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
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? …
Pay the Teachers, Part One
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…
Guest column by Steven Sellers Lapham. In his guest column, “MCPS is Failing to Protect Jewish Children,” Joel Rubin decries acts of antisemitism by young people. Our schools must be…
MCPS is Failing to Protect Jewish Children
Guest column by Joel Rubin, Vice Mayor, Town of Chevy Chase. As the father of two multiracial Jewish daughters in the Montgomery County Public School (MCPS) system, I am deeply…
MCEA Wants a Ten Percent Raise
By Adam Pagnucco. The Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA) is holding a rally today with one specific purpose: to persuade MCPS to ask for enough funding to finance a ten…
By Adam Pagnucco. The Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA), which represents MCPS teachers, has announced its launch of a multimedia public awareness campaign to supplement its negotiations with the school…
MCEA Speaks Out on MCPS Budget
By Adam Pagnucco. The Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA), which represents teachers, guidance counselors, speech pathologists, media specialists and other educators in MCPS, has issued the statement below on MCPS…
Jack Smith Reflects on MCPS COVID Policies
By Adam Pagnucco. In an article in Harvard University’s Education Next publication, former MCPS Superintendent Jack Smith reflects on his COVID policies during the pandemic. While the article is about…
MCEA and MCPS Agree on Rules for Bargaining
By Adam Pagnucco. The Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA) and MCPS have agreed on rules for their upcoming bargaining sessions. MCEA had wanted to open up those sessions to its…