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Measure would apply to students ranked in top 10% of their high school class.

Eighty-five schools received five stars in the 2022-23 school year.

During the Blueprint Accountability and Implementation Board meeting Nov. 16, it approved a statewide literacy initiative that includes working in conjunction with the Maryland State Department of Education. Screenshot.

A statewide elementary literacy expert instructional support team will visit all 24 school systems starting in January.

She begins as interim superintendent Oct. 23, but plans to apply to become the state’s public schools’ leader.

Wright will begin her job as the state’s public schools leader Oct. 23.

An interim superintendent is scheduled to be named next month and serve the remaining term until June 30.

Meanwhile, questions about how long Choudhury will stay as the state’s superintendent remain unanswered. His term is slated to end on June 30, 2024, but it is unclear if he will complete it.

Deliberations continue by the Maryland State Board of Education on whether to reappoint Mohammed Choudhury as superintendent. “The board has not made a decision,”…

The Maryland State Board of Education will continue deliberating whether to offer a new four-year contract to the state superintendent of schools. The board…

If approved, Mohammed Choudhury could serve the longest term as superintendent since Nancy Grasmick retired in June 2011.