“We need to make the commitment and have the persistence to make it happen.”

That could be said about any number of programs.

Brit Kirwan said it today about the proposals for making Maryland’s public schools, pre-k-12, world class.

The persistence he spoke of will be needed to vote for the significant funding increase necessary to carry out that commitment to educational performance.

Brit chaired the commission that studied our current system and proposed the changes now before us.

He is appearing before every committee in the legislature.

Our committee usual spends little time on briefings outside the realm of health care.

That was not the case today.

Nearly half of our members asked questions.

A Republican colleague suggested that school choice was a better option than the Kirwan plan.

School choice or vouchers benefit a few. Systemic change benefits many.