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Chamber downgrades Maryland educationPublished 03/04/07
WASHINGTON - Maryland is falling down on the job when it comes to producing students ready to enter the work force, a new U.S. Chamber of Commerce study says, but the state countered that the grading system is unfair because Maryland doesn't even use a key test considered in the report.
And, the Maryland State Department of Education said, it is working on a program that should rectify the state's one "F" grade.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce joined the education reform effort last year, citing concerns that today's schoolchildren may not be able to fill the 35 million jobs the Department of Labor estimates will be available by 2012,...
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