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SOT NANCY GRASMICK 1005SLATE - NEWS FROM THE BOARDCG - NANCY GRASMICK         MD DEPT. OF EDUCATION		(sot nancy grasmick)
'We determined that it would be valuable NOT to wait until the U-S Department of Education does a summative evaluation of each state's success...'	
SLATE - JANUARY 25, 2011		(narrator track)
measure 'race to the top' as we go -- says nancy grasmick -- and maryland gains instant feedback in the ongoing process.	
SOT NANCY GRASMICK 1005SLATE - EVALUATING RACE TO THE TOP		(sot nancy grasmick)
'and we thought of no better entity to do that than our own University system.'	
SOT (FROM ED WEEK PIECE) CG - JANUARY 11, 2011         WASHINGTON, DC		(sot amy hightower)
'For the third year in a row ... we have Maryland earning the highest grade...'	
HOLDING NEWS CONF. VIDEO		(narrator track)
maryland pushes ahead with 'race to the top' following a year of number one's...	
SOT AMY HIGHTOWER		(sot amy hightower)
'A B-plus overall...'	
HOLDING VIDEO		(narrator track)
from education week...	
CUBE WIPE FILE HIGH SCHOOLERS		from the college board...	
		for the highest number of students taking a-p exams...	
NEWSWEEK VIDEO		and from newsweek magazine, which ranks maryland with the highest percentage of rigorous high schools.	
SOT BRIT KIRWAN FROM '1007(COVER W/JAMES SMILE)CG - BRIT KIRWAN         CHANCELLOR, UNIV. OF MARYLAND           SYSTEM		(sot brit kirwan)
'It's a steady stream, and we've almost come to expect all these great things...'	
BOARD CUTS		(narrator track)
the university system of maryland will evaluate how the state uses the 250-million dollars in 'race' grant money.	
NAT FULL - TOWSON UNIVERSITY 		(nat full)
'street ambient'	
HOLDING TOWSON VIDEO		(narrator track)
the system will headquarter at towson university.	
		there, researchers will track the 54 different race to the top projects.	
'COLLABORATIVE' TEAMSGRAPHIC:RTTT EVALUATION PLAN- PROCESSES- PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT- PRODUCTS- UTILIZATION- IMPACT		it will delegate pieces of the project to university of maryland system facilities across the state.	
		and it will develop a computer model to map the information and use it to guide educators in the classroom.	
SOT DR. RAY LORION 1019CG - DR. RAY LORION         DEAN, COLLEGE OF EDUCATION         TOWSON UNIVERSITY		(sot ray lorion)
'... is what I'm doing working? And can I in turn be reflective to improve it at the individual classroom level, at the grade level, at the building level, etc.'	
BOARD CUTS		(narrator track)
in all, the project will cost four-and-a-half million dollars.	
SOT JIM FORAN 1038CG - JIM FORAN        ASS'T. SUP'T., DIV. OF ACADEMIC        REFORM & INNOVATION		(sot jim foran)
'and there is a project in the grant itself that has the necessary funding to do this.'	
SOT NANCY GRASMICK 1642		(sot nancy grasmick)
'In our Race to the Top application, we we said, very clearly, from first in the nation to first in the world.'	
CUTS OF THE BOARD AND THEN THE LOGO		(narrator track)
Dr. Grasmick also introduced a newly modified logo.	
SOT NANCY GRASMICK 1642		(sot nancy grasmick)
'and I just wanted your approval for this... to preparing world class students.'	
SOT NANCY GRASMICK		(SOT NANCY GRASMICK)
'We think that this is really in tandem with where we're hoping to go!'	
NAT FULL JAMES DEGRAFFENREIDT		(nat full james degraffenreidt)
''you need a motion? (he laughs) 	
CU LOGO		(narrator track)
the board approves the change.	
NAT FULL JAMES		(NAT FULL james degraffenreidt)
'We'll proceed.'	
FADE TO BLACK		(fade audio)

