Maryland Backs Off Allowing Non-Educators As Superintendents

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A vote by a professional standards board means Maryland will not permit non-educators to be appointed as schools superintendents, after all.
Last year, the Maryland State Board of Education set up a task force to look at allowing local school boards to find “exceptional” leaders outside education circles.
And last month, the board approved a new regulation authorizing non-traditional candidates, over the objections of state educators and the association r