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The Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland seeks to achieve the goals of coherent, content-rich curriculum standards; high expectations combined with timely remediation and acceleration; a wider range of educational options for parents and children; greater transparency and accountability; and meaningful community input.

Contact us at: contact@parentscoalitionmc.com



Former Inspector General Thomas Dagley

"Montgomery County would benefit from a cultural change that encourages residents and employees to ask tough questions on difficult issues — and forces leaders to answer."

Montgomery County Government's Culture of Secrecy, The Washington Post, September 23, 2011.

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Jerry Weast on the Parents' Coalition

"Along the way, you’ve had a challenging relationship with the Parents’ Coalition, the network of citizen activists who use the political process and other means to hold MCPS accountable.

The thing people accuse me of is listening, but not hearing. I hear, but I do not always agree. I am sorry that the world is faster than it was 10 years ago. I did not do that. [But] if we do not keep up, then our kids will be behind. We have to stop whining and get real."

Bethesda Magazine, March-April 2011

What the Washington Post said about the Parents' Coalition

The coalition might be the best-known parent advocacy group in the region. Its members represent several constituencies, including parents of special education and gifted education students and fiscal watchdogs. The group's defining victory came this school year when the school system scaled back the fees charged to families for course materials.

Coalition leaders have drawn attention to the misuse of funds collected from students for activities, the broadcast of a commercial radio service on school buses and, with their "Weast Watch" blog, the travel habits of Weast and his lieutenants.

The Washington Post, June 4, 2009

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Blogs citing Parents' Coalition

  • AutMont
  • Baltimore Sun - InsideEd
  • Business Exchange
  • Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood
  • Chicago: The Courier News
  • Common Dreams.org
  • dangerously irrelevant 2/12/09
  • dangerously irrelevant 5/29/09
  • District 4 Wiki
  • gaithersblog.net
  • Global Garden Charter School
  • Greater Neighbors Fairfax, VA
  • Hooverlaw.com
  • Kentucky School News and Commentary
  • New Woodburn Community School (WVA)
  • Obligation, Inc.
  • Rockville Central: Engagement, Please, Not ‘Input’
  • Rockville Central: Montgomery County State Delegation Moves To Exempt Schools From City APFO
  • Save San Carlos Parks
  • Sierra Club
  • SouthTownStar
  • Sunshine Review
  • SusanOhanian.org
  • SynTurf.org
  • Takoma-Silver Spring Voice: School Scene
  • The "More" Child
  • the digital chalkboard
  • the libes libation
  • The War on Kids
  • The Washington Post Education Web Page
  • Towson Patch

Sites of Interest

  • Advocates for Baltimore County Schools
  • Baltimore Sun: Inside Ed
  • Blog of the Student Member of the MCPS BOE
  • Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
  • Connected Communities
  • EDmoney.org
  • Educational Homepage of Jerome Dancis - Math Curriculum
  • EMOCO Special Needs
  • Fairfax Coalition of Advocates for Public Schools
  • Fed up: School Lunch Project
  • Frederick Education Reform
  • Generally Assembled
  • Gifted and Talented Association of Montgomery County
  • Global Garden Charter School
  • Just Up The Pike
  • MCEA in 21st Century
  • MCNeeds - A Great I.D.E.A. Advocacy for Individuals with Disabilities
  • Montgomery County Civic Federation
  • Montgomery Municipal Cable
  • NYC Public School Parents
  • Parents for GT Equity and Excellence
  • Parents United for Responsible Education (Chicago)
  • Peyton Wolcott
  • Prince Georges' Talented and Gifted
  • Ready, Willing and Abell (Charles County BOE member blog)
  • Say No to Waring Station Holding School
  • Sunlight Foundation
  • The "More" Child (Gifted Education)
  • The Boxcar Kids's Blog
  • The Broad Report (Broad Academy used by MCPS)
  • The Challenge to Care in Charm City
  • The Dagger: School Yard
  • The Gaithersburg - North Potomac - Rockville Coalition
  • The No Bully Pulpit
  • The Washington Post Education Web Page
  • Wrightslaw: Special Education Law and Advocacy

Contributors

  • Louis Wilen
  • Paula Bienenfeld
  • Not_Your_Mom
  • mcps parent
  • Kathy
  • sL5k
  • BobA
  • Alan Stewart
  • Dr. Jerome Dancis
  • Magnet Mom
  • Patricia
  • Joe Hawkins
  • Janis Sartucci
  • Sheldon Fishman
  • Lyda Astrove
  • Concussion MCPS
  • MoCoSci
  • Guest
  • freestategal

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