Creative leadership.

Creative leadership. Lamar Alexander Andrew Lamar Alexander (born July 3, 1940) is the senior United States Senator from Tennessee and a member of the Republican Party. He was previously the 45th Governor of Tennessee from 1979 to 1987, U.S. Secretary of Education from 1991 to 1993 under President George H.W. , Thurgood Marshall For people and institutions etc. named after Thurgood Marshall, see .Thurgood Marshall (July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) was an American jurist and the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. , Fred Rogers--and NancyGrasmick Dr. Nancy S. Grasmick is the Maryland State Superintendent of schools. EducationShe received her doctorate from the Johns Hopkins University, her master's degree from Gallaudet University, and her bachelor's degree from Towson University. . If ever there was an award to be won, most of us would behonored to join the first three mentioned. But Nancy A. Grasmick bringsher own set of accolades to the winners' circle of the 2006 JamesBryant Conant James Bryant Conant (March 26, 1893 - February 11, 1978) was a chemist, educational administrator, and government official. He was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts in 1893 and graduated from the Roxbury Latin School in Roxbury in 1910. He went on to study chemistry at Harvard (B.A. Award, one of the most prestigious given for excellence inthe American education community. As Maryland's first female statesuperintendent, she has successfully served under three governors andboth parties. Her well-known "creative leadership" has setcontent standards for culture and arts education in Maryland'sschools as they're set for math and science, and her commitment toyoung children prompted the state to transition all child care fromSpecial Services to the state's Department of Education (some370,000 diagnostic profiles now help teachers teach these young oneseven better). And she still finds time to go back to her teaching daysby giving teachers a shot at a professional development day by subbingfor them. On being Maryland's first female state superintendent:"People in today's world are more surprised that therewasn't one [before me]. I don't feel special. [But] I think Iprovide a role model to other women who still believe doors are closedto them." Size doesn't matter: Maryland's SAT scores are thehighest in an eight-state region, and for six straight years Marylandhas received an "A" grade from Education Week for its systemwide assessments for accountability and achievement--all against abackdrop of 24 different superintendents, a broad spectrum ofsocioeconomic differences, and an educational population of nearly 1million people. Road trips: Grasmick enjoys working with students and wants to seethem as much as she can a difficult task when you've got 900,000 ofthem. So she sets a yearly school visitation VISITATION. The act of examining into the affairs of a corporation. 2. The power of visitation is applicable only to ecclesiastical and eleemosynary corporations. 1 Bl. Com. 480; 2 Kid on Corp. 174. goal of 100-110. "Idrive about 700 miles a week," she says. Fame of the unnamed student: Grasmick has based her major, dailydecisions on one thing: the photo of the nameless student,representative of the children in Maryland's system and beyond,that's graced her desk for 30 years. "I look at that pictureevery day, and when I have to make tough calls I ask, 'Is this adecision that would be right for this child?'" Free-time folly: After hours Adv. 1. after hours - not during regular hours; "he often worked after hours" , Grasmick is either making music orskating to it. A harpist of 10 years and ice skater ice skaten.A shoe or light boot with a metal runner or blade fitted to the sole, used for skating on ice.ice of 40, she lovesboth for their tranquility--a necessity in Grasmick's life."As you can imagine, this job ..." she says, voice trailing.If you're a superintendent, you know exactly what she means. NANCY A. GRASMICK State Superintendent of Maryland Public Schools Age: 66 Salary: $140,000 Tenure: 15 years Students: 900,000 Staff and faculty: 100,000 Schools: 1,500 What Grasmick's staff is least likely to know of her: "Ilove to climb ladders" she says. From cleaning her gutters on theroof of her four-storey home to climbing ladders to reach books,she's always on the up-and-up. Jennifer Chase In 1993 Jennifer Chase hit Jacksonville's music scene with her band The Blue Plate Special and their unorthodox approach to old blues and jazz standards. In the spring 1996 she received critical acclaim in Europe and the U.S. Esposito is a contributing editor A contributing editor is a magazine job title that varies in responsibilities. Most often, a contributing editor is a freelancer who has proven ability and readership draw. .