MCBRE names Champions for Children

The Montgomery County Business Roundtable (MCBRE) annually distinguishes nine Montgomery County teachers who have gone above and beyond in the classroom. MCBRE, a non-profit organization whose goal is to solve educational problems and… Read More

A Creek through Old Baltimore

  A hectic drive up the bustling I-270, five miles under an umbrella of hundred-year-old oaks, a dozen footsteps across a field of green corn shoots, we arrived at Dickerson, a corner upon… Read More

The End of Something, the Beginning of Another

Folks, it’s that time of year again. Announcements are popping up on Facebook and Twitter, proud families are purchasing gear, and high school seniors are suddenly realizing that they have seriously got to… Read More

MCPS Students Win National Merit Scholarships

Yesterday, Montgomery County Public Schools released the following announcement. Congratulations to all the winners on behalf of The MoCo Student! Twenty-four Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) students from six different high schools have been… Read More

Think Your School Needs Improvement? You Might Be Right

At the beginning of April, the Washington Post published a list of America’s Most Challenging High Schools. The schools were ranked using a formula Post writer Jay Mathews calls ‘the Challenge Index.’ The… Read More

Westland Growl Feature: Why The U.S Education System is Failing us: the Students

Why The U.S Education System is Failing us: the Students By: Jacob Rains Something is becoming more apparent to those in school systems across the country every day, our education system is failing… Read More

MCCPTA Performing Arts Festival A Smashing Hit!

The countywide Parent Teacher Association’s second annual Performing Arts Festival was again a smashing hit. The event was broken into two sessions: the first held on Saturday April 20th from at Rockville Town Square,… Read More

It’s your Choice! Candidates for the 36th Student Member Of the Board of Education

On March 7th, 2013, over two hundred delegates from public secondary schools across the county convened at Walter Johnson High School to select the two final candidates for the 36th Student Member of… Read More

Takoma Park Considers Youth Suffrage

Yesterday night, dozens of students came out to the Takoma Park City Council to support and testify for lowering the minimum voting age from 18 to 16. Some students argued that 16 and… Read More

AP Exams: The Countdown begins.

AP Exams: The Countdown begins. As student’s across MCPS begin their spring break, many juniors, seniors, and maybe some sophomores and freshmen will start what is affectionately termed the AP crunch. AP courses… Read More

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