school? Start planning in fourth grade.

Baltimore City Public Schools is the only district in Maryland to offer universal school choice, beginning in sixth grade.

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𝐾𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝐺𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑡ℎ@kris10griffithSep 16

Prince Edward is coming to a Baltimore school. Read @mayaklora's story to learn more: thebanner.com/education/k-12…

Britain’s Prince Edward will visit a Baltimore high school

The ladies of Western High School are about to welcome royalty, all thanks to their principal’s boss.

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Carol Marbin Miller@MarbinMillerSep 10

This will be a long thread. Please stick with it. The Miami Herald, one of the premier legacy newspapers in America, laid off or wrote off more than 30 positions today – well over one-third of its editorial staff. The cuts include crucial accountability beats. (1)

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Christina Tkacik@ChristinaTkacikSep 10

Sorry, but you might die of cuteness reading @mayaklora's story on this program that lets kids read bedtime stories to animals at the Maryland State Fair. thebanner.com/education/earl…

Counting sheep? At the Maryland State Fair, kids read them bedtime stories.

The final Cow Tales bedtime stories of this year’s fair are Friday and Saturday from 7-8 p.m.

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@AlecMacGillisJul 21

One of the most in-demand pre-schools in Baltimore, with wait lists up to two years, is run by Mennonites. It's now expanding into one of the city's many shuttered former Catholic schools. @mayaklora: thebanner.com/education/earl…

Why urban parents wait years for a spot in a Mennonite-run preschool

A conservative Anabaptist group runs one of the hottest preschools in Baltimore’s liberal Hampden neighborhood.

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Emily Opilo@emilyopiloJul 13

Leaders of Baltimore's Commodore John Rodgers have spent years trying to build a sense of safety around their school for its many immigrant families. An ICE arrest on the school's campus last month shattered that, reports @mayaklora thebanner.com/education/k-12…

For this Baltimore school, an ICE arrest turned fear into reality

An arrest on the Commodore John Rodgers campus shattered the sense of safety school staff spent years building.

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Dylan Segelbaum@Dylan_SegelbaumJul 8

An Eastern Shore school board wants an 18-and-over rule for young-adult books, @lizbowie reports: tinyurl.com/3puwz5dd (via @BaltimoreBanner)

Somerset's school board wants an 18-and-over rule for young-adult books

Classics like ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ and ‘Little Women’ might be off limits to most students under the proposed policy.

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Jessica Calefati@CalefatiJul 7

Should teachers be expected to help students use the potty if they don’t know how? A new policy instructs some Pre-K and K educators in Maryland to take this on. And many are fed up. Even the superintendent is frustrated. w/ @mayaklora @BaltimoreBanner thebanner.com/education/k-12…

More Maryland kids are coming to school in pull-ups. Teachers are told to help.

Since the pandemic, Maryland educators say they’ve seen more children starting school not fully potty-trained.

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Dylan Segelbaum@Dylan_SegelbaumJun 29

By @mayaklora: How on-site daycare helps close the graduation gap for Baltimore’s teen moms: tinyurl.com/5n63zr9 (via @BaltimoreBanner)

On-site daycare helps close the graduation gap for Baltimore’s teen moms

Half of teen moms don’t graduate high school. Excel Academy is different.

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Justin Fenton@justin_fentonJun 22

.@lizbowie has been covering Baltimore city schools for a long time, and the way she sees it, though the system has many challenges it has "transformed from a thicket of dysfunction to unprecedented stability" thebanner.com/education/k-12…

Baltimore schools are shedding an old reputation built on years of dysfunction

Sonja Santelises brought hard-won stability. Will incoming CEO Jermaine Dawson take City Schools to the next level?

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The Baltimore Banner

@BaltimoreBannerJun 19

These Baltimore parents’ lives revolved around their kids. ICE detained them at school drop-off. buff.ly/wSzeXSl

These Baltimore parents' lives revolved around their kids. ICE detained them at school drop-off.

The chaotic way two Baltimore parents were detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement outside their daughter’s school stands in stark contrast to what their neighbors describe as their...

