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Daniel de Vise, “Math Error To Cost Maryland $31 Million: Mistake Overpaid 17 School Systems,” Washington Post, January 12, 2009
As fiscal flubs go, this was a doozy. An error of simple addition in late 2007 threw off a government estimate of Montgomery County property wealth by $16 billion — an amount equivalent to the gross domestic product of Jordan — and spread, viruslike, through the budgets of at least 18 counties before it was [...]
Continue reading...Daniel de Vise and Michael Birnbaum, “Schools’ Reaction To Tight Times Seen in Fee Rules: Montgomery Eyes Cuts; Loudoun, Hikes,” Washington Post, January 8, 2009
8. January 2009
Course fees charged for workbooks, art supplies and other items would be cut by more than half in Montgomery County schools under a proposal Superintendent Jerry D. Weast announced yesterday to ease the burden on parents. Across the Potomac River in Loudoun County, Superintendent Edgar B. Hatrick III proposes to raise fees for students to [...]
Continue reading...Daniel de Vise, “The High Bar: Educators Talk About ‘Raising the Bar,’ We Call This the High Bar,” Washington Post, December 8, 2008
8. December 2008
School rankings are addictive. The latest tallies of premier colleges or high schools are familiar to almost everyone with a child, or a job, at a nationally ranked school. On Thanksgiving, The Washington Post tried a new analysis with state test data…. [Link to Article]
Continue reading...Daniel de Vise and Ann E. Marimow, “Montgomery Teachers Agree to Forgo 5% Pay Raise,” Washington Post, December 4, 2008
4. December 2008
Montgomery County teachers and other school employees have agreed to give up a 5 percent pay raise next year, a concession that saves the school system $89 million and allows Superintendent Jerry D. Weast to balance the budget. The Montgomery County Board of Education, meeting in closed session last night, tentatively accepted the renegotiated labor [...]
Continue reading...Michael Alison Chandler and Daniel de Vise, “Money Fears Become Real For Md., Va. Public Schools,” Washington Post, November 11, 2008
11. November 2008
Leaders of the region’s two largest school systems outlined yesterday their grimmest scenarios to date for how looming budget shortfalls could play out in classrooms, with Fairfax County facing an average increase of 2 1/2 students per class and Montgomery County forced to renegotiate teacher pay increases or cut positions. Fairfax Superintendent Jack D. Dale [...]
Continue reading...Daniel de Vise, “Blue Ribbon Awarded to 10 Schools In D.C. Area,” Washington Post, September 10, 2008
10. September 2008
Ten public and parochial schools in the Washington region yesterday received the Blue Ribbon, the highest academic honor bestowed upon a school by the U.S. Department of Education…. [Link to Article]
Continue reading...Daniel de Vise, “‘Proficient’ Just Doesn’t Cut It in Maryland,” Washington Post, August 21, 2008
21. August 2008
For a school with one of the most economically disadvantaged populations in Montgomery County, Highland Elementary in Silver Spring is remarkably competitive on standardized tests…. [Link to Article]
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