With public education spending in the U.S. reaching over $16,000 per pupil each year, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on the States with the Best & Worst School Systems in 2024, and Maryland came in ranked 3rd.
Students at MCPS’ Rolling Terrace Elementary School in Takoma Park got the chance to spend a summer afternoon with professional soccer star Luis Palma.
Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) sent out the following community message on Thursday, July 11: (more…)
Updated with additional appointments
The Montgomery County Board of Education approved the following administrative appointments on Thursday, July 18th.
An additional thirteen Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) students have earned college- and university-sponsored National Merit Scholarships in the final round of awards from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC).
The Montgomery County Board of Education invites applications for a vacant position on its five-member Ethics Panel (Panel). The vacancy is for a term running through June 30, 2027. Members serve without compensation.
The Montgomery County Board of Education will hold a business meeting Thursday, July 18 at 15 W Gude Drive, Rockville. The meeting will be cablecast live on Comcast Channel 34 (HD 1071), Verizon Channel 36, RCN Channel 89 and the MCPS website. The agenda can be seen below:
Last week, we reported that The University of Maryland College of Education had named former MCPS superintendent Dr. Monifa McKnight as its inaugural Dean’s Fellow and Superintendent in Residence, effective August 23. According to the University of Maryland, the new position has been created “to help strengthen partnerships between the college and PK-12 schools across the state.” (more…)
Last week, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin issued an executive order to establish cell phone-free schools in Virginia’s K-12 public schools. The order aims to ban or severely restrict the use of cell phones during the school day citing “increasing evidence of the impact cell phone and social media usage has on education and youth mental health.” Since then, we’ve spoken with various MCPS teachers and parents who have chimed in to provide different perspectives on the topic.
New Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) superintendent Dr. Thomas Taylor started with the school district on July 1st. MCPS has since released the terms of his contract, and it comes […]
The Montgomery College and Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) partnership is offering the Middle College Program to qualified MCPS students from three different high schools.