MARYLAND AT A GLANCE

EDUCATION

[photo, Stephen Decatur High School, 9913 Seahawk Road, Berlin, Maryland]
  • Elementary & Secondary Education

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    • Stephen Decatur High School, 9913 Seahawk Road, Berlin (Worcester County), Maryland, June 2018. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

    [photo, Search Room, State Archives, 350 Rowe Blvd., Annapolis, Maryland]

    Search Room, State Archives, 350 Rowe Blvd., Annapolis, Maryland, June 2007. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

    [photo, Annapolis Book Festival, Election 2012 Panel, Annapolis, Maryland] In 2025, Wallet Hub's Most & Least Educated States in America ranked Maryland as second most educated state in the nation.

    Annapolis Book Festival, Election 2012 Panel: Steve Frantzich, David Corn, Evan Thomas; Annapolis, Maryland, April 2012. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

    [photo, Anne Arundel County Board of Education, Philip L. Brown & Rachel Hall Brown Building, 188 Green St., Annapolis, Maryland] Education encompasses more than formal instruction in the classroom. Throughout Maryland. archives, libraries, museums, research centers, and institutes provide sources of learning. Institutions, such as the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, offer work programs for college students, and educational lectures and workshops, open to the public.

    Anne Arundel County Board of Education, Philip L. Brown & Rachel Hall Brown Building, 188 Green St., Annapolis, Maryland, November 2011. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

    [photo, Mount Royal Station, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland] Centers of research in the sciences are found at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science in Cambridge, or the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in Edgewater.

    Mount Royal Station, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, November 2006. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

    Public forums, special programs, and visiting speakers enliven institutions of higher education and their surrounding communities.

    Annual book fairs and festivals give access to literary resources and authors. Commonly sponsored by local associations and corporations, these festivals benefit educational institutions, and the community. One of the most notable is the Baltimore Book Festival, first held each September at Mount Vernon Place, then at the Inner Harbor in Baltimore. In November 2019, the Baltimore Book Festival was held with Light City at the Inner Harbor as part of Brilliant Baltimore. The Baltimore Book Festival returned, this time to the Waverly neighborhood, in September 2024. The next Baltimore Book Festival will be held in Waverly on September 12-13, 2026.

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