Maryland officials announced Tuesday that William Kirwan will chair the Maryland Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education. The panel will follow up on the work of the Thornton Commission, which resulted in 2002 legislation that set K-12 education aid formulas. Those have increased public school funding in Maryland by more than 100 percent over the past decade.
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