Colonel Roland Butler welcomes new troopers to ranks at Maryland State Police 158th Academy Class Graduation

REISTERSTOWN, MD—The Maryland Department of State Police Superintendent Colonel Roland L. Butler, Jr. and Major General (retired) Linda L. Singh, PhD, welcomed the graduates of the 158th Academy Class to the ranks of Maryland’s Finest during a ceremony on Friday at LifePoint Church in Reisterstown. Major General (retired) Singh delivered the keynote address to the Department’s 20 new Maryland State […]

BCPS announces 2024 graduation schedule, details

TOWSON, MD—While in-person seating will be limited at upcoming Baltimore County Public Schools’ high school graduations, friends, extended family, and community members are invited to witness these milestone events via livestream. More than 7,000 students will graduate from BCPS this spring. All graduations will be held at Towson University’s SECU Arena, unless otherwise noted. BCPS Superintendent Dr. Myriam Rogers will […]

Maryland graduation rates show slight decrease from previous year

BALTIMORE, MD—The Maryland State Department of Education on Tuesday released new graduation rates for students graduating from public schools this year, showing a slight decrease from the previous year. According to the data, the 2023 cohort graduation rate was 85.8%, down from 86.3% in 2022. The graduation rate for economically disadvantaged students rose slightly from 75.7% in 2021-2022 to 80.8% […]

Maryland School for the Blind commencement to feature Team USA Paralympian

BALTIMORE, MD—The Maryland School for the Blind will hold its 170th commencement on Monday, June 5, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. The ceremony consists of conferring diplomas, certificates, and awards, with remarks from Mr. W. Robert Hair, MSB Superintendent, and Keynote Speaker Team USA Paralympian in Judo, and Tik Tok celebrity, Anthony Ferraro. Anthony is a blind athlete and was the […]

BCPS 2023 high school graduation dates announced

TOWSON, MD—Baltimore County Public Schools officials on Friday announced 2023 high school graduation dates. While in-person seating will be limited at upcoming BCPS high school graduations, friends, extended family, and community members are invited to celebrate these milestone events online. All graduations will be held at Towson University’s SECU Arena, unless otherwise noted, and all graduations at SECU Arena can […]

BCPS graduation rate declines 1.7 percent for Class of 2022

TOWSON, MD—The four-year cohort graduation rate for Baltimore County Public Schools students for the 2021-2022 school year is 84.5 percent, according to data released March 9 by the Maryland State Department of Education. BCPS’ graduation rate is 1.8 percentage points below the state average of 86.3 percent and is a decrease of 1.7 percentage points from the previous year. “The […]

MSDE: 4-year graduation rate remains high but falls slightly in 2022

BALTIMORE, MD—The percentage of Maryland students receiving a high school diploma in four years remained consistently high but fell slightly in 2022, according to data released on Tuesday by the Maryland State Department of Education. The four-year cohort graduation rate was 86.3% in 2022 which is only a small decrease compared to 87.2% in the prior school year. Students graduating […]