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Governor:Martin O'Malley
Interim State Superintendent of Schools:Bernard Sandusky
Quality Counts state grade:B+
Pre-K-12 enrollment:852,211
Number of school districts:25
Number of public schools:1,449
Number of public school teachers:58,428
Unadjusted education spending per student:$14,007
Percent minority students:57.1%
Percent of students eligible for free/reduced price lunch:40.1%
Percent of students with disabilities:12.1%
Percent of English-language learners:5.3%
NAEP Mathematics 2011 percent proficient
4th grade math:47.6%
8th grade math:40.4%
NAEP Reading 2011 percent proficient
4th grade reading:43.0%
8th grade reading:39.9%

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September 13, 2000 - Education Week
Maryland elementary students who were taught to read by teachers who combined reading lessons with other subject matter made much bigger gains on reading tests than children who were drilled on skills alone, a report concludes.
May 24, 2000 - Education Week
Despite vehement protests by teachers' unions, Maryland legislators last week approved a measure that would use public money to buy textbooks for students at all but the state's most expensive private schools.
April 12, 2000 - Education Week
Maryland school officials tapped the for-profit school-management company Edison Schools Inc. last week to restaff and operate three Baltimore elementary schools that are among the state's lowest-performing public schools.
March 29, 2000 - Education Week
In a groundbreaking twist on states' efforts to turn around failing schools, Maryland education officials decided last week to seize control of three Baltimore elementary schools and turn them over to for-profit management later this year.
February 9, 2000 - Education Week
A shot of academic rigor and better, more targeted teacher training may be the tonic for Maryland's middle schools, according to a state committee.
May 12, 1999 - Education Week
Students who graduate from teacher training programs in Georgia and Maryland will soon enter the classroom buoyed by more extensive coursework in reading and mathematics instruction.
August 5, 1998 - Education Week

A Howard County, Md., man who fought the local public school system to allow his son to repeat the 8th grade claimed victory last week.

September 10, 1997 - Education Week

The superintendent of a suburban Maryland school system will dramatically reorganize six schools and strip them of their staffs this summer in hopes of jump-starting their flagging academic performance.

June 11, 1997 - Education Week

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