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SLATE - NEWS FROM THE BOARD		(music full)
	
SLATE - SEPTEMBER 26, 2006		(music full)
	
WS BOARD		(narrator track)
the board opened september's meeting with a pat on the back for two maryland students.	
JUSTIN		justin tibbels (last year at baltimore poly and now at hopkins), and lauren white (last year at plum point middle, and now at huntingtown high in calvert county), each won national history day awards.	
HANK PICKS UP DVD		both produced documentaries for the maryland history day competition.	
SOT JUSTINCG - JUSTIN TIBBELS         SILVER MEDAL, SENIORS CATEGORYCRAWL - JUSTIN'S DOCUMENTARY WAS CALLED 'BIOCIDES: RACHEL CARSON'S SPRING TO ACTION.' HIS PARTNER IN THE PROJECT, SAMUEL HUDNET, WAS HONORED BUT COULD NOT ATTEND.		(sot justin)
'When you go through middle and high school they tend to just give you the facts and you don't really get to read into it as much and this is something where I got to uhm, look in to it, make my own decisions, along with Sam we got to make our own decisions about everything surrounding the situation...'	
SOT LAUREN WHITECG - LAUREN WHITE         INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTARY, JUNIOR         CATEGORYCRAWL - LAUREN'S DOCUMENTARY WAS 'STAND OR STUNT? THE SENSATIONAL TRIAL OF JOHN THOMAS SCOPES.'		(sot lauren)
'During my research I contacted a man in Dayton, Tennessee where the trial actually took place. And we were corresponding through email and he actually offered to grant me an interview so I talked my parents into actually driving me down to Dayton, Tennessee and we spent (laughter) a weekend there so it was actually a lotta fun, and I've learned how to talk them into it and I've actually this Thursday I'm starting my History Fair this year, and we are going to Ohio, so I can do some research.' (big laugh) 	
POSING SHOTS		(narrator track)
the history day competition has grown to involve 11-thousand maryland students in a dozen counties and baltimore city.	
FADE TO BLACK		(fade audio)

SLATE - ENHANCING EDUCATION                THROUGH TECHNOLOGY		(music full - computer sound)
	
COMPUTERS/KIDS		(narrator track)
'no child left behind' requires students be technology-literate by 8th grade.	
SOT JAYNE MOORECG - JAYNE MOORE          DIR., INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY		(sot JAYNE MOORE)
'The intent is to make the connections and integrate with all content... so that it becomes a seamless use of technology in all classrooms ...'	
MORE COMPUTERS/KIDS		(narrator track)
to integrate technology throughout the curriculum, federal dollars flow to states, which dispense the money as they see fit.	
		maryland received one-point-six million dollars over four years.	
SOT BOB GLASCOCKCG - BOB GLASCOCK         CO-CHAIR, TECHNOLOGY ADV. COUNCIL		(sot bob glascock)
'Whatever we can do to engage students in the learning process is something we should focus on ...'	
MORE SHOTS OF THEM		(narrator track)
so far maryland has (among other goals):	
GRAPHIC          TL8* CONSORTIUM:- DEFINED THE STANDARDS- ALIGNED THE STANDARDS-  NATIONAL REVIEW-  PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT(* TECHNOLOGY LITERACY BY 8TH GRADE)		defined what enables a student to be  technology literate...	
		aligned those standards with the voluntary state curriculum -- 	
		completed a national review of the standards --	
		and set up professional development to 'teach the teachers' the technology.	
SLATE - SEPTEMBER 27, 2006		(music full)
	
SLATE - BALTIMORE FACILITIES                MASTER PLAN		(music full)
	
STUDENTS -- & HIGHLANDTOWN CUTS		(narrator track)
because of a projected decline of 12-thousand students in the next six years,  baltimore city has been closing schools.	
BOARD CUTS		its facilities master plan documents these closures.	
		but the executive director of public school construction says that plan, which ought to be a comprehensive look ahead for building & renovations down the road ...  falls short of what's really needed.	
SOT DAVID LEVERCG - DAVID LEVER         EXEC. DIR., PUBLIC SCHOOL CONST.		(sot david lever)
'... we see there are a number of content areas that need to be included in the master plan... some are there and some are not...' 	
SHOTS OF THE BOARD & CHARLENE & MORE HIGHLANDTOWN		(narrator track)
new city ceo charlene cooper-boston inherits facilities in disrepair ... and is working to provide a more comprehensive plan.	
SOT TUFAROCG - DAVID TUFARO         MD BOARD OF EDUCATION		(sot david tufaro)
'... you're doing your job to do what you can you know in the time frame that you've got to close schools and deal with programmatic changes and you know I respect that.'	
HOLDING DAVID...		(narrator track)
... still --	
		the board emphasized the need for further closures and forward-looking details in its future facilities plan.	
SOT DUNBAR BROOKS		(sot dunbar brooks)
'You gotta design a school system for where the city is headed...'	
SOT DUNBAR BROOKS		(sot dunbar brooks)
'... I don't see that in this report ...'	
			
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SLATE - BOARD BRIEFS		(music full)

SQUEEZE SCREEN TO 50%SHOT OF GARY		(narrator track)
in these board briefs:	
CUBE WIPE SOT GARY HEATH		(sot gary heath)
'... 'bout 66-thousand students took the English 2 test...'	
HOLDING GARY		(NARRATOR TRACK)
assistant superintendent gary heath 	
GRAPHIC:     ENGLISH 2 HSA:   57.3% - LAST YEAR   60.1% - THIS YEARPROFICIENT OR BETTER		told the board scores increased nearly 3 points...  from 57-point-three to 60-point-one percent ... on the english 2 portion of the high school assessments.	
			
CUBE WIPE GRAPHICBOARD BRIEFS (UPPER THIRD)- SEVERNA PARK MS - A.A. CO.- RIDGELY MS - BALTO. CO.- BAINBRIDGE ES - CECIL CO.- CLARKSVILLE MS - HOWARD CO.- THOMAS W. PYLE MS - MONT. CO.- GLENARDEN WOODS ES - P.G. CO.NATIONAL BLUE RIBBON SCHOOLS  (L/3)		(audio -- whoosh -- all zip onscreen - NARRATOR TRACK)
maryland celebrates all six state blue ribbon schools named NATIONAL blue ribbon schools as well.	
		it's unusual for all state nominees to make the national list  ... 	
			
CUBE WIPE SOT NANCY GRASMICKBOARD BRIEFS (UPPER THIRD)LIBRARIES UPDATE (L/3)		(SOT NSG)
'It is because of the development and dissemination of the African American curriculum....	
CUTS OF A.A. MUSEUM		(narrator track)
AND FINALLY, in concert with baltimore'S reginald f. lewis museum, the board CELEBRATES MSDE'S NOMINATION BY THE DAILY RECORD AS AN 'INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR.'	
CLASSROOM VIDEO OF THE CURRICULUM		THE RECOGNITION HONORS DEVELOPMENT OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CURRICULUM IN MARYLAND SCHOOLS.	
			
SLATE - MSDE TV		this is msde tv.	
FADE TO BLACK		(music full)
	
BULLETIN/CREDITS/STING		(music sting)