This back-to-school shopping season, parents — particularly in the low to middle income bracket — are focusing on the basics while also trading down to cheaper stores amid surging inflation.

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Educators, politicians and parents are eager to get as many students as possible back into the classroom, but some families say school systems are not being flexible enough.

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A visit to my daughter's third-grade class showed me there are quite a few skills that we as lawyers should adopt.

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The Supply Chain Management Center at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business will be part of a unique risk assessment project to assess the safety and effectiveness of supply chain practices. The project, which is the ...

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For the sake of their educational mission, school districts must be immune from liability for students’ bullying and teasing of their disabled peers, except when administrators show a “deliberate indifference to known harassment,” the national and Maryland school board associations have told a federal appeals court.

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The former principal of Western High School in Baltimore city pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing almost $54,000 from the school’s student activity fund. Alicia Trusty, 38, will be sentenced Oct. 6 in Baltimore City Circuit Court, according to the Office ...

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In an effort to attract new students and increase retention, three schools in the University System of Maryland will offer lower tuition rates to some out-of-state students. The system's Board of Regents unanimously approved Friday the creation of regional out-of-state tuition rates for Frostburg State University, University of Maryland Eastern Shore and USM Hagerstown. The rates will apply to students who live outside of Maryland but still relatively close to each school.

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Maryland lags behind the 2014 national averages for children enrolled in afterschool programs, according to a survey commissioned by the Afterschool Alliance.

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The western Maryland city of Hagerstown is considering subsidizing four apartments for use by students at the University System of Maryland downtown campus.

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Four Maryland private colleges are announcing gifts totaling $10.5 million from the Delaware-based Hodson Trust.

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