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Lillian M. Lowery served as Superintendent of the Maryland State Department of Education from July 2012 to September, 2015. [citation needed] Nancy Grasmick served as Superintendent of the Maryland State Department of Education from 1991 until June 30, 2011. [citation needed] Carey M. Wright is the current Maryland Superintendent of Schools. [1]
Maryland has more than 1,400 public schools in 24 public school systems, with a 2019 enrollment of approximately 900,000. [1] Of the student body, 42% are on FARMS (i.e., qualify for Free And Reduced Meals) and 22% are Title 1 (i.e., schools with high percentages of poor children).
Portia Y. Wu (born July 23, 1970) is an American lawyer serving as the secretary of the Maryland Department of Labor since 2023. She was previously the managing director of public policy at Microsoft from 2018 to 2023 and the U.S. assistant secretary of labor for employment and training from 2014 to 2017.
In 1812, Maryland state began to raise money for a Free School Fund by taxing the renewal of bank charters (Chapter 79, Acts of 1812), and in 1864 appointed Libertus Van Bokkelen as the first Maryland State Superintendent of Public Instruction. [1]
Carey M. Wright is an American educator and consultant who has served as the Maryland Superintendent of Schools since 2023. She previously served as the Mississippi Superintendent of Education from 2013 to 2022, the state's first female state superintendent.
According to Quality Counts, Education Week’s annual assessment of key indicators of student success, Maryland’s K-12 public school system ranked first nationally for the third year in a row. Maryland scored particularly well in “Transitions and Alignment,” which assesses how well states smooth the transition through the educational ...
The Association provides accreditation services for its member schools as well as support for professional and institutional development. It also organizes regional employment Fairs, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and it acts as a public advocate for the independence of its members from government regulation.
Following legislation passed in the 2021 Maryland General Assembly Regular Session, the board of education will consist of 10 members following the 2022 Maryland gubernatorial election. The school board will have 1 at-large member, 2 members from each commissioner district (8 total), and 1 voting student member.