BCP Readers
Teaching every child to read is the foundation of Direct Instruction (DI), the proven, research-backed classroom instructional program Baltimore Curriculum Project (BCP) piloted almost 30 years ago in Maryland. Now widely used by the Baltimore City Public Schools, BCP’s educational partner, DI continues to inspire BCP readers. Recently, two of our schools were recognized for […]
Corey Isaacs Named 2025 Winner of Brenda Kahn Memorial Award for Educational Excellence
Govans’ and Wolfe Street’s FIRST LEGO League Teams Win Awards
The FIRST LEGO League teams at Govans Elementary School and Wolfe Street Academy earned impressive results at the Baltimore City FLL Qualifying Tournament on Saturday, February 8, 2025. The Govans Dragon Designers won first place in the Innovation Project for the competition and will be advancing to the Maryland state competition on February 22. This […]
BCP Receives Hopkins Bloomberg American Health Initiative Grant for Improv Teacher and Student Program
In summer 2023, one of Todd Wade’s former students from Baltimore County’s Eastern Technical High School approached him with a novel idea: teaching students improvisational techniques, or improv, as life and problem-solving skills. The concept was a perfect fit with his role at City Springs Elementary / Middle School as Director of Restorative Practices, the […]
BCP Community Partner Spotlight: Poly STEM Outreach Club
Andrew Gao is a junior at the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute (Poly), who previously attended Wolfe Street Academy, a Baltimore Curriculum Project (BCP) neighborhood conversion charter school. He has fond memories of his time there, remembering the supportive teachers and staff, Principal Gaither, and his classmates. His education at Wolfe Street prepared him well for the […]
Q&A With Author Carole Boston Weatherford
Award-winning children’s and young adult author Carole Boston Weatherford has written more than 80 books, several in collaboration with her son, artist Jeffery Boston Weatherford. Among the awards her 80-plus books have garnered are two NAACP Image Awards, 18 American Library Association Youth Media Awards, a Newbery Honor, Coretta Scott King Award and four Caldecott […]
National History Days at City Springs and Hampstead Hill
Young historians at two Baltimore Curriculum Project (BCP) schools spent weeks preparing for their National History Day presentations. Each year, the nonprofit National History Day (NHD) program sponsors a competition for 6-12th graders around the world. Students choose a topic and conduct extensive research, presenting their conclusions and evidence through a series of contests, first […]
Frederick Math Students Master Mathopoly
Frederick School Elementary 4th and 5th graders participated in Ingenuity’s Mathopoly Competition on January 25, 2025. This citywide event featured 96 students from eight Baltimore City elementary schools. Teams competed in a series of math games, including solving Olympiad-style math problems on a life-sized Ingenuity-created, Monopoly-inspired game board. For the 2025 Mathopoly competition, held at […]
Meet the Board Member: Keith Scroggins
Keith Scroggins, the retired Chief Operating Officer for Baltimore City Public Schools and Baltimore Curriculum Project’s (BCP) educational partner, brings extensive school system expertise to the board and a deep passion for improving opportunities for young people in his hometown. We spoke with him about his BCP service and his vision for Baltimore’s educational landscape. […]
Breslin Ocampo, WSA, Class of 2019
Breslin Ocampo, graduate of Wolfe Street Academy, Baltimore City Curriculum (BCP) neighborhood conversion charter school, loved her time as a Wolfe. She’s taken the many lessons learned there to Cristo Rey Jesuit High School where she is a junior. WOLFE STREET ACADEMY: Attended Pre-K through 5th Grade, then attended Crossroads School for middle school where […]