Agency:	MSDE	Writer:	John Rosson	
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Title:	October 26, 2010	Art Director:		
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SOT NANCY GRASMICKSLATE - NEWS FROM THE BOARD		(sot nancy grasmick)
'The Baltimore Sun, Career Builder, the Baltimore-Washiington Afro-American...'	
EXTERIOR GRASMICK BUILDINGSLATE - RACE TO THE TOP		(narrator track)
the state advertises now for 'race to the top' jobs.	
STREET SHOTSLATE - OCTOBER 26, 2010		so far, 698 applicants have responded for 57 jobs.	
SOT JAMES DEGRAFFENREIDT 1009 CG - JAMES DEGRAFFENREIDT         PRES., MD BOARD OF EDUCATION		(sot james degraffenreidt)
'One of the underlying principles that the Obama administration had was to ... promote innovation that could provide a model.'	
BOARD DISCUSSION		(narrator track)
the board asks now about planning documenting maryland's learning trail  over the coming years so others can follow.	
SOT NANCY GRASMICK #1029 @ 1346:44-50		(sot nancy grasmick)
'We did have a retreat and we did discuss this level of mapping and ...'	
SOT NANCY GRASMICK 134656-01CG - NANCY GRASMICK         MD SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT		(sot nancy grasmick)
'I think it's one of the things that led to our saying for the local scopes of work...'	
SOT NANCY GRASMICK 1347:04-14		(sot nancy grasmick)
'...we're gonna be focused on the first year, but they're gonna be mid-course corrections that are necessary so the precision of the 'out' years should not be determined at this point...'	
WHITE HOUSE VIDEO		(narrator track)
the obama administration closely watches the winners in each state.	
SOT NANCY GRASMICK 1347:16-23		(sot nancy grasmick)
'Right now each state that won is assigned a particular person from the U-S Department of Education.' 	
SOT NANCY GRASMICK 1347:45-51		(sot nancy grasmick)
'... she has communicated to us that we are ahead of any other state in what we've submitted...'	
POT SOUND UNDER & HOLD		(narrator track)
federal officials pored over --	
		dissected maryland's 'race' budget.	
SOT NANCY GRASMICK		(SOT NANCY GRASMICK)
''... so I just feel that the Board should feel good about that , that someone is watching everything that we do. rounding down to $4 out of 250-million. But we got our budget approved... the second state...'	
NAT FULL -- BUS ARRIVES		(nat full --bus arrives)
'ambient'	
HOLDING VIDEO		(narrator track)
right now, local school systems are putting together their spending and work plans -- due the state november 4th.	
5 FRAMES TO COLLEEN SITS (THE 5-FRAME EDIT IS @ 1332:36 OF 'NSG RACE MONTHLY' IN THE 'RACE BIN		(narrator track)
hand-in-hand with race' -- the state is adapting maryland curricula in english and math -- to national standards called 'common core.'	
SOT COLLEEN SEREMETCG - COLLEEN SEREMET         ASS'T. SUP'T., DIV. OF INSTRUCTION		(sot colleen seremet)
'As the teams met in August and September, they literally looked at 495 Common Core mathmatics standards...'	
MORE CLASSROOM		(narrator track)
educators look at each piece of current coursework, and judge --	
		 using percentages --	
		how closely each is aligned with common core.	
MATH GRAPHIC:'GAP ANALYSIS' - MATH*EXCELLENT   GOOD     WEAK    NONE     52%         21%      !5%       12%   *495 STANDARDS STUDIED		the gap analysis in math studed the 495 items.	
		it found an 'excellent' match 52-percent of the time --	
		a good match 21-percent -- 	
		a weak match -- 15-percent --	
		and  'no' match 12-percent of the time.	
'GAP ANALYSIS - MATH*              88%   *495 STANDARDS STUDIED		combining the first three categories yields an 88-percent match for the math curriculum.	
'GAP ANALYSIS' - ENGLISH/LANG. ARTS*EXCELLENT   GOOD     WEAK    NONE    50%         22%      17%       11%   *1,019 STANDARDS STUDIED		of 1,019 english/Language arts  items;	
		50-percent proved 'excellent' -- 	
		22-percent good --	
		17-percent weak -- 	
		and 11-percent 'no' match.	
'GAP ANALYSIS - ENGLISH/LANG. ARTS*                  89%   *1,019 STANDARDS STUDIED		it yields an 89-percent alignment for english-language arts.	
SOT COLLEEN SEREMET		(SOT COLLEEN SEREMET)
'Our goal is to bring you a revised Common Core State Curriculum by June of 2011.'	
DIP TO BLACK AND BACK		(fade audio)
	
