Carey Wright, Maryland鈥檚 interim state superintendent of schools, will be on the job another four years.
In a unanimous vote Wednesday evening, the Maryland State Board of Education selected Wright to run the state鈥檚 public schools on a more permanent basis 鈥 a job she鈥檚 said she wanted from the beginning.
Wright, a native Marylander, spent decades in Maryland as an educator, but she鈥檚 most known for her nine years as state superintendent in Mississippi, where students transformed their academic performances in both math and reading before she left in June 2022. The state that was often at the bottom of academic achievement list and is now above the national average.
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