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The Future of the Blueprint
When the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future was first introduced in the state legislature during the...
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Maryland’s Reckless Blueprint: A Fiscal Disaster in the Making
As Maryland legislators prepare to convene in Annapolis for another legislative session, the push to massively increase education spending under the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future is both reckless and deeply concerning
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Is Maryland’s ‘Blueprint’ the path to better schools? We asked school board candidates
By Marwa Barakat and Colin McNamara A 10-year, $30 billion plan out of Annapolis, the Blueprint...
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Will Maryland’s Blueprint for education work? An oversight board — and district officials — will be watching
Implementing the Blueprint hasn’t gone exactly as planned so far. Deadlines for criteria and implementation plans have been extended at least three times. And in district-level Blueprint plans submitted this spring, school officials across the state expressed a variety of concerns.
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Maryland’s Blueprint to prepare students for college and careers – and counselors lead the way
A new emphasis on career counseling is just part of the Blueprint’s college and career readiness “pillar,” which starts with an ambitious goal: to make sure all high school students are prepared for their next steps after high school by the end of the 10th grade.
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Maryland’s education ‘Blueprint’ struggles to expand pre-K
As a group of 4-year-old boys worked to create a towering building block castle in their colorful Montgomery County Public Schools pre-K classroom, Head Start teacher Molly Scherf reminded them it is important to build a strong foundation.
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Education bills prioritize teacher shortages, Blueprint funding
When the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future school reform plan passed in 2021 by the Maryland General Assembly, it came on an override of former Gov. Larry Hogan’s veto of the bill. In contrast, Gov. Wes Moore allocated an extra $500 million on top of the required amount for funding the Blueprint and shifted some transportation funding into education, for a total of $900 million excess dollars.
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