Leading Minds 2025
In 2008, Baltimore Curriculum Project (BCP) first convened local and national experts to engage on issues affecting Baltimore City students. Called Leading Minds: Challenging Conversations on Public Education, the annual symposia challenges conventional wisdom through hard conversations that consider the complexity of education policy and prioritize lasting solutions over quick fixes. The 2025 Leading Minds […]
New Wolfe Street Mural Celebrates Community Roots
The Wolfe Street Academy (WSA) playground took flight in late summer and fall as WSA parent and artist Jessy DeSantis created a new mural on the playground wall at the elementary school. The stunning visuals—two children laugh and interact with three colorful birds—are engaging to the PreK-5th graders who play ball and various games each […]
Community Partner Spotlight: Santa’s Helpers Anonymous
Community Partners are essential to the ongoing work of the Baltimore Curriculum Project (BCP) year-round but especially during the holiday season for Baltimore’s families in need. This month, we are proud to showcase Santa’s Helpers Anonymous, a homegrown Baltimore nonprofit founded by Linda Schneider in 1989. She and her husband, Stuart “Topper” Crook and their […]
Remembering Jean F. Silber, Longtime BCP Supporter
Jean Silber knew exactly what it took to make things grow. An accomplished and well-known gardener, she was one of the driving forces behind the Cylburn Arboretum. An equally passionate philanthropist, she and her husband Sidney, who died in 2013, gave generously to the gardens of Goucher College, Parks & People, and the Baltimore Museum […]
BCP Board Update
The December Baltimore Curriculum Project (BCP) Board of Directors quarterly meeting was held on December 12, 2024. As is the BCP board meeting tradition, each quarterly board meeting rotates to a different BCP school. The meeting’s location was Wolfe Street Academy with guest presenter PrincipalMark Gaither. Principal Gaither is in his 20th year as principal […]