Maryland
First snow of season hits western Maryland; flurries possible in DC region Tuesday
WASHINGTON – The first snow of the season arrived Monday in western Maryland, while parts of the Midwest and Northeast dealt with heavier lake-effect conditions.
Maryland’s first snow of season
Garrett County and parts of West Virginia remained under a Winter Weather Advisory into Tuesday morning, with snowflakes spotted along U.S. 219 near Deep Creek. The National Weather Service said another inch or two could fall early Tuesday, bringing storm totals to three to six inches in the higher elevations.
First snow of season hits western Maryland; flurries possible in DC region Tuesday
By the numbers:
Closer to the D.C. region, FOX 5’s Taylor Grenda said we’re waking up to a cold start, with morning temperatures in the 30s and wind chills dipping into the 20s. She said dress for the teens to 20s early Tuesday, with highs only reaching the upper 30s to mid-40s.
While conditions will stay dry, a brief flurry or two can’t be ruled out. Deceptive sunshine may peek through, but the winter feel will certainly be in the air, keeping the day feeling colder than average.
What’s next:
Overnight lows will drop back into the 30s, with some areas dropping to or just below freezing by sunrise on Wednesday.
By Wednesday, temperatures rebound, climbing into the upper 50s to near 60 degrees. There could a brief cooldown possible at the start of the weekend before showers move in Sunday.
The Source: Information in this article comes from the FOX 5 Weather Team and the National Weather Service.
Maryland schools made nation-leading strides in their recovery from students’ learning loss in the pandemic, data show.
Maryland schools made nation-leading strides in their recovery from students’ learning loss in the pandemic, according to new data.
They ranked third in the nation in their students’ reading recovery rates, and were fifth in math recovery, according to the 2025 Education Scorecard from Harvard and Stanford Universities and Dartmouth College.
D.C. led the U.S. in math and reading recovery.
The data was presented at the Maryland State Board of Education meeting Thursday.
Trish Brennan-Gac, executive director of literacy nonprofit Maryland READS, said the state board is correct to celebrate gains in reading, but proficiency is “nowhere near where we need to be.”
“It is not that we are No. 3-ranked in reading proficiency,” she told WTOP. “It’s a rate of change, and we are making a faster rate of change,” than most school districts nationally.
Brennan-Gac was at the meeting to ask that the state board consider ways to reduce the use of technology in classroom instruction and support a return to print and textbooks in schools.
“This is no longer a fringe concern. It is a growing movement, and it’s not about social media and phones,” she told the board.
Brennan-Gac said the board and Maryland schools superintendent Carey Wright can take a “visible meaningful leadership role.”
“You can develop transition guidance and funding pathways for districts that are ready to move now, and send a clear signal to the field that Maryland prioritizes developmentally appropriate instruction aligned to brain research that shows how books, not tech-based platforms, are effective in wiring kids’ brains for reading,” she said.
The Maryland State Department of Education has issued guidance to school districts on the use of cellphones in schools, and this year issued guidance on the use of artificial intelligence. In both instances, the state has made clear that it leaves implementation of policies to individual school districts.
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