By Adam Pagnucco. The achievement gap. This is absolutely one of the most challenging issues in all of public education. After decades of work, it’s doubtful that anyone has yet…
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By Adam Pagnucco. In its meeting today, the county council issued a proclamation recognizing Teacher Appreciation Day. But members of the Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA) showed up en masse…
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Unions Blast Effort to Reduce Tax Hike
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By Adam Pagnucco. The Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA) and Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 500 have issued a press release blasting measures taken by the county council’s Education…
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By Adam Pagnucco. With a $223 million property tax hike looming, the hunt is on inside the council building to save money and reduce the tax increase. And a council…
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By Adam Pagnucco. A new report by Montgomery County Inspector General Megan Davey Limarzi has found that MCPS employees “received 1,622 citations while driving MCPS vehicles” between July 1, 2015…
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Pay the Teachers, Part Five
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By Adam Pagnucco. As the public considers the county executive’s request for a ten percent property tax hike to benefit MCPS, it’s time to review the last time a tax…
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Pay the Teachers, Part Four
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By Adam Pagnucco. Part Three explained how MCPS transfers teacher salary money towards other spending almost every year. And that’s not just on MCPS – the county council has approved…
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Pay the Teachers, Part Three
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By Adam Pagnucco. In Part Two, we found out that MCPS’s actual spending on instructional salaries regularly falls short of its appropriations. What happens to this money? It turns out…
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Pay the Teachers, Part Two
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By Adam Pagnucco. In Part One, we examined the basics on MCPS’s operating budget in preparation for answering one question: what happens to teacher salary money after it is approved? …
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Pay the Teachers, Part One
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By Adam Pagnucco. County Executive Marc Elrich and the school board are marketing his 10 percent property tax increase on the notion that it is intended to finance higher teacher…