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Sun, 02/24/2013
Parent Talk Live
Parent Talk Live radio host Dr. Michael Robinson interviews MarylandCAN Executive Director as they discuss MarylandCAN's community engagement and its impact on parental engagement in education advocacy efforts.
Fri, 02/15/2013
The Launch Pad
Harry Washington, host of The Launch Pad cable television show, interviews Curtis Valentine about MarylandCAN's efforts to close the achievement gap in the state of Maryland.
Thu, 01/31/2013
WBAL 1090AM
Ten years after Maryland's charter school law was enacted, more than 200 student, parents and teachers from charter schools around the state were in Annapolis today to urge lawmakers to make changes to the charter school law.
The effort was organized by MarylandCAN, the Maryland Campaign for Achievement Now.
Sun, 01/13/2013
94.7 Fresh FM
MarylandCAN Executive Director Curtis Valentine interviewied about MarylandCAN's work, especially as it relates to our advocacy for changes in Maryland's charter school law.
Aired January 13, 2013, on "Fresh Perspectives" (94.7 Fresh FM) and streamed live at CBSDC.com.
Also aired January 15, 2013 on 1580 AM Gov.Biz Radio.
Sat, 12/22/2012
All News 99.1 WNEW
Check out these soundbites from an interview with Curtis Valentine featuring him as "Hometown Hero of the Week" and highlighting the work he does with MarylandCAN
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At MarylandCAN, all of our advocacy begins with research. What are the problems? What are the proven solutions?
Maryland Charter School Task Force
Ten years after the creation of Maryland's charter school program, this report examines the strengths and weaknesses of Maryland's charter school law--ranked second worst in the country. A bill to create a task force to study charter school reform options died in the final hours of Maryland's 2012 legislative session due to lack of time to vote on the bill. However, understanding the need for this study, MarylandCAN in partnership with the Baltimore Community Foundation (BCF) worked to create a task force with similar goals. This report states the findings of this task force.
The State of Maryland Public Education 2012
This report scrutinizes all of the available data on Maryland’s K–12 public school performance, including how our students are doing on both state and national assessments, how prepared they are for college and how they stack up against each other, the rest of the country and the world. It also discusses where we stand on implementing our winning Race to the Top applications and the needed steps to reform Maryland education policies.
Jumpstart Public Charter School Innovation: Overhaul Maryland's Charter School Law Issue Brief
This issue brief focuses on current issues with Maryland's charter school law--ranked second worst in the nation. Problems with the law include Maryland's overly restrictive authorizing environment, limited school-level autonomy and Maryland charter schools' inequitable access to resources. Prospective solutions are also presented in the report including the option of a multiple-authorizer system, increased autonomy for charter school operations and equitable access to facilities and other resources.
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