Dr. Nancy S. Grasmick
Presidential Scholar for Innovation in Teacher & Leader Preparation at Towson University
Former State Superintendent of Maryland Public Schools
Dr. Grasmick believes that every child deserves an exceptional education. She has fought to establish high expectations for the teaching and learning in every Maryland classroom, pioneering bold policy reforms to ensure it, and implementing strong accountability structures to measure it.
Kennedy Krieger Institute Faculty Member and Board Vice-President
Presidential Scholar for Innovation in Teacher & Leader Preparation at Towson University
Former State Superintendent of Maryland Public Schools. Dr. Grasmick was both the first female superintendent in Maryland history and the longest-serving appointed superintendent in U.S. history.
Awards:
- 2015 Woman of the Year from the Baltimore County Commission for Women
- 2015 Jay Tucker Award for Outstanding Leadership in Arts Education, Arts Education for Maryland (AEMS) Alliance
- National Association for Gifted Children 2014 President’s Award
- The Daily Record’s 2014 Innovator of the Year for her “All SySTEMs Go” initiative
- She was both the first female superintendent in Maryland history and the longest-serving appointed superintendent in U.S. history.
Dr. Grasmick received her Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education from Towson University; her Master’s Degree in Deaf Education from Gallaudet University; and her Doctorate in Communicative Science from Johns Hopkins University