Public schools, colleges and universities, school funding and learning across Maryland.
The University System of Maryland brings together 12 public institutions, with the University of Maryland, College Park as its flagship. Here is the full list and where each is based.
Maryland's public schools are run by 24 local school systems, one for each county plus Baltimore City, overseen by the Maryland State Department of Education.
A 2016 executive order set the school calendar: no classes before the Tuesday after Labor Day and the year ends by June 15. Here is what the rule says and how waivers work.
