There was good back-to-school news for Baltimore students and families in the work session held last week in Annapolis by the Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education, better known as the Kirwan Commission.
Under the recommendations of the panel’s working group, pre-K would become much more accessible to three and four year olds and teachers would get a 10% raise.
Statewide, there would be more Family Support Centers and Early Childhood Resource Centers known as “Judy Centers” (named after the late Judy Hoyer, an educator and the wife of Maryland Rep. Steny Hoyer).
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