Weast Hires Staff to work for Pearson Education, Inc.

Sorry classroom teachers, it wasn't your day.  


There was a hiring frenzy at the Board of Education meeting today. But the people hired were for Superintendent Jerry Weast's surprise "partnership" with Pearson Education, Inc. 


Watch the video to see the new MCPS hires and how they will be employed to support the goals of Pearson Education, Inc. 


Question: How is it that all these people were already set to be hired to support the Pearson Education, Inc. contract, when the contract was only presented to the Board yesterday and voted on today? And wasn't this a "tough" budget year with deep cuts to classrooms, where does the money come from for all these promotions?