Clarence Crawford, president of the Maryland State Board of Education, started Tuesday’s meeting with a declaration. “Business as usual in Maryland public education is over,” he said. “It’s dead.” The state is overhauling its public education system as part of the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future, a 10-year reform plan with billions in funding. Public school leaders are contending with significant changes to teacher salaries, literacy instruction and academic standards while figuring out how to budget for those reforms.
