By Adam Pagnucco. On Friday, the Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA) blasted the county council’s decision to fund 70% of the school board’s requested increase for MCPS. The union said…
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By Adam Pagnucco. The Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA), which represents teachers and other educators in MCPS, has issued a press release blasting the county council for its tax and…
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Tax Hike Number Three
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By Adam Pagnucco. Minutes ago, the Montgomery County Council voted 7-4 to increase property taxes by 4.7 percent. The increase is much less than the 10 percent proposed by County…
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What Will Happen on the Budget?
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By Adam Pagnucco. Tomorrow, this year’s county operating budget spectacle will come to its dramatic conclusion. This is arguably the most significant budget since the Great Recession. Like the budgets…
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Fani-González Demands Answers From MCPS
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By Adam Pagnucco. Recently, I wrote a two-part series on a literacy pilot at East Silver Spring Elementary School. The pilot showed strong results in improving reading by second, third…
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By Adam Pagnucco. With MCPS unions pressing for full funding of the school system’s requested budget and the county council resisting the full ten percent property tax increase recommended by…
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By Adam Pagnucco. In an amazing response to Council President Evan Glass’s op-ed calling for more transparency and accountability in MCPS’s budget, the school board has cited its own demographics…
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By Adam Pagnucco. As first reported by Fox 5, MCPS and its employee unions have sent a letter to the county council warning them that reducing the executive’s recommended budget…
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Can MCPS Fix the Achievement Gap? Part Two
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By Adam Pagnucco. Part One related the story of how MCPS started a pilot program in East Silver Spring Elementary School, a school with a large Black and brown student…
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Can MCPS Fix the Achievement Gap? Part One
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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…