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Maryland's Schools Superintendent Talks "Race To The Top"

March 25, 2010
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Dr. Nancy Grasmick, State Superintendent of Schools for Maryland
Maryland State Department of Education
Dr. Nancy Grasmick, State Superintendent of Schools for Maryland

Education leaders across the country are watching closely to find out who will be the winners in the first round of the Obama Administration’s $4 billion Race to the Top school funding contest. But one thing is clear: Maryland won’t be one of them. The state didn't apply. WAMU’s Jessica Gould sat down with Maryland’s top education leader, in her office in downtown Baltimore, to find out why.

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