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.
The University of Maryland College of Education has 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.”
The Office of Governor Wes Moore issued the following news release on Monday, July 8: (more…)
The Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA) has welcomed new officers for the upcoming school year. The teacher’s union has shared the news of Kember Kane as treasurer, Dustin Jeter as secretary, Danillya Wilson as Vice President, and David Stein as President. More about each below, per MCEA:
Rising seniors Abby Sorkin and Emily Sefcik from Sherwood High School started the “Sports for All Club” during their junior year. They collected donations of new or gently used sports equipment at their school and donated it to kids from under-resourced communities.
In this edition of the MoCo Time Capsule, we take a look at a team of students from Rockville High School that led their school to victory in the “It’s Academic” Superbowl, beating the champions of the Baltimore and Central Virginia regions back in 1999.
New MCPS superintendent Dr. Thomas Taylor has sent a letter to the community regarding his first week on the job. It can be seen below:
A permit has been issued to Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) for construction of a $9.4 million addition at Greencastle Elementary School in Silver Spring (Fairland).
The Montgomery County Board of Education formally installed its 47th Student Member of the Board (SMOB), Praneel Survarna, on July 1.