MCPS
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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…
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Press Release: Bethany Mandel for BOE
Read more: Press Release: Bethany Mandel for BOEBethany Mandel’s campaign for Board of Education has filed a new press release. Attached below.
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Laura Stewart’s and Lynne Harris’ PTA
Read more: Laura Stewart’s and Lynne Harris’ PTAIt is time to dismantle the MCCPTA to school board pipeline! Corruption Stolen money and jail time. $30,000 in the treasurer’s pocket. https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/30k-has-disappeared-from-montgomery-county-pta-council-fund/12589/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/police-investigate-possible-fraud-in-maryland-pta-organization/2017/04/26/67dc9cb6-29fb-11e7-b605-33413c691853_story.html https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/woman-sentenced-embezzlement-pta-funds/ More corruption More misuse of funds. Inspector general investigating. Laura’s Free State PTA withholding $5,000 from Shriver elementary. https://moco360.media/2024/04/04/sargent-shriver-elementary-pta-violated-mcps-policy-with-grant-funds-county-inspector-general-says/ DEI committee that got rid of SROs School closures MCCPTA leadership…
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How the Teacher Union FAILED Its Members
Read more: How the Teacher Union FAILED Its MembersIt starts at the top. The national NEA union lost sight of its job to protect its workers, ie, dues paying members. Its interest is world politics and promoting socialist/communist ideology disguised in cutesy terms like equity, reimagining, dismantling, decolonizing, and social justice. The ideology cascaded down to the state MSEA and local MCEA. Then…
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To avoid ostracism, opt-in may be a better policy
Read more: To avoid ostracism, opt-in may be a better policyWe’ve run several stories on the opt-out movement (example), and to be honest I’m not entirely supportive of the opt-out objective. Standing up to the county’s progressives, whose sense of tolerance and respect declines with every passing day, is admirable where appropriate. Nevertheless, for the students’ welfare, I wonder if pursuing opt-in would be better…
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The 1% School Voucher Challenge
Read more: The 1% School Voucher ChallengeSeveral months ago I was at a parents’ meeting at an MCPS school. As so often happens at these meetings, nobody was happy. I mentioned to the group that instead of introducing one change or another to the curriculum or staff, we should ask for school vouchers. “What are school vouchers?” asked a young African-American…
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Christy Handy and Jennifer Martin’s opinion piece suffers from ethical bias and reversible short-term dementia
Read more: Christy Handy and Jennifer Martin’s opinion piece suffers from ethical bias and reversible short-term dementiaIn a MoCo360 piece Opinion: Full funding for MCPS is key to county’s future prosperity, Christine Handy (president of both Montgomery County Association of Administrators and Principals and Montgomery County Business Operations Administrators) and Jennifer Martin (president of the teachers’ union) make a claim that “fully funding” the school district results in prosperity. Regarding ethical…
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Before Electing an Abolitionist….What Does it Mean?
Read more: Before Electing an Abolitionist….What Does it Mean?In securing the coveted Apple Ballot endorsement, Natalie Zimmerman who is running for BOE District 2, completed a questionnaire where she professed to be an abolitionist educator. While parts of MoCo are probably highly aware of what this language means, we are guessing that the Leisure World mee-maw and the 60 hour a week plumber…