At the recent 2025 Maryland Association of Counties (MACo) Summer Conference, which began with remarks from Congresswoman April McClain Delaney, Vanessa E. Atterbeary, KRA Corporate Counsel, and Chair, Ways & Means Committee, Maryland House of Delegates, moderated a panel of state, county, and local school-system leaders on Education Reform Challenges Vary Across Jurisdictions.
Dr. Carey Wright, State Superintendent of Schools, delivered the first presentation, followed by three panelists from county-school systems, who reviewed the successes, challenges, and key educational-reform outcomes; how state- and local-government partners can support the continued success of the reform plan; and local school budgeting, teacher recruitment, pre-K expansion, and academic achievement experiences.
Contacted for a comment, Delegate Atterbeary underscored her personal and professional commitment to education, praising KRA’s national workforce-development efforts that support un-and under-employed adults and youth in obtaining academic-, vocational-, and OJT- credentials, demonstrating education’s power to advance both individual opportunity and community prosperity.