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VIDEO 		AUDIO	
			
SLATE - RACE TO THE TOPSOT NANCY GRASMICK		(SOT NANCY GRASMICK)
'Ten of the 19 systems have been announced as winners.'	
SLATE - MARYLAND WINS GRANT		(sot nancy grasmick)
'Of course at the top of the list is Maryland (whoops)	
SLATE - AUGUST 24, 2010		(narrator track)
months of long hours and intense preparation pay off.	
		maryland wins up to 250-million dollars in the NATIONWIDE race to the top' GRANT COMPETITION.	
SOT NANCY GRASMICKGRAPHIC:RACE TO THE TOP WINNERS:MARYLAND       MASSACHUSETTSDC                  NEW YORK FLORIDA            NORTH CAROLINAGEORGIA           OHIOHAWAII             RHODE ISLAND		(sot nancy grasmick)
'DC, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Ohio, and Rhode Island.' Oh, New York, I'm sorry, New York -- New York.'	
SOT NANCY GRASMICK		(sot nancy grasmick)
'Thanks to everybody in this room, because this was really a collaborative effort.'	
MORE NANCY AFTER ANNOUNCEMENT		(NARRATOR TRACK)
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT doles out the cash -- four-point-three billion in all -- OVER four YEARS.	
		maryland's quarter billion starts to flow soon -- 	
		but A huge chunk of work remains.	
SOT NANCY GRASMICKCG - NANCY GRASMICK         MD SCHOOLS SUP'T.		(SOT NANCY GRASMICK)
' ... we have another responsibility and that's to do a scope of work with all of our school systems which will be participating and to ensure that we get that to the U. S. Department of Education in the next 90 days... but I understand that the money will be forthcoming as of September 30th.'	
GRAPHIC:RACE TO THE TOP $$$:BALTIMORE -           $46MPRINCE GEORGE'S - $20MANNE ARUNDEL -    $6MHOWARD -                $700,000		(narrator track)
the state earmarks the biggest money to baltimore city, baltimore county, and prince georges county.	
		he're the estimated breakdown so far...	
SOT JAMES DEGRAFFENREIDTCG - JAMES DEGRAFFENREIDT         MD BOARD PRESIDENT		(sot james degraffenreidt)
'We view this as a confirmation that Maryland has been doing a lot of the right things for a very long time. We're really gratified that the U-S Department of Education has recognized the work that our Governor, our Superintendent and frankly our legislature has put in.'	
ANNAPOLIS VIDEO		(narrator track)
in the past year, lawmakers passed changes in the teacher tenure law and others that paved the way for maryland's award in the 2nd round of competition.	
SOT NANCY GRASMICK		(sot nancy grasmick)
'I thought we needed pieces of legislation which were successful and were introduced in the General Assembly and passed. I thought that was a missing piece. I also thought that when we submitted something, according to our reputation over the years, it had to be of the highest quality, and it was.'	
NAT FULL CLAPS - GOVERNOR		(nat full -- governor)
'applause'	
HOLDING VIDEO		(narrator track)
the governor paid a visit to congratulate the 'race' team.	
SOT GOVERNOR		(sot governor)
'Dr. Grasmick, thank you to you and your staff for your hard work in putting all this together...'	
SOT GOVERNOR		(sot governor)
'the things these dollars will allow us to do much more quickly than we otherwise would have been able to do is the higher standards, the recruitment of great leaders and great teachers ... and also the robust data systems that will allow us to track every individual child.'	
MORE CHEERING		(narrator track)
also still ahead: a new teacher evaluation system to be worked through and piloted in the coming year, that weighs student performance heavily into teacher evaluations.	
FADE TO BLACK & BACK		(fade audio )

