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It’s no wonder this wisdom is imparted when one considers that the average cost of a private university in the U.S. is $44,551 per year, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. In a 10-year period, that price increased by 24 percent, and that was after inflation adjustments. And …

What a great way to kick off the school year: This spring, Baltimore’s Child, put out a call for nominations in our second annual Teachers of the Year contest. Through our website and magazine, we sought nominations and asked students and parents to tell us about the outstanding educators in …

When I went to kindergarten, teachers sat misbehaving children in the corner of the room with dunce caps on their heads. (I also walked to school 10 miles uphill in the snow and 10 miles back — uphill again.) Schools have changed. We know a lot more about how children …

Our Teachers of the Year contest is back! Click here to enter your favorite teacher. Tell us why she or he deserves to win. There’s no time to waste: The deadline is Friday, June 7. We look forward to reading your entry. Winners will be announced in our September issue! …

Lives: Rodgers Forge Family: Spouse, Trey; children, Margot, 9, and Emily, 6 Occupation: Director of Mission and Ministry, Mercy High School; also Director of the Egan School of Irish Dance. Tell us about your career. This is my 21st year teaching religion at Mercy and my 10th year serving in …

The American Academy of Pediatrics is focusing on a seemingly unlikely topic — school attendance — but the nation’s pediatricians argue there is a link between going to school and good childhood attendance. What’s the connection? Kids who miss a lot of school are more likely to drop out and …

I’ve been teaching “Hamlet” recently — Shakespeare’s well-known play about the murder of the title character’s father by his brother and the fallout as Hamlet is rendered maddened both by the truth and his task to “revenge [this] foul and most unnatural murder.” Perhaps the most unfortunate victim of the …

For today’s secondary school students, a study abroad can be something they do before college and a chance to inform their future studies or improve their college applications. Each fall, Friends School of Baltimore hosts a school fair for domestic and international semester programs that students complete in junior or …

Last year, I attended the senior awards ceremony at my daughter’s high school to see her be honored for serving as class president. It was one of the first awards of the evening — she and the three other girls who had served as officers were called to the stage …

Before he retires, Ben Shifrin wants to do his part to improve public education, he says, starting with some long overdue support for teachers. Shifrin is in his 16th year leading Jemicy School, an independent school in Owings Mills that was the first school to be accredited for dyslexia education …