Agency:	MSDE	Writer:	John Rosson	
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Project:	News from the Board	Director:		
Title:	September 21, 2010	Art Director:		
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VIDEO 		AUDIO	
			
NSG SOT CLIP 'NANCY OPENS RACE' SLATE - NEWS FROM THE BOARD		(sot nsg)
'This has been a whirlwind of activities related to Race to the Top, and I'd like to begin with the activities related to the U-S Department of Education...'	
SOT NANCY GRASMICKSLATE - RACE TO THE TOP		(sot nancy grasmick)
'We received a 16-page inquiry regarding the budget...'	
BROOKS AND GUNNING		(narrator track)
slicing through red tape -- 	
SOT NANCY GRASMICKSLATE - SEPTEMBER 21, 2010		(sot nancy grasmick)
'And I'm pleased and proud to say ...	
NAT FULL -- RADIO INTERFERENCE		(nat full)
'take it downtowwwwnnnn...'	
NAT UF FULL AGAIN		(narrator track)
and unexplained radio interference --	
NAT FULL NANCY GRASMICK		(nat full nancy grasmick)
'that must be the U-S Department of Education...'	
NAT UNDER CG - 200 W. BALTIMORE ST.         BALTIMORE, MD		(narrator track)
state schools superintendent nancy grasmick thanked those who crafted the 'race' TO THE TOP' budget --	
SOT NANCY GRASMICKCUTS OF STEVE AND DONNA		(sot nancy grasmick)
'a variety of people within the department led by Donna Gunning and Steve Brooks ...'	
NAT FULL 		(nat full)
'take it downtown...' (FUNNY PAUSE)	
SOT NANCY GRASMICKCG - NANCY S. GRASMICK          MD SCHOOLS SUPERITENDENT		(sot nancy grasmick)
'There were only two states that received approval for their budget that day and we were one of those two states. So we were very very pleased.' (CLAPS)	
CLASSROOM VIDEO		(narrator track)
now maryland must implement reforms.	
		it forges ahead -- and already has met with local school systems...	
SOT NANCY GRASMICKCLIP STILL IS 'NSG OPENS RACE'(HOLDING CLASSROOM VIDEO)		(SOT NANCY GRASMICK)
'... met with all the superintendents, gone over what the expectations are ...'every jurisdiction that signed on to Race to the Top has to submit a scope of work...'	
HOLDING CLASSROOM VIDEO		(narrator track)
locals must submit that 'scope' to msde for its review by november third --	
		msde will then forward to the u-s department of education by november 22nd.	
SOT JAMES DEGRAFFENREIDTJAMES SOT 909		(nancy grasmick)
'We have uh, two counties that did not participate and thinking about the future...'	
SOT JAMES DEGRAFFENREIDT		(sot james degraffenreidt)
'Is there a structure where you can uh -- pause -- include...'	
SOT JAMES DEGRAFFENREIDTCLIP 'NSG JAMES & JIM' 912		(sot james degraffenreidt)
'for communications purposes and information purposes...	
		(NSG) 'but there's actually a way...'	
WS'S BOARD & AUDIENCE		(narrator track)
dr. grasmick says frederick and montgomery counties will not be left out in the cold.	
SOT JAMES, & NANCYUSE A SIDESHOT OF JIM  HERE		(sot james and nancy)
'There is not going to be a re-distribution of the dollars, and I know you understand that but they can become sort of a participating entity...'	
SOT JAMES FORANCG - JAMES FORAN         ASS'T. SUP'T., DEPT. OF LEADERSHIP         DEVELOPMENTCOVER W/'MONEY PAPER' AFTER CG		(sot james foran)
'You know there's the 125 that goes to the state and there's the 125 that goes to the LEA's -- the 125 that goes to the LEA's will stay at the same formula that it's been because that was our application, but they would allow us to amend our application to allow that -- (to Steve) '... I think it's 13-million?'	
		(Steve) 13.3 ...'	
		'13.3 milion that are different types of subgrants that we can make out of our portion to different LEA'S...'	
SOT JAMES FORAN		(sot james foran)
'we can include both Montgomery and Frederick counties in that, and we think that's a good idea.'	
SHOT OF NSG HOLDING UP THE 'PROGRESS REPORT 		(narrator track)
DR. GRASMICK SAYS EVERYONE SHOULD BE ON BOARD -- TO SHARE DATA and information as we MOVE AHEAD.	
SOT NANCY GRASMICK		(sot nancy grasmick)
'All of this is going to be on the website... and it's going to change as be become more engaged...'	
WEB SITE GRAPHIC:MARYLANDPUBLICSCHOOLS.ORG		(narrator track)
the state's race to the top website is accessible @ maryland public schools-dot-org.	
FADE TO BLACK AND BACK		(fade audio)

