By Adam Pagnucco. Back in 2018, I wrote a post titled The Worst Part of Campaigning. It was about questionnaires. If you’re a candidate for pretty much anything, expect to…
Education
Is this Academic Freedom? Or Hate Speech?
By Adam Pagnucco. On March 7, Montgomery College President Jermaine Williams issued a statement of condemnation against a virtual Zoom panel held by a faculty member using college resources earlier…
Revealed: McKnight’s Separation Agreement
By Adam Pagnucco. On the night that former Superintendent Monifa McKnight left MCPS, I filed a Maryland Public Information Act request seeking details of her post-employment compensation. Minutes ago, MCPS…
By Adam Pagnucco. Here is an interesting wrinkle that showed up in the data. Is a positive employee climate associated with student achievement? There might be reason to believe so….
By Adam Pagnucco. The Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA), which represents teachers and other employees in MCPS, is blasting County Executive Marc Elrich’s FY25 recommended operating budget for not fully…
By Adam Pagnucco. A group of former members of the county council and school board have written to County Executive Marc Elrich asking him to attach some strings to MCPS’s…
By Adam Pagnucco. Part One explained the methodology of MCPS’s staff climate survey. Part Two summarized some stats from FY23. Part Three looked at five survey questions on which MCPS…
By Adam Pagnucco. Montgomery College President Jermaine Williams has issued a statement of condemnation against a virtual panel discussion held last week by one of the college’s faculty members. In…
By Adam Pagnucco. Part One explained the methodology of MCPS’s staff climate survey. Part Two summarized some stats from FY23. Part Three looked at five survey questions on which MCPS…
By Adam Pagnucco. Last night’s meeting of the Montgomery County Education Association’s (MCEA) representative assembly produced its endorsements in the school board primaries. It also addressed a resolution calling for…