Maryland's governor shoots a spitball, picks an unnecessary fight [View all]

fight over school reopening | COMMENTARY

'Here’s how we might assess Larry Hogan’s summer school performance: “Does not work or play well with others.” His high absenteeism and incomplete homework this summer, when local superintendents were struggling to develop plans for how to handle returning students this fall, deserves a failing grade.

The governor took to the podium Thursday to strongly encourage (although it felt more like castigate) Maryland’s 24 school districts to get back to in-person instruction. He, along with Maryland’s state superintendent of schools, even handed out some newly-created bench marks about how to accomplish that. The timing was, to put it mildly, curious. School districts throughout the state are set to begin classes within the next 10 days, some as early as Monday. Every school system has been working on this very issue for months, and though they’d all like to resume in-person classes, they decided the time was not yet right to do it safely. Every single district determined that beginning virtually was in the best interest of students, of educators, of families and surrounding communities. These are tough calls.'>>>

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