When Joe Hairston, 61, completes his third four-year term in 2012, he will be Baltimore County?s second-longest-serving public schools superintendent. Hairston earned a doctorate from Virginia Tech, a master?s from American University and a bachelor?s from what is now the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. He began his teaching career in 1969 in Prince George?s County and was appointed to lead Baltimore County ? one of the nation?s 25 largest school systems ? in 2000. His motto? Keep it simple.
Baltimore County has the fourth-best graduation rate among large public school districts in the country and the best in terms of African-American students. What are you doing that works so well?
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