Maryland schools make the grade with a B and taking the honors as the state with the best schools in the U.S., according to a new report from the publishers of Education Week.
Here's an excerpt:
"The nation earned a C on the 14th annual Education Week report card, which measures how well states have delivered a high-quality education to all students, with Maryland earning the best overall grade of any state and Virginia placing in the top five, with a B minus.
Maryland scored a B plus and was followed by Massachusetts and New York, which both earned a B. Most states got grades of C or lower.
The annual Quality Counts report, a publication from Editorial Projects in Education, which publishes the trade magazine Education Week, rated and ranked the 50 states and the District in six areas of education performance and policy."
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