By Adam Pagnucco. In Part Four, we looked at growth in county appropriations to schools. Today we will look at county appropriations per pupil. Let’s start with county appropriations per…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Last time, we looked at total operating budget per pupil. Today we will look at spending measures based on county appropriations. School districts have many sources of…
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By Adam Pagnucco. In Part Two, we looked at changes in total operating budgets and enrollments for Maryland’s top eight school districts: Baltimore City and Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Frederick, Harford,…
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Is WAMU Really Focusing on Audio?
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By Adam Pagnucco. WAMU management may have tried to put a positive spin on its layoffs and closure of DCist last week, but the truth is ugly. Using Twitter and…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Part One described our methodology and provided basic statistics on total operating budget and enrollment. Let’s look at recent increases in school budgets. Regular readers will recall…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Public school funding is a hot topic and we have certainly written a lot about it. Last spring, the county council voted to raise property taxes by…
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When is a Tweet a Crime?
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By Adam Pagnucco. Eric Saul, the founder of the satirical website Takoma Torch, has been charged with one count of criminal harassment by the State of Maryland. According to Saul,…
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WAMU Lays Off Staff and Shuts Down DCist
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By Adam Pagnucco. Axios, the Washington Post, Washingtonian and Radio Insight are reporting that WAMU is laying off staff and shutting down DCist, which it bought in 2018. The news…
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Is WAMU in Trouble?
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By Adam Pagnucco. The local media world is buzzing tonight that WAMU 88.5, the NPR station based at American University, could be in big trouble. An email allegedly written by…
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By Adam Pagnucco. After two county audits found problems in a federally funded grant to immigrant rights group CASA, the Prince William Board of County Supervisors has voted to strip…