State Names New Superintendent of Schools

Lillian M. Lowery, Delaware's secretary of education, will assume the state's top education spot July 1.

The Maryland State Board of Education on Friday announced the selection of Lillian M. Lowery as the next state superintendent of schools. Lowery will assume the top position of the nation's number one-ranked state school system on July 1. She will succeed Bernard J. Sadusky, who accepted the job on an interim basis upon the July 1, 2011, retirement of Nancy S. Grasmick. Lowery is the secretary of education for the Delaware Department of Education and is credited with "facilitating a broad-based statewide strategic planning and grant application process" that resulted in Delaware being selected as the first state to be awarded the federal Race to the Top education grant, according to a statement from MSDE. Maryland State Board of Education …

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