SLATE - BALTIMORE CITY ANNUAL RPT.CG - ANDRES ALONSO         CEO, BALTIMORE SCHOOLSSOT 1150 ANDRES ALONSO		(sot andres alonso)
'The work is really no different than it was three years ago. The challenges are immense, but I do see signs of progress.'	
BALTIMORE SCHOOLS HEADQUARTERS AND SCHOOL EXT. VIDEO		(narrator track)
city schools improve, says ceo andres alonso.	
		dropouts are down and enrollment increases.	
SOT ANDRES ALONSO 1153		(sot andres alonso)
'We have focused tremendously on the most at-risk kids, especially on middle-grade and high school kids.'	
SOT ANDRES ALONSO 1157 		(sot andres alonso)
'Everybody's sorta looking for the silver bullet., the blueprint, ah, my experience is that ah...the work is about people? So you have to have strategies, you have to have the right people in the right positions. Reward when they do a good job, get rid of them when they don't...'	
BOARD CUTS		(narrator track)
'have processes,' alonso says, where people can learn from each other.	
DIP TO BLACK AND BACK		(fade audio)

SLATE - BOARD BRIEFS		(narrator track)
in board briefs,	
		the board finishes four months of discussion on charter schools ...	
SOT JAMES DEGRAFFENREIDT		(sot james degraffenreidt)
'what change would you like to see...'	
SOT MARIETTA ENGLISHCG - MARIETTA ENGLISH         PRES., BALTIMORE TEACHER'S UNION		(sot marietta english)
'I've been pretty satisfied, it's worked for us.'	
BOARD CUTS		(narrator track)
union leaders say they're satisfied with the charter laws as they stand.	
CUBE WIPE SOT		(cube wipe sot)
'Most significant when we look at our headquarters budget, was the reduction of $1.9 million dollars associated with the Government HSA.'	
GOVT HSA VIDEO		(narrator track)
funding cuts claim the government hsa. material tested there moves into other  subject areas of maryland's adaptation of the common core curriculum.	
CUBE WIPE SOT		(cube wipe sot)
'There is no end in sight for them....'	
SNOW SCENE		(narrator track)
snow here -- but especially in garrett county --  has used snow days.	
		garrett has run through its five day set-aside.	
SOT JAMES DEGRAFFENREIDT		(sot james degraffenreidt)
'All in favor ... aye...'	
MORE SNOW		(narrator track)
it now can use the monday following easter to catch up.	
CUBE WIPE SOTCG - TOM EVANS         PRINCIPAL, EASTERN TECHNICAL HS,         BALTIMORE COUNTY		(sot eastern vo tech principal)
'What I think this award means to us is it validates the work that teachers do day in and day out.'	
FOLKS WALK UP FOR POSES		(NARRATOR TRACK)
AND MARYLAND NAMES FIVE NATIONAL BLUE RIBBON SCHOOLS!	
POSES OF ALL SIX SCHOOLSCG - EASTERN TECHNICAL HS         NATIONAL BLUE RIBBON SCHOOL,         BALTIMORE COUNTY		(music full)
	
CG - NORTHERN MS         NATIONAL BLUE RIBBON SCHOOL         CALVERT COUNTY			
CG - NEW MARKET ES         NATIONAL BLUE RIBBON SCHOOL         FREDERICK COUNTY			
CG - ELLICOTT MILLS MS         NATIONAL BLUE RIBBON SCHOOL         HOWARD COUNTY			
CG - NORTHWESTERN ES         NATIONAL BLUE RIBBON SCHOOL        WICOMICO COUNTY			
HOLDING VIDEO		(narrator track)
the blue ribbon program recognizes elementary, middle and high schools for sustained high performance or improvement.	
		each must rank in the top 15-perecent of all schools in their category.	
		this has been news from the board, with msde tv.	
CREDITS/BULLETIN/FADE		(credits/bulletin/fade)