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MCPS’s Troubling Literacy and Math Scores

December 11, 2024 4 Min Read By Adam Pagnucco. Last fall, MCPS released its spring 2024 Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program (MCAP) results by school.  For the first time my sources can remember, MCPS released them in spreadsheet format rather than pdf, a positive step for transparency. …..

I Tried to Teach My Son Soccer. Here’s What He Taught Me.

By Rory Smith Rory Smith has been watching soccer for 40 years and reporting on it for 20, eight of them at The New York Times. A few weeks ago, the soccer team that occupies rather more of my thoughts than…..

Some Montgomery County high schools will offer a Holocaust studies course

Some Montgomery high schools will offer Holocaust studies as a semester-long elective course, following a school board vote earlier this month. By Nicole AsburyNovember 18, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. EST Washington Post Amid calls for Montgomery County Public Schools to educate…..

Feeling dejected? My mother helped give me a second wind.

By Brian Broome November 11, 2024 at 1:09 p.m. EST Washington Post Every Sunday, like many Black boys way back when, I was stuffed into a suit, a comb was run through my hair, and I was dragged off to church very…..

Taking the Pulse of Our Nation’s Civic Health

Every two years, AmeriCorps partners with the U.S. Census Bureau to conduct the Current Population Survey Civic Engagement and Volunteering Supplement, the most robust survey about civic engagement across the country and over time. The most recent survey shows the…..

If You’re Sure How the Next Four Years Will Play Out, I Promise: You’re Wrong

By Adam Grant  New York Times November 12th 2024 Dr. Grant, a contributing Opinion writer, is an organizational psychologist at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Humans may be the only species that can imagine an unknown future. But that doesn’t mean we’re any good at it……

Montgomery parents of color call for more info on students’ reading skills

By Nicole Asbury  November 8, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. EST Washington Post Montgomery County advocacy groups and afterschool service providers say they have noticed a troubling trend: Students of color were not reading on grade level, but their parents had no idea…..

Gen Z Has Regrets

By Jonathan Haidt and Will Johnson  New York Times September 17th 2024 Dr. Haidt is a social psychologist at New York University’s Stern School of Business; Mr. Johnson is the chief executive of the Harris Poll. This article has been updated to reflect news developments. Was social media a…..

How do I educate my 6-year-old about politics and the election?

Column- Meghan Leahy October 9, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. EDT Washington Post A parent wants to educate their 6-year-old daughter this election year but isn’t sure where to start. Hi Meghan: I am wondering about your recommendations for age-appropriate news for…..

The Education Crisis Neither Candidate Will Address

By Jessica Grose  NYT Oct. 9, 2024 It has been four and a half years since public schools across the country closed their doors to in-person learning. There is evidence that this generation of K-12 students has not fully recovered academically —…..