SLATE - MSA SCIENCE RESULTS		(sot leslie wilson)
'It's multiple choice and constructed response, just like the MSA's in reading and math...'	
SOT LESLIE WILSON		(sot leslie wilson)
'basic proficient or advanced...'	
PAPER CU & FILE KIDS		(narrator track)
maryland's msa science test assesses students in grades five and eight.--	
		120-thousand of them this year -- 	
		of which 58-percent took the online version.	
GRAPHIC -- RESULTSMSA SCIENCE RESULTSGRADE 5 - UP 2.2%GRADE 8 - UP 2.4%2009-2010		and this year's results prove promising once again. 	
		grade five scores improved two-point-two percent --	
		grade 8 two-point-four percent.	
FADE TO BLACK AND BACK		(fade audio)

SOT ANN CHAFINSLATE - SUSPENSIONS & EXPULSIONS		(sot ann chafin)
'The principal said to us -- first we have to address the climate.'	
SOT ANN CHAFINCG - ANN CHAFIN         ASS'T. SUP'T., DIV. OF STUDENT         FAMILY AND SCHOOL SUPPORT		(sot ann chafin)
'But that to me is the first place I would start with teachers - in shoring up training in classroom management.'	
BOARD CUTS		(narrator track)
the board tackles the topic of LONG-TERM suspensions and expulsions .	
		factors of classroom control --	
		culture --	
		and adolescent years all play a role.	
SOT CHUCK BUCKLERCG - CHUCK BUCKLER          EXEC. DIR., DIV. OF STUDENT,          FAMILY AND SCHOOL SUPPORT		(sot chuck buckler)
'In school year 08-09, African American enrollment in the state was 38%. They were suspended at a 60.79% rate. Hispanic youth are 9.5% of the enrollment.They were suspended at a 5.76 rate.'	
BOARD PAN TO CHUCK		(narrator track)
the board wants to more clearly define what consitutes long-term suspensions and expulsions --	
		and what educational services maryland still should provide.	
DIP TO BLACK AND BACK			
			
SLATE - SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT		(sot nancy grasmick)
'We have about 800-thousand students who will be inthe public schools...	
FILE OF KINDERGARTNERS SOT NANCY GRASMICK		(sot nancy grasmick)
'When that's combined with our pre-school programs ... it represents over a million students...'	
HOLDING KIDS VIDEO		(narrator track)
students head back to school.	
CUBE WIPE		(cube wipe nancy grasmick)
'We're very pleased that the necessity of recruiting new teachers has reduced...	
FILE OF TEACHERS		(narrator track)
dr. grasmick says the recruiting total this year was about three-thousand -- 	
		down from a dire need of 8,000 just a few years ago	
CUBE WIPE SOT NANCY GRASMICK		(sot nancy grasmick)
'We have 44 charter schools...'	
CUBE WIPE SOT NANCY GRASMICK		(sot nancy grasmick)
'We'll be offering Chinese...'	
CUBE WIPE SOT NANCY GRASMICK		(sot nancy grasmick)
'We'll be offering financial literacy...'	
BAY VIDEO		(narrator track)
environmental literacy --	
		arabic ---	
		and spanish in some elementary schools.	
		all an exciting time in public education, says dr. grasmick.	
SLATE - BOARD BRIEFS		(sound effex)
'adding machine'	
WALKUP OF NEW DDS HEAD		(narrator track)
in board briefs,	
		maryland's department of disability services has a new boss... dale smith.	
SOT DALE SMITHCG - DALE SMITH         NEW HEAD DIV. OF DISABILITY          SERVICES		(sot dale smith)
'When you think of customer service, I think of my family ... your family...	
CUBE WIPE JIM FORAN WALKUP		(narrator track)
and, at msde, jim foran assumes command of the division of leadership development...	
SOT JIM FORAN 		(sot jim foran)
'tba'	
CUBE WIPE		(narrator track)
and finally -- 	
		there's miriam silverman -- honored for her 47 years of service ... on her 93rd birthday.	
SOT MIRIAM SILVERMAN		(sot mirian silverman)
'tba'	
HOLDING VIDEOQ		(narrator track)
this is msde tv.	
BULLETIN/FADE BLACK		(music stin & fade)