Here is the agenda for the meeting today of the N.C. State Board of Education.
Interested in Leandro? Rumors continue to circulate about when the WestEd report will be made public. In the meantime, many of us are watching what’s going on up in Maryland. Maryland has a Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education chaired by Dr. Brit Kirwan. Maryland’s legislature convenes on January 8, 2020, and it will take up the “Blueprint for Maryland’s Future.” Here is the General Assembly website on the commission. Here is a recent return on investment analysis of the Kirwan Commission’s recommendations. Here is coverage of the work of the commission by The Baltimore Sun. Here is how one group, the Maryland Association of Boards of Education, is tracking the work of the commission.
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