BCP Volunteer Days at Frederick and Wolfe Street
Baltimore Curriculum Project (BCP) continued its 30th anniversary celebration with Volunteer Days of Service at Frederick Elementary School and Wolfe Street Academy. Frederick Elementary Science Fair and STEM Night, Nov. 24, 2025 Students, families, and community partners came together for an evening filled with curiosity, creativity, and celebration. Across the building, seven students from Pre-K […]
WJZ-TV & Others Make Govans’ Career Day Special
Govans Elementary School, part of the Baltimore Curriculum Project (BCP) network of neighborhood conversion charter schools, celebrated American Education Week in November. The week includes visits from school by mothers, fathers, and guardians, community partners, and for the much-anticipated Career Day, a host of adults and mentors representing various jobs. This year, WJZ-TV broadcast from […]
Baltimore Curriculum Project Shares Progress and Milestones at December Board Meeting
Pimlico Celebrates its 7th Pinning Ceremony for Middle School Health Science Program with LifeBridge Health
On December 3, 2025, a group of two dozen new Medical Detectives—6th and 7th graders selected for Pimlico Elementary / Middle School’s unique Middle School Health Science Program in partnership with LifeBridge Health—received their pins and white coats. This celebration, which launches their participation in the program, included faculty, family, LifeBridge leaders, and Baltimore elected […]
How Evidence-Based Reading and Math Programs Drive Student Success

Educators constantly hear the terms “evidence-based” and “research-based,” but not all educational research is created equal. Education research plays an essential role in improving teaching and learning, but with thousands of studies available, determining credibility is key. What makes research reliable? Reliable research typically meets the following criteria: it is published by credible sources, uses […]
Announcing the 2026 Leading Minds Symposium

Baltimore Curriculum Project (BCP) is excited to announce our 2026 Leading Minds Symposium, a signature annual event that brings educators, community leaders, and advocates together to explore the issues shaping the future of public education. This year’s symposium will be held on Friday, February 6, 2026, at the Maritime Conference Center, as part of BCP’s […]
Meet the BCP Board Member: Mike Niccolini

We continue our series of profiles on the community leaders who serve on the Baltimore Curriculum Project (BCP) board with a conversation with Mike Niccolini, Co-Chairman of the BCP Board and co-founder and president of MCM Capital, LLC. Mike’s reflections on his BCP service connect deeply to BCP’s 30th anniversary, the impact of BCP’s founding […]
Gov. Moore and State Leaders Visit Hampstead Hill
On Nov. 21, Wes Moore, Governor of Maryland; Brandon Scott, Baltimore City Mayor; City Schools CEO Dr. Sonja Santelises; Brooke Lierman, Maryland Comptroller and Hampstead Hill Academy parent; and several other elected officials, visited Hampstead Hill Academy (HHA) in Canton. HHA is a Baltimore Curriculum Project (BCP) neighborhood conversion charter school and one of the […]
Community Partner Spotlight: CBRE
A year ago, this past Thanksgiving, CBRE , a commercial real estate firm in the Inner Harbor, began its outreach with City Springs Elementary Middle School, one of the six neighborhood conversion charter schools in the Baltimore Curriculum Project (BCP) network. In fall 2024, a CBRE colleague introduced the firm to Aaron Trumnio, City Springs’ […]