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2	"Raymond A" Raymond A. “Chip” Mason Chairman & CEO, Legg Mason, Inc. Chairman MBRT Board of Directors
3	MBRT Board of Directors Raymond A. Mason, Chair Legg Mason, Inc. John M. Derrick PEPCO Holdings Linda Gooden Lockheed Martin Information Technology
4	MBRT Board of Directors Doug Becker Laureate Education Randall Griffin Corporate Office Properties Trust Freeman A. Hrabowski UMBC Robert P. Iorizzo Northrop Grumman John J. Keenan KPMG
5	MBRT Board of Directors Roger Kent CitiFinancial Robert Lawless McCormick & Company, Inc. Robert Marshall AWS Convergence Technologies John R. Nyland IBM Corporation Denise E. Palmer The Baltimore Sun Company
6	MBRT Board of Directors Ronald R. Peterson Johns Hopkins Health System Walter D. Pinkard, Jr. Colliers Pinkard Henry A. Rosenberg, Jr. Rosemore Inc. William R. Roberts Verizon Mayo A. Shattuck, III Constellation Energy
7	New MBRT Members Deloitte Touche LLP Eastern Savings Bank First Horizon Bank Maryland Higher Education Commission Maryland Independent College and University Association
8	Recognition
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11	Achievement Counts
12	Achievement Counts Students Ask: Why should I care? What’s in it for me? Why should I work hard?
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18	Frederick County Increase from 2003 to 2004 Low-Income/ All students Minority Algebra I (by 9^th grade) 15% 48% Algebra II 10% 16% Chemistry 22% 56% 4^th Science credit 60% 2%
19	Harford County Increase from 2003 to 2004 Low-Income/ All students Minority Algebra I (by 9^th grade) 11% 28% Algebra II 01% 11% Chemistry 05% 40% 4^th Science credit 48% 146%
20	What caused the increases? setting high expectations creating an atmosphere of access to rigorous courses making it feel possible for all kids establishing small learning communities redesigning how rigorous courses are offered to accommodate slow learners extending learning time providing students with credible reasons, good information, targeted support, and a vision of what is possible for them
21	scalability
22	High School Assessments Results
23	How can we make sure that every student in the state benefits?
24	Campaign for the Class of 2009 [photo of student/s]
25	Maryland Scholars Districts
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27	Recruitment of Speakers Verizon Northrop Grumman Johns Hopkins University Salisbury University University of Baltimore John Hopkins Health System Lockheed Martin T. Rowe Price Associates
28	Volunteer Management System Northrop Grumman logo
29	Online Training [visual from Will] Lockheed Martin logo
30	Magazine for Teens – Career profiles
31	Magazine for Teens – 90,000 copies
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33	Be What I Want To Be . com
34	Be What I Want To Be . com
35	Achievement Counts Funders
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38	Teen Influencers
39	What superintendents want Guaranteed admission for Scholars with 3.5 GPA Scholarships for Scholars More rigorous teacher training and professional development to increase teacher content knowledge
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43	Call to Action Contribute Volunteer Speak Out Join MBRT
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