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Every day, throughout City Schools, students, families, staff and communities are making progress - academically, on personal and professional goals, in pursuing passions and opportunities, and in achieving the goals of the Blueprint for Success:
To build a generation of young people with the skills, knowledge, and understanding to succeed in college, careers, and community, not just here in Baltimore but in any city in the world.
Read about some of the recent progress.
City Schools in the News
- In Baltimore Schools, Cutting Food Waste as a Lesson in Climate Awareness and Environmental Literacy (Inside Climate News, September 29, 2021)
- Baltimore City Public Schools Has A Plan To Help Students Who Struggle With Online Learning (WJZ - TV, September 24, 2021)
- Watch Al Roker's epic surprise for a deserving school principal and her students (NBC Today Show, September 20, 2021)
- Learning About the Navy Through Virtual Reality (WMAR-TV, September 8, 2021)
- Baltimore City Public Schools also launched a new “Navigator Center” during the pandemic (Politico, August 17, 2021),
- Baltimore City Schools Releases Recovery Plan (WJZ-TV, August 9. 2021)
- 2 Baltimore teachers win big bucks for their classrooms in national competition (WBAL-TV, August 2, 2021)
- Op-ed: Investing in our most valuable resource: Our children (Baltimore AFRO, July 14, 2021)
- Baltimore City Schools Hosts State Of The District Address To Help Prepare For Upcoming School Year (WJZ-TV, June 29, 2021)
- Western High School Foundation names 2021 Recipient of Lois and Irving Blum Social Justice Fellowship (Baltimore Times, June 25, 2021)
- BCPS CEO Sonja Santelises On Baltimore's Post-COVID Classrooms (WYPR - June 22, 2021)
- Ravens to Transform Two Baltimore City Schools (BaltimoreRavens.com, June 8, 2021
- Baltimore City Schools expands bandwidth for students, teachers (WBAL-TV, May 25, 2021)
- Baltimore City Schools CEO Santelises introduces $1.18 billion budget for a ‘normal’ school year (Baltimore Sun, April 29, 2021)
- Holabird Academy social studies instructor named Baltimore teacher of the year (Baltimore Sun, April 22, 2021)
- Baltimore’s Schools Chief Says Curriculum Is Key To Education Equity (Forbes, February 24, 2021)
- Parents Are Watching Like Never Before. ‘Trust Us’ Isn’t Enough - Dr. Sonja Santelises (Education Week, December 1, 2020)
“ It’s our responsibility to give kids skills, experiences, and relationships that help them see and feel and experience their own agency. I will not take that away from them. ”
Dr. Sonja Santelises, CEO