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Maya Lora McKay (she/her)@mayakloraJun 11

Hey Matthew - I’m the reporter on that story. Can you email me? [email protected]

Matthew Kurlanski@eatourpeasJun 11

ICE targeted folks at my daughter’s school this morning arresting parents on the day of year end celebrations creating a chilling effect for many families on what should be a joyous day. Quoting @AdamSerwer “the cruelty is the point” and it is really pointless.

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The Baltimore Banner

@BaltimoreBannerJun 3

What happens when your child doesn’t get into pre-K at your neighborhood school? buff.ly/pAEcSZG

What happens when your child doesn’t get into pre-K at your neighborhood school?

Baltimore City Public Schools prioritizes the neediest kids first. Here’s what else to know.

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Dylan Segelbaum@Dylan_SegelbaumApr 6

By @mayaklora: A day care’s 24/7 cameras rebuilt parents’ trust where kids were once abused: tinyurl.com/5y4ze54e (via @BaltimoreBanner)

How this day care rebuilt trust after a shooting and abuse scandal

The new owner of Shanteari Young’s former child care center lets parents watch classroom livestreams.

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Emily Opilo@emilyopiloJan 2

South Baltimore parents will get $1,500 in 2026 to support their newborns, reports @mayaklora. It's funded by the Maryland Child Alliance, the group that backed the failed Baby Bonus ballot question thebanner.com/education/earl…

South Baltimore parents will get $1,500 to support their newborns

The program is primarily funded by the organization behind the Baltimore Baby Bonus.

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Dylan Segelbaum@Dylan_Segelbaum9 Sep 2025

By @mayaklora: Some say this nun created a ‘climate of fear.’ The archdiocese elevated her. tinyurl.com/2s42yadh (via @BaltimoreBanner)

Some say this nun created a ‘climate of fear.’ The archdiocese elevated her.

The Archdiocese of Baltimore's newest superintendent has faced years of controversy and complaints over her leadership.

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Tim Prudente@Tim_Prudente9 Sep 2025

As Sister Patricia McCarron ascends to run all schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, her critics are saying she leaves behind a verbally abusive and toxic culture at prestigious @NotreDamePrep1 in Towson. By @mayaklora: thebanner.com/education/k-12…

Some say this nun created a ‘climate of fear.’ The archdiocese elevated her.

The Archdiocese of Baltimore's newest superintendent has faced years of controversy and complaints over her leadership.

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Ellie Wolfe@elliew0lfe27 Aug 2025

📝More MCAP news: Some of Maryland's largest literacy gains are coming out of Baltimore City, report @mayaklora and @PatrickMcCas. Read: thebanner.com/education/k-12…

Some of Maryland’s largest literacy gains are coming out of Baltimore City

When it comes to literacy rate improvements, many Baltimore City Public Schools take the top prize.

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Ellie Wolfe@elliew0lfe26 Aug 2025

📝MCAP scores are officially out! The @BaltimoreBanner's Education Hub will be releasing analyses for Maryland's counties this week. Here's a look at overall scores by @kris10griffith: Maryland sees reading rebound, though ‘alarming’ math gap looms large: thebanner.com/education/k-12…

Maryland sees a reading rebound, though ‘alarming’ math gap looms large

State leaders highlighted how students fared on the exam known as the Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program, or MCAP.

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Maya Lora McKay (she/her)@mayaklora20 Aug 2025

My first story for The Banner was about how one nursery school director's ousting inspired her entire staff to resign. Plenty of families left, too. Now, that original school has closed while Miss Amy and her teachers are opening a new Howard County school thebanner.com/education/earl…

When an Ellicott City preschool fell apart, its teachers rebuilt 15 minutes away

The faces behind Little Oak Nursery School mostly come from the once beloved, now shuttered Mt. Hebron in Ellicott City where they all worked.

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Maya Lora McKay (she/her)@mayaklora20 Aug 2025

Here's the first story, in which teachers and parents alike said Miss Amy was the heart of the school they ultimately lost. Some families won't be able to join Little Oak this year because they'd already put down nonrefundable deposits other places thebanner.com/education/k-12…

A beloved nursery school director was ousted. Then her entire staff resigned.

In the chaos, some families are left scrambling to find affordable child care.

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