Maryland public schools continue to pick up honors and receive recognition for the work going on in their classrooms. For the second straight year, Maryland's education system has been ranked as number one in the nation by "Education Week", the nation's leading education publication. The "College Board" followed that up by ranking the State first in performance in the nation on the rigorous Advanced Placement program for the second consecutive year. The schools have also caught the eye of both Newsweek and USA Today for their remarkable achievements, and with good reason--for the seventh year in a row, all of Maryland's school systems registered improvements in 2009. This publication summarizes some of the many good things taking place in Maryland classrooms and the work being done by the state's educators. It also looks at where the schools are headed.