SLATE - CHARTER SCHOOLS 3S CHARTER REPS @ TABLE		(narrator track)
charter school advocates spoke up and spoke out	
		most -- about states which have charter laws and policies  -- but 'little interest or inclination' to help charter schools.	
SOT TODD ZIEBARTH #@1127 @ 1357:22-26CG - TODD ZIEBARTH          VP, NAT'L ALLIANCE FOR PUBLIC          CHARTER SCHOOLS		(sot todd ziebarth)
'I would again say that folks are succeeding despite what's in place.'	
SOT KATIE KELLY #1111 @ 1352:55-06CG - 'KATIE KELLY         NAT'L ASSN. CHARTER SCHOOL          AUTHORIZERS		(sot katie kelly)
'The policy using a lot of 'encourage' uses the verb 'encourage' quite a bit and you need to find some sticks to go with the carrots that you can offer...'	
SOT JEANNE ALLEN #1141 @ 1400:56-04CG - JEANNE ALLEN         CENTER FOR EDUCATION REFORM		(sot jeanne allen)
'At the application stage, the best laws actually prescribe very clearly what's expected in the application.'	
BOARD CUTS		(narrator track)
the state aims to improve its help to charter schools --an area considered weak by the FEDERAL government in maryland'S 'race to the top' application.	
DIP TO BLACK AND BACK		(fade audio)

SOT JEFFREY MACRIS 'JEFF 3 PRING' @ 1325:57-04(BATES SCHOOL FILE)SLATE - FAMILY INVOLVEMENT                         MONTH		(sot jeffrey macris)
'what I'd like to do this morning is share our parent group's three prong strategy to try to help to bring these schools back to life.'	
NAT FULL - PIMA FILE TAPE		(nat full)
'pima winner'	
HOLDING WINNING VIDEO		(NARRATOR TRACK)
JEFFREY MAH-CREASE and the board celebrate 'parent involvement month.'	
		THE NAVAL ACADEMY GRAD AND PERSIAN GULF VETERAN MOVED several years ago back HOME TO ANNAPOLIS.	
SOT 'THE STORY' @132536-45CG - JEFFREY MACRIS           2010 PARENT INVOLVEMENT MATTERS         WINNER		(sot jeffrey macris)
'Our realtor told us 'you can't live in downtown Annapolis, you've got to live out in the suburbs.' I said 'why?' She said, 'well the schools there are horrible.'	
MORE BATES MS		(narrator track)
macris rallied parents and reformed bates and annapolis middle schools.	
SOT JEFFREY MACRIS 'JEFF ONE, 2,3' @ 1326:37:45		(sot jeffrey macris)
'One, order and discipline, 2, high quality teachers and administrators and three a world class unique education program.'	
FADE TO BLACK AND BACK		(fade audio)

SLATE - BOARD BRIEFS		(narrator track)
in board briefs,	
TILT UP JOHN SMEALLIE		maryland hires fewer new teachers -- only 37-hundred this year.	
SOT JEAN SATTERFIELD #1350 @ 1404:59-10CG - JEAN SATTERFIELD         ASS'T. SUP'T., DIV OF CERTIFICATION		(sot jean satterfield)
'-- and this is the lowst number of new hires since 1995-96 and we attribute this to the economic downturn...'	
CUBE WIPE GRAPHIC    2010:GRADUATES - UP  (58,720)DROPOUTS - DOWN (1386)SHORTAGES: MATH, SCIENCE,CAREER/TECH. & SPECIAL EDUCATION		(narrator track)
more numbers for 20-ten show graduation up -- dropouts down and continuing shortages in math, science, career & technology and special education.	
CUBE WIPE -- ANNAPOLIS VIDEO		finally, after lawmakers whacked funding entirely for gifted and talented summer centers ... 	
		these private donors stepped up.	
CG - STEVE SMALLEY         NORTHROP GRUMMAN		(music full)
	
CG - HAROLD STINGER         STINGER GHAFFARIAN TECHNOLOGIES			
CG - MICHAEL PARKER         SCIENCE APPLICATIONS          INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION			
CG - ERIC CROMWELL         DR. ROBERT TOMBACK, HARFORD CO.         SCHOOLS			
CG - JOHN MAYDEN         LAWRENCE ALLEN, EUBIE BLAKE         CENTER			
CG - TED IMES         NORTHRUP GRUMMAN			
WS 		(narrator track)
donors unable to attend: honeywell, and the northeastern maryland technology council.	
SLATE - MSDE TV		this is msde tv.	
DIZZ BULLETIN/CREDIS/FADE		(MUSIC STING/FADE CREDITS)