By Adam Pagnucco. As word began to spread about a screening at Montgomery College of The Occupation of the American Mind, a movie alleging an Israeli “public relations war” to…
Education
By Adam Pagnucco. Tomorrow, a Montgomery College club and two college faculty members are hosting a screening of The Occupation of the American Mind, a film alleging that Israel has…
By Adam Pagnucco. In this column, I am debuting what will hopefully be a popular new concept: a one sentence post. Here it is. None of the school board candidates…
By Adam Pagnucco. Yesterday afternoon, the county’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a memorandum finding that that Sargent Shriver Elementary School violated MCPS policy when it transferred grant funds…
MCPS’s Crisis Management Contractor
By Adam Pagnucco. Back in October, MCPS was in the throes of the Joel Beidleman scandal, in which allegations of sexual harassment against a principal led to the fall of…
By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS has been regarded as one of the best school systems in Maryland, and much of the nation, for a long time. But shocking stats on college…
By Adam Pagnucco. Previously, I introduced this series and asked the candidates about what they believed was MCPS’s biggest problem, their experience with budgets, their opinions on the incumbents, their…
By Adam Pagnucco. In 2019, new MCPS Interim Superintendent Monique Felder was investigated by Nashville’s local government over payments made to her by an outside group when she was a…
By Adam Pagnucco. Previously, I introduced this series and asked the candidates about what they believed was MCPS’s biggest problem, their experience with budgets, their opinions on the incumbents, their…
Teachers Get Ready to Fight
By Adam Pagnucco. On the same day that County Executive Marc Elrich released his FY25 recommended operating budget, the Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA) blasted what it called its “punishing…