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Blueprint for Maryland’s Future: 2024-2025

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September 2024

Introduction

The Blueprint for Maryland’s Future is groundbreaking legislation, passed in 2021, that promises a world class education for all students in the state of Maryland. Each school system is charged with developing a plan to implement the requirements of the Blueprint. This 10-year initiative is comprehensive and transformational; thus, it requires a phased approach.

In March and May of 2024, PGCPS submitted its updated draft plan to the Accountability and Implementation Board (AIB) and the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE). On September 4, 2024, the AIB and MSDE fully approved the Prince George’s County Public Schools 2024 Blueprint Plan. The next iteration of the plan is due to the AIB in spring of 2027.

Prince George's County Public Schools (PGCPS), along with the other 23 local education agencies (LEAs), was asked to create a plan that ensures the Blueprint for Maryland's Future is implemented based on the requirements of the law.

Thus, part of the process requires monitoring, reviewing, and evaluating each LEA’s implementation of their plan. More specifically, the Blueprint legislation requires MSDE to establish, administer, and supervise an Expert Review Team to observe classes, conduct interviews and focus groups, and use other data to analyze the implementation of the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future in schools. Additionally, the Expert Review Team will determine the underlying causes for student performance problems, evaluate behavioral health services provided in schools, and develop recommendations to address identified issues. There were 35 elementary schools selected for the review process in PGCPS this 2024-2025 school year with the focus areas being mathematics and literacy.

More information about the Expert Review Team can be found on the Expert Review Team webpage.

Annual Updates

To keep all stakeholders informed of the Blueprint Implementation Plan, this section will be updated yearly. Blueprint for Maryland’s Future includes five distinct pillars of a world-class education system that support the creation of high-performing schools that serve all of Maryland’s learners.

5 Pillars

Pillar 1- Early Childhood Education

Pillar 2- High-Quality & Diverse Teachers & Leaders

Pillar 3- College & Career Readiness (CCR)

Pillar 4- More Resources for Student Success

Pillar 5- Governance & Accountability

State Blueprint Websites

Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) Blueprint webpage

marylandpublicschools.org/Blueprint/Pages/Overview.aspx

AIB’s Blueprint webpage

https://aib.maryland.gov/Pages/default.aspx

Blueprint Pillars, Programs, and Updates

If you click on Watch this Video: Blueprint in PGCPS, you will find a video showing Blueprint implementation in Prince George's County Public Schools.
If you click on one of the next 5 cards, you will discover an overview of the 5 pillars as listed above.
If you click on Summer School, you will be able to read about the programs from summers 2021 and 2022.
If you click on Resources to Keep Families and the Community Informed you will find the Blueprint Implementation Plan.

Watch this Video: Blueprint in PGCPS

Early Childhood Education

High-Quality & Diverse Teachers & Leaders

College & Career Readiness (CCR)

More Resources for Student Success

Governance & Accountability

Summer School

Resources to Keep Families and the Community Informed

Archived Documents

Below, you will find quarterly updates for the 2022-2023 school year, for the following categories: Community Schools, Prekindergarten Expansion, Mental Health Services, Support for Students Struggling with Reading and Math K-3, Tutoring and Supplemental Instruction Grades 4-12, and 9th grade Tracker System.

Additionally, Blueprint for Maryland's Future updates were posted for the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 school years.

To view the comprehensive updates, you may click the English, French, or Spanish links below. To view a specific category, select it in the Blueprint Pillars, Programs and Updates section above.