MCPS
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How optimistic can we be for school reform with “Term Limits” Boss Stein?
Read more: How optimistic can we be for school reform with “Term Limits” Boss Stein?In a video clip appearing on Montgomery County Media, incoming president of the Montgomery County Education Association (teachers’ union) David Stein delineated his responsibilities. I need to be the public face of the union…I need to be the person who is talking to MCPS, overseeing our bargaining processes, talking to our members, supervising the staff…
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School Vouchers Are Already Here!
Read more: School Vouchers Are Already Here!I’ve written at least nine posts about the need for school vouchers, and I’m convinced that at some point they will become a reality—even in progressive Montgomery County where Superintendent Monifa McKnight and teachers’ union president Judith Martin very likely turned MCPS into a safe space for sexual predators. For our newer readers, here’s a…
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Parents, it’s time to declare our independence from union control of schools
Read more: Parents, it’s time to declare our independence from union control of schoolsIndependence requires courage, conviction, and a clear vision. In a letter to his wife on July 3, 1776, John Adams wrote: “Through all the gloom, I can see the rays of light and glory; I can see that the end is more than worth all the means, and that posterity will triumph.” Just as our…
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GWCF’s Reparations: Too Little and Too Late
Read more: GWCF’s Reparations: Too Little and Too LateRarely do I get cranky when writing a post for Clean Slate MoCo. Folks, there is a limit to how emotionally invested you can get about zoning and the liquor monopoly. Reading White Oak School First to Pilot Brilliant Futures Savings Program for Kindergartners, though, made me extremely upset. The article describes the inauguration of…
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Are Our Teachers as Emotionally Stunted as Their Union Reps?
Read more: Are Our Teachers as Emotionally Stunted as Their Union Reps?My wife recently overheard another woman talking into a cell phone in a restroom. “If your mother gives us $50, and if we don’t put our little Cyrus in day care this week, then we’ll be able to pay the phone and electric bills.” This is heartbreaking. While some DC power couples grossing $500,000/year also…
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Reason #9 for School Vouchers: Empathy
Read more: Reason #9 for School Vouchers: EmpathyI had a co-worker who over time became a good friend. During our many lunches together, he often expressed a strong pro-life stance: abortion is wrong, he could never do such a thing. At one point this great-looking, successful guy met an equally great-looking, successful girl. They got married, got pregnant, found their first starter…
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Montoya tries to thread the budget needle
Read more: Montoya tries to thread the budget needleSquarely in the pocket of MCEA, Rita Montoya took to X today to showcase her support for MCEA protests and educate the general public on budget cuts. In a somewhat snarky, and very self-assured manner, she provided a citizen the dictionary definition of a budget cut. When MCPS & BOE decide to allocate less funding…
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Alternatives to the MCPS Model of Educational Resource Allocation
Read more: Alternatives to the MCPS Model of Educational Resource AllocationGiven the results of last month’s Board of Education primaries, in which incumbents or union endorsees (and also Brenda Diaz!) won the top spots, some in the opposition have come to the conclusion that getting the best education for our students is no longer possible through MCPS. People are already talking about “school choice” or…
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MCEA and Laura Stewart Reveal Ideaology
Read more: MCEA and Laura Stewart Reveal IdeaologyAs early voting continues in MoCo the MCEA union representatives and their endorsed candidates are camping out at popular polling locations handing out the Apple Ballot, strong arming voters to pull the lever for them, and generally creating the perception that they are a consensus choice. At least one candidate has reported that he has…
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Montoya tries to play the anti-Semitism card—and fails
Read more: Montoya tries to play the anti-Semitism card—and failsMany of us received a mailer from the Rita Montoya campaign that conveys her concern about the anti-Semitism plaguing the county’s Jewish students and how she will address it. History is a powerful teacher. That’s why Rita Montoya will fight to implement mandatory Holocaust education in our schools, and use the power of knowledge to…