2024 Issue Preview: Learning Loss and Educational Recovery
With the 2024 Legislative Session rapidly approaching, MACo is profiling some major issues that stand to gather attention in the General Assembly. The Blueprint for Maryland’s Future (“The Blueprint”) sets ambitious goals to transform Maryland's public education system and invests billions in state and county funding into schools. However, pandemic-related learning loss is threatening Maryland's progress toward those goals. The DLS Issue Papers provide a snapshot of the current state of educational achievement and how…