school closings, budget cuts and student protest. we're digging deeper in these stories in the cnn "newsroom" for you. we've invited superintendent of schools, nancy grasmick. schools there are doing well because they've made educational funding a priority. good to have you on the program. i wasn't aware of this until someone from the team made me aware of it that just last year education week ranked your state's education system as number one based on -- we're talking about test score, graduation rates. what do you think you're doing right in the state -- in my home state of mareland right now? >> well, tony it's wonderful to be with you today. >> good to see you. >> and to talk about maryland's successes. this is the second year in a row we've been ranked number one and we're very pleased by that, but we have a long history of accountability for our schools that goes all of the way back to