SLATE - COMMON CORE UPDATESOT 'COMMON CORE STARTS' 942CG - COLLEEN SEREMET          ASS'T. SUP'T., DIV. OF INSTRUCTION		(sot colleen seremet)
'lay the Common Core state standards with the Maryland state curriculum side-by-side so we could really look and determine the degree of match...'	
ENGLISH AND MATH CLASS FILETAPE		(narrator track)
maryland works to align common core standards with its curriculum in english/language arts -- and math.	
		the data builds.	
		soon we'll know what needs work.	
SOT COLLEEN SEREMET		(sot colleen seremet)
'The step is to take all of that input and to produce what really is our 'gap analysis' report. So next month we expect to be able to come back to you and to tell you 'gee this is where we have really good matches, and this is where we have limited matches.'	
DIP TO BLACK AND BACK		(fade audio)

NAT FULL - OSPREYS		(nat full)
'ospreys'	
SOT DON BAUGHCG - DON BAUGH         VP EDUCATION, CHESAPEAKE BAY          FOUNDATION		(sot don baugh)
'If we don't do this, then every student will not be getting some type of environmental instruction embedded into the curriculum, if we DO do this, then every student will get some type of instruction...'	
COVER W/BAY VIDEOSLATE - ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION		(narrator track)
with testimony and the strong support of the chesapeake bay foundation, the board voted to make environmental education a part of every student's instruction.	
		it welcomes its inclusion across the curriculum.	
NAT FULL KATE WALSHFROM 'KATE AND COLLEEN' 1116		(NAT FULL KATE WALSH)
'But ... are there any standards?	
SOT COLLEEN SEREMETUSE A CUT OF KATE HERE & OF DONNA		(sot colleen seremet)
'We have high school exit standards, we do not have a full k-12 environmental literacy curriculum. That's the next step of the work, and as I said it's just been an issue of staffing and being able to get to that level of detail.'	
SOT DONNA STATONCG - DONNA STATON         MD BOARD OF EDUCATION		(sot donna staton)
'I think we're starting to overwhelm the system. And I'm sure it's just not a concern for the students, but for the teachers and even for folks at MSDE --'	
SOT KATE WALSHCG - KATE WALSH         MD DEPT OF EDUCATION		(sot kate walsh)
'It seems to me we're communicating that there's a new requirement on students.'	
SHOT OF KATE...		(narrator track)
with no curriculum and no standards -- and the prospect that such a requirement might be vague or unclear right now -- 	
		the board backed off making environmental education a graduation requirement.	
			
FADE TO BLACK AND BACK		(fade audio)

SLATE - BOARD BRIEFSCG - RONI JOLLEY         LIASON, ADVANCED PLACEMENT          PROGRAMS		(sot roni jolley)
'in one year we've had a 7.8% increase in A-P testtakers...'	
SHOTS OF SCHOOL KIDS		(narrator track)
in board briefs - participation in a-p exams increases -- driven largely by minorities.	
CUBE WIPECUT OF ALL THREE AND THEN 'WALKAROUND' 		(cube wipe charter 3)
three charter schools --	
		city neighbors -- 	
		kipp baltimore --	
		and imagine schools -- 	
		spoke glowingly of their achievements.	
		kipp spoke not so glowingly about the difficulties of grappling with  maryland's charter law.	
CUBE WIPECG - ALEXANDER SANCHEZ         SEC'Y, DEPT. OF LICENSING, LABOR,         & REGULATION		(cube sot secretary)
'From fiscal year 09-to-10 the overall pass rate increased from 58% to 60%.	
WIDE SHOT SAME		(narrator track)
and the  numbers rose, of those taking and passing graduation equivalency exams.	
CUBE WIPE NANCY SOT		(cube wipe nancy sot)
'At such a young age, she has made the decision to retire...'	
HOLDING VIDEO		(narrator track)
finally, msde says goodbye to assistant superintendent colleen seremet.	
SOT NANCY GRASMICK		(sot nancy grasmick)
'I am just lamenting her departure... but she has two excellent reasons for doing this so i can't argue those reasons.'	
SOT COLLEEN 		(sot colleen)
'... one is named Brandon and one is named Thomas ... I have two extraordinary little grandsons... 	
SOT COLLEEN		(sot colleen)
'I can only say it has been an extraordinary privilege...'	
AUDIENCE CLAPS AND SMILES		(narrator track)
this is msde tv.	
DIP TO BULLETIN/CREDITS/FADE		(music full and fade)