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 […]
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’ […]
Love No Ego Program Visits Frederick and Pimlico
Community Partner Spotlight: Unlimited Potential Mentoring
“Be who you needed when you were younger.” Haneef Hardy, founder of the nonprofit Unlimited Potential Mentoring (UPM), lives by those words. This motto also drives his nonprofit, which supports children and teens in Baltimore and his native Philadelphia through three programs. In mid-December, prior to Winter Break, Mr. Hardy and his team launch the […]
City Springs’ Leader In Me Class Inspires PreK-8 Leaders
Pimlico’s Class of 1960 Returns Home
Over 65 years after they first walked the halls of Pimlico Elementary School, four members of the Class of 1960—Harry Fox, Lois Landsman, Martin Stein, and Donna Wolf—returned to their alma mater for a special visit. The idea began when Martin Stein reached out to Principal Nneka Warren with a photograph from 1959 of the […]
BCP Helps with Public Sculpture Restoration Near City Springs

David Hess, award-winning Baltimore sculptor and furniture maker, has 32 public art sculptures dotted across Maryland, most of them in the Baltimore region. In 2006, Mr. Hess installed Baltimore Passage in Albemarle Square, just a few blocks from City Springs Elementary / Middle School, the Baltimore Curriculum Project (BCP) neighborhood conversion charter school located in […]