The writer was a member of the Maryland Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education (also known as the Kirwan Commission), a former Baltimore City school board member, a former deputy mayor of Baltimore and a former Maryland secretary of Human Resources.
It wasn’t so long ago that being known as an “education governor” was a steppingstone to national recognition and higher office, Hettleman writes.
As state legislators prepare to convene on Wednesday, three lessons are offered on education oversight.
The first order of education business for the General Assembly when it reconvenes in regular session should be to shore up — figuratively and…