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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.

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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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      • Are you smarter than a Board of Education member?
      • Memorial Day
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      • Montgomery County’s wrong education priorities
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      • Gangs At Richard Montgomery HS?
      • MCPS down to 1 in Newsweek top 100 High Schools Ra...
      • Board of Education Stakes Claim to School Land
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      • Andrews: ‘Are the actions of the county Board of ...
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      • FOXdc: Report questions dramatic improvement of s...
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      • "four years of homecoming fundraisers" to fund Woo...
      • Planners Demand Retraction from Leggett's Director...
      • Starr's Treks
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      • How does MCPS predict school populations?
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      • TunedIN - Wootton HS Opens Up
      • Stanley to Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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      • Civic Fed Annual Awards Banquet
      • Meet New Maryland State Superintendent
      • NYC Public School Parents: The Pineapple and the H...
      • "Pineapple" Question On State English Exam Mystifi...
      • ...who is the wisest: “Pearson for getting paid $...
      • Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot says Maryland'...
      • MCPS Music Classes are Pay to Play?
      • Administrators Party while Students Pay
      • Examiner: Parents want MontCo schools to work more...
      • Gazette: Without subsidy, more kids could be left...
      • Board of Ed. confesses to Open Meetings Act violat...
      • Concussion Information
      • Three Steps to an Artificial Turf Field at Your Sc...
      • Whitman to host Concussion Panel April 19, 2012 at...
      • Examiner: MontCo school layoffs total 160, not 1,...
      • After feud, Montgomery council to ask school syste...
      • Tune In at Wootton continues
      • Save Rock Creek Hills Park!: Board of Education Vo...
      • Wootton High School to "Pause" Curriculum
      • How did they do that? Correction
      • How did they do that?
      • Educating the Next Steve Jobs
      • Planning Commission Blunder Results in Project App...
      • Taxpayer League Testimony at the Co Council Operat...
      • Tonight: Latest trends or the reality for our chi...
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      • Maryland Schools in the Path of the Purple Line - ...
      • Testimony at County Council Public Hearings on the...
      • It's only 20 acres of public school land gone...
      • Balt. Co. schools: Inexperienced leader and unacco...
      • Upcoming Meetings
      • Superintendent Starr at House of Representatives C...
      • Governor O'Malley signs Emergency MOE bill today
      • Gaithersburg Aquatic Center closed for summer
      • Planning Board Urges Consideration of Lynnbrook Fo...
      • Gazette Letter: Teachers garner spoils of “mainte...
      • Bill to allow just Montgomery Co. student member o...
      • How our legislators in Annapolis operate behind cl...
      • Leggett turns over 20 acres of public school land ...
      • Podcast: General Assembly members on an unsettled ...
      • General Assembly adjourns, passing ‘doomsday’ budg...
      • Why is an artificial turf football field cheaper i...
      • Planning Board Asks MCPS to Take a Harder Look at ...
      • Action Alert: Call Delegate Hixson at 410-841-346...
      • Budget stalemate persists as Senate and House fail...
      • 2012 opening for Frederick Classical school in dou...
      • ‘Cinnamon Challenge’ Sparks Health Concerns
      • Mont. Co. Delegate Hixson holding back Baltimore C...
      • Council Education Committee Rejects Priority Langu...
      • The Republican Vote in the BOE Primary Races
      • Baltimore NewsTrust - Blog: Truthsquad: Is Marylan...
      • Reminder: Civic Fed meeting Mon, April 9th
      • 6,393 absentee ballots were issued in Montgomery C...
      • Planning Board Staff Recommend Rejection of Site S...
      • Unofficial: Evans and Smondrowski in District 2 R...
      • Unofficial: Panner and Kauffman in At Large Race
      • Election updates every 5 minutes
      • What if they Gave an Election and No One Came?
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      • Parents, today is your day to be heard at the poll...
      • Jones-Trower Picks: Susan Byrne and Aryeh Shudofs...
      • Parents' Coalition Does Not Endorse Candidates
      • Questions for Board of Education Primary Election ...
      • Candidate Aryeh Shudofsky responds to Parents' Coa...
      • Sartucci Picks: Susan Byrne and Morris Panner
      • David Lucia Community Hero, April 9th Civic Fed Me...
      • Stichnoth Picks: Susan Byrne and Aryeh Shudofsky
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  • 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
  • Kosmix
  • 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

  • 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
  • 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

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  • Lyda Astrove
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