By Adam Pagnucco. Part One introduced the possibility of right-wing outside groups playing in our school board races. Part Two listed the characteristics of those races. Some characteristics create challenges…
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A War for MCPS? Part Two
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By Adam Pagnucco. Part One introduced the premise of this series: a long string of local controversies is creating an opening for national conservative groups to play in our school…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Last spring, MoCo taxpayers witnessed a spectacle they had not seen in years: an open battle over the school budget pitting the county council against the school…
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A War for MCPS? Part One
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By Adam Pagnucco. It’s early 2027 and the new five-member school board majority gets down to work. LGBTQ+ curriculum materials are withdrawn. The system’s racial equity policies are scrapped as…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Minutes ago, the Board of Education released a statement on a sexual harassment report prepared by its contracted law firm, Jackson Lewis PC. While the board has…
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Top Stories: August 2023
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By Adam Pagnucco. Below are the top ten stories on Montgomery Perspective in August 2023, ranked by page views. 1. Jawando Takes Money from Anti-Union Law Firm 2. Luedtke and…
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Are They School Systems? Or Banks?
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By Adam Pagnucco. In my five-part series on teacher salaries and my dissection of MCPS’s fund balance, I have studied the growing surpluses available to MCPS management. But it turns…
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Teachers Survey: MoCo Results
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By Adam Pagnucco. Maryland Matters recently published an article on a survey conducted by the Maryland State Education Association (MSEA) of its members, most of whom are teachers. The results…
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By Adam Pagnucco. In a letter dated today, Board of Education President Karla Silvestre updated the county council’s Education and Culture Committee (Will Jawando, Gabe Albornoz and Kristin Mink) on…
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Accountability Now
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By Adam Pagnucco. I hear this word over and over again. I hear it from education advocates. I hear it from labor. From elected officials. From progressives. From conservatives. And…