John Huber
What Lou Taylor Knew and What Maryland Law Required at the Time
By John Huber | MarylandK12.com Yesterday, the Delmarva Parent Teacher Coalition reposted on social media a case that many in Worcester County will remember. It involved a local high school teacher who was charged with having an inappropriate sexual relationship with a student decades earlier. He would ultimately plead guilty. This may seem like old …
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Maryland’s Cell Phone Ban: Another State Mandate Schools Can’t Carry Out
By John Huber, Maryland K12 Maryland lawmakers have moved forward with legislation to restrict cell phone use in schools. On the surface, this is one of those issues that sounds simple, obvious even. Limit distractions, improve focus, restore some level of control in classrooms. There is a reason this idea keeps resurfacing. But like most …
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After Two Guns in Two Days, Can Technology Really Keep Schools Safe?
Two Guns in Two Days, What Charles County Got Right and What It Must Not Miss In a part of Maryland that rarely draws statewide headlines, Charles County Public Schools found themselves at the center of a serious safety incident. Over the course of two consecutive days in late April 2026, administrators and law enforcement …
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A New Cell Phone Ban Study Is Out. It Answers the Easy Question, Not the Hard One
By: John Huber MarylandK12.com Cell Phone Bans, Enforcement, and the Study That Doesn’t Solve the Hard Part A new nationwide study on school cell phone bans has just been released, and it is already being cited as evidence that restricting student phone access during the school day works. The research looks at the use of …
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What the Towson Bus Stop Fight Emails Really Show, And What They Don’t
By John Huber, Marylandk12.com I have followed the Towson bus stop fight for several weeks now, deliberately resisting the urge to jump in early. Incidents like this tend to move faster on social media than facts do, and once a narrative is in place, it is tough to correct, even when more information becomes available. …
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Leadership Matters: How WCPS Oversight Failed on the Watch of Senior Officials
I generally try not to jump out of the gate when stories like this break. When the news first surfaced that a senior Worcester County Public Schools administrator had been charged with embezzlement and theft, there was an understandable rush to comment and assign blame. One person on social media said, “We have to wait …
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When One Executive Steals, the Real Question Is: Where Were the Controls?
By John Huber, MarylandK12.com The criminal charges announced this week against a senior Worcester County Public Schools executive Denise Shorts are serious and disturbing. According to the Maryland Office of the State Prosecutor, Denise Renee Shorts, the system’s former Chief Academic Officer and Title I grant coordinator, is charged with felony theft exceeding $100,000, embezzlement, …
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Maryland’s Education Agenda: When Big Government Planning Meets Classroom Reality
By John Huber: MarylandK12.com Here is a full video breakdown: Each spring, the Maryland General Assembly sings a familiar tune about education: this is the year of fixes, reforms, and a renewed focus on classrooms. This session is no different. Lawmakers are debating cell phone bans, artificial intelligence guidance, safety mandates, and a range …
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Maryland Is Changing How School Performance Is Measured—Here’s What That Means
By John Huber · MarylandK12.com For years, Maryland leaders have promised that more time, more reforms, and a lot more money would deliver better results. Yet as families watch reading and math outcomes stall, the state is moving to change how school performance is measured and shown to the public through House Bill 1582, the …
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Teachers Say Student Behavior Is a Problem. No Kidding.
What Maryland’s Schools Pretended Not to Notice: By: John Huber MarylandK12.com Maryland teachers are now joining colleagues in all 50 states in acknowledging that student behavior is a “significant problem” in classrooms. This finding, recently highlighted by Education Week, is being treated as a troubling new development. For anyone paying attention to Maryland’s public …
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