Project Baltimore
190 videos • 4,857 views • by WBFF FOX45 Baltimore Project Baltimore is an investigative reporting initiative, which was launched in March 2017, by Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. Project Baltimore examines the unique challenges that confront the Baltimore area’s public school systems (city and county). The “Project Baltimore” team of journalists probes a wide array of topics including budgets, school facilities, test scores, teacher pay, school violence, athletics, unions, and other components of the education system. Significant emphasis is placed on investigating the Baltimore City Public School System which spends large sums of money on education but yields sub-standard test scores and low graduation rates. The Project Baltimore unit holds leaders accountable and is an advocate for the people. It highlights success stories but focuses primarily on the troubling aspects of the area’s public school systems. The goal of Project Baltimore is two-fold. First, the project seeks to give a voice to the voiceless; namely, the hundreds of thousands of students, teachers, parents, and taxpayers, who expect the best performance possible from their local school systems. Secondly, the project seeks to inform the public about how their public schools are being operated, how their children are being educated, and how their tax dollars are being spent.