Maryland schools chief seeks to heal relations with state legislature

As his bosses consider whether to give him a new contract, Mohammed Choudhury, Maryland’s superintendent of schools, has been meeting one-on-one with General Assembly leaders involved in education policy in an attempt to repair strained relationships. The meetings — which one lawmaker called a “kiss and make up tour” and another described as an “apology tour” — come on the heels of a nine-page letter the superintendent sent to the leaders on June 30 acknowledging “missteps in proactively communicating changes” and July reporting by The Washington Post about claims he has mismanaged his agency.