Maryland Business Roundtable for Education
Mid-Year Report 2011
Moving Maryland from national leader to world class
in education, innovation, and workforce quality
As MBRT prepares to begin a new decade and launch a new three-year strategic plan, a stronger focus on STEM
education and careers will be a key element.
While our mission remains the same, our focus and impact are taking new shape. High credibility/visibility, strong
partnerships and corporate support, new technologies, strategic solutions, impressive results, and broader
funding have propelled our efforts to a higher level.
Strengthening Science, Technology,
Engineering and Math (STEM) Education
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Through Race to the Top funding, and in partnership with the Governor and Maryland State Department of
Education, MBRT is developing the State’s STEM Innovation Network -- STEMnet.
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A Teacher Hub and a Student Hub are being created, with the first components – STEM Specialists in the
Classroom and STEM Career Exploration – being launched this fall, with initial focus on the biosciences.
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With significant support from Northrop Grumman, IBM, AT&T, and MSDE, we have built the online platform
on which STEMnet will run, conducted focus groups and surveys to assess needs of teachers and students,
recruited and trained science specialists to support instruction and motivate students to pursue STEM careers,
and designed systems that will coordinate the connections between teachers and scientists.
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Helping Middle and High School Students
Become College/Career Ready
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During the 2010-11 school year, hundreds of MBRT volunteer
speakers reached 35,000 middle and high school students across
Maryland with in-classroom messages about planning their futures
and the importance of hard work and rigorous coursework in
preserving their options for college and careers.
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Through a federal grant partnership with the Maryland Higher
Education Commission, MBRT is expanding its program to provide
services to 10,000 middle school students – and their parents – in 52 high poverty schools in 6 school districts.
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Fifty percent of 2010 high school grads qualified as Maryland Scholars (up from 35% in 2007) – a college/
career course of study that includes rigorous math and science requirements. 2011 data is being collected.
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BeWhatIWantToBe.com (with 200,000+ student users) and the Be What I Want To Be magazine (90,000
copies distributed annually) give students realistic, pertinent information about college and careers.
Maryland Business Roundtable for Education – 5520 Research Park Drive, Suite 150 – Baltimore, MD 21228
410-788-0333 – www.mbrt.org
MBRT is working to ensure that:
 Forward progress on education reform, achieved during Dr.
Grasmick’s illustrious tenure, continues under Maryland’s next State
Superintendent of Schools.
 Course curriculum is rigorous, consistent across the state and that
graduation requirements are aligned with college/workplace
entrance requirements.
 Robust, accessible data systems are in place to measure progress,
inform instructional decisions, and guide teacher and student action.
Raising standards
and aligning expectations
MBRT is geared up to create the innovations, build the partnerships, and deliver the services that will boost
student achievement and workforce preparedness. We are confident – with your commitment, investment and
involvement – that Maryland students will exceed our expectations.
MBRT 2011 Leadership
Board of Directors
James F. Pitts, Chair
Alan Wilson
Northrop Grumman
McCormick & Company
Karen I Campbell
David M. Velazquez
Verizon
Pepco Holdings
James Connaughton
Constellation Energy Group
Members
Randall Griffin
Corporate Office Properties Trust
Kevin Hall
KPMG
Stephanie Hill
Lockheed Martin
Freeman A. Hrabowski, III
UMBC
John C. “Chris” Inglis
National Security Agency
William E. “Brit” Kirwan
University System of Maryland
Sandra Kurtinitis
Community College
of Baltimore County
Ellen Lord
AAI Textron Defense Systems
Kevin J. Manning
Stevenson University
Robert Marshall
Earth Networks, Inc.
Ronald R. Peterson
Johns Hopkins Health System
Walter D. Pinkard, Jr.
Cassidy Turley
Henry A. Rosenberg, Jr.
Rosemore Inc.
AAI Corporation
Adventist HealthCare
American Trading & Production Corp.
Anne Arundel Economic Dev. Comm.
Apple
Bank of America
Cassidy Turley
Chevy Chase Bank
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Citi
The Clark Construction Group
College of Notre Dame
College Summit
Community College of Baltimore Co.
Constellation Energy Group
Corporate Office Properties Trust
Data Networks
Deloitte Touche
DLA Piper Rudnick
Earth Networks, Inc.
Franklin Square Hospital
Frostburg State University
Gov. Workforce Investment Board
Greater Baltimore Committee
Hewlett Packard
IBM Corporation
Johns Hopkins Health System
Johns Hopkins University
KPMG
Laureate Education, Inc.
Legg Mason
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Lord Baltimore Capital Corporation
Loyola University MD
M&T Bank Martin’s Inc.
Maryland Chamber of Commerce
MD Higher Education Commission
MD Independent College & Univ. Assn.
Maryland Public Television
McCormick & Co., Inc.
McDaniel College
Middle River Aircraft
National Security Agency
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Pepco Holdings, Inc.
PNC Bank
PriceWaterhouseCoopers
Regional Management
Rosemore, Inc.
Salisbury University
Science Applications International
Corporation (SAIC)
Smiths Detection
Space Telescope Science Institute
Stevenson University
SunTrust Bank
T. Rowe Price Associates
Towson University
University of Baltimore
University of MD, Baltimore
University of MD, Baltimore County
University of MD, College Park
University of MD Medical Systems
University System of Maryland
Verizon
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston
Whiting-Turner Contracting Company
Staff
June Streckfus
Executive Director
Kathleen Seay
Deputy Director and
Director, Maryland Scholars
Will Anderson
Chief Technology Officer
LaTara Harris
Director, Outreach & Partnerships
Nona Carroll
Speakers Bureau Coordinator
Walt Jones
Project Manager
Karl Foertschbeck
Technology Coordinator
Julie Saffran
Executive Assistant, Administration
Joyce Smith
Executive Assistant, Programs
Program Funders
AAI Corporation
AT&T
Citi
Constellation Energy Group
Gov. Workforce Investment Board
IBM Corporation
Legg Mason
Lockheed Martin
M&T Bank
MD Higher Education Commission
MD State Department of Education
McCormick & Company
NASA
Northrop Grumman
Pepco Holdings
Space Telescope Science Institute
Stevenson University
T. Rowe Price Associates
TIME Center
Verizon
Maryland Business Roundtable
for Education
5520 Research Park Drive, Suite 150
Baltimore, MD 21228
410-788-0333 voice
410-788-0233 fax
www.mbrt.org
(MBRT is a 501c3 tax-exempt nonprofit
organization. Contributions are tax
deductible.)
James B. Sellinger
IBM Corporation
Janet Smith
CitiFinancial
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