Showing posts with label John Landesman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John Landesman. Show all posts

Friday, April 1, 2022

Time is running out for MCPS students, parents to fill out Anti-Racist System survey

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (7News) — Montgomery County single parent Omodamola Williams has two daughters in the public school system and is deeply concerned about the way they're treated.

"It's more so passive-aggressive racism in a way and whatever my daughters go through, it's covered up and I have to find out through other means what's going on," said Williams.

He's sharing his concerns about racism in Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) by filling out an Anti-Racist System survey that must be completed by March 31...

https://wjla.com/news/local/mcps-students-parents-anti-racist-system-survey-maryland-schools-crisis-classroom-montgomery-county-public-

Friday, February 24, 2012

Cost doesn't spell success for Colorado schools using consultants to improve achievement


...These schools are sharing $5 billion in federal tax dollars in a massive, three-year rescue effort, but no one nationally is tracking how the money is spent and no one can say whether the influx of cash will end up helping kids.
A Denver Post investigation found one clear winner so far: consultants.
In Colorado — one of the few states willing to tally such spending — consultants are taking home 35 percent, or $9.4 million, of the $26.6 million that came to the state from the U.S. Department of Education in the past two years....
Read more:Cost doesn't spell success for Colorado schools using consultants to improve achievement - The Denver Posthttp://www.denverpost.com/investigations/ci_19997418#ixzz1nDuY11Qi