Student members of school boards present a dangerous conflict of interest
Op-ed published in the Capital
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Category: AACPS
Pittman falls short on transparency pledge
Op-ed published in the Capital
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Maryland Needs a New Open Government Paradigm
Op-ed published in Maryland Matters
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Police in Anne Arundel schools can be used to intimidate critics
Letter-to-the-editor published in the Capital
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Anne Arundel schools block students from taking the best outsourced online courses
Op-ed published in the Capital
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Anne Arundel schools budget presentation a clever illusion
Letter published in the Capital
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Make Covid-Era K-12 Local Education More Like Daycare
Article published in Education Next
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The illegal cover-up of Maryland’s anti-choice distance-learning policies
Op-ed published in the Washington Examiner
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OBSTACLES TO EVALUATING AACPS’S ONLINE COURSES
Public Information Act correspondence with the Anne Arundel County Public Schools
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Obstacles to Evaluating AACC’s online courses
Public Information Act correspondence with the Anne Arundel Community College
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“fear and sycophancy” at Anne Arundel schools
Letter-to-the-editor published in the Capital
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Teachers’ unions share responsibility for mediocre distance education
Op-ed published in the Capital
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AACPS’s PR Operation & Censorship by PIO
Public Information Act correspondence published on eLighthouse
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Having a parent who excels at local public-school politics shouldn’t be a precondition for a child to get a good teacher
Op-ed published in The Hechinger Report
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Critique of Capital’s Reporting of “Teacher Salaries”
Letter-to-the-editor published in the Capital
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The School System’s Highly Politicized TV Coverage of School-Related Events
Letter-to-the-editor published in the Capital
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The growing and hidden pay gap between junior and senior teachers is a disgrace
Op-ed published in the Washington Post
Read MoreEd Week heaps accolades on AACPS’s SMOB as students’ rather than staff’s voice
Comment published in Education Week
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Should Anne Arundel raise local taxes to fund increased senior teacher pay?
Op-ed published in the Washington Post
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J.H. Snider’s testimony calling for better data on junior vs. senior teacher pay
Testimony published on eLighthouse
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A jury should decide on Maryland’s next redistricting map
Op-ed published in The Capital
Read MoreSchool board’s ambivalent relationship to policies/laws
Comment published on eLighthouse
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J.H. SNIDER’S TESTIMONY BEFORE THE ANNE ARUNDEL SCHOOL BOARD APPOINTMENT COMMISSION
Testimony published on eLighthouse
Read MoreWhere was the Capital when the Legislature was designing the new school board election Process?
Comment published on eLighthouse
Read MoreWhere is the School Board’s Ethics Panel when it comes to a blatant ethics violation such as this?
Comment published on eLighthouse
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Prince George’s County pension-spiking is ripping off Maryland taxpayers
Op-ed published in the Washington Examiner
Read MoreAnne Arundel’s Professional Wrestling Style Education Politics
Comment published on eLighthouse
Read MoreThe Capital’s coming out against school board politics
Comment published in the Capital
Read MoreThe Capital (finally) does some original reporting on school board politics
Comment published in the Capital
Read MoreWhere are the Capital’s claimed stories about “school system scandals”?
Comment published in the Capital
Read MoreWho should be blamed for the public’s ignorance about the School Board Appointment Commission?
Comment published in the Capital
Read MoreSince when do newspapers publish unverified allegations about a candidate two days before an election?
Comment published in the Capital
Read MoreWhy does the Capital only report the top salaries for certain bargaining groups?
Comment published in the Capital
Read MoreOn the politics of making class size data public
Comment published in the Capital
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Local law enforcement officials will not investigate the politically powerful
Letter published in the Capital
Read MoreAnother example of highly politicized K12 compensation auditing & reporting
Comment published in the Capital
Read MoreHow much does Superintendent Arlotto earn? The Capital ain’t going to tell you
Comment published in the Capital
Read MoreThe unreported story of why and how the SMOB election became so transparent in 2018
Comment published in the Capital
Read MoreThe Capital’s Panglossian (and highly profitable) investigative reporting practices
Comment published in the Capital
Read MoreThe SMOB Election: Shame on the Capital for pretending there is no difference between news and PR
Comment published in the Capital
Read MoreOn the Anne Arundel State’s Attorney Hiring His Campaign Manager
Comments published in the Capital
Read MoreParsing School Board Candidate Ray Leone’s Campaign Statements
Comment published in the Capital
Read MoreAdding SROs has downsides that need to be managed
Comment published in the Capital
Read MoreReporting on non-partisan elections requires more and different work by newspapers
Comment published in the Capital
Read MoreOn framing the discussion of the superintendent’s new contract
Comment published in the Capital
Read MoreUnderstanding AACPS turnover
Comment published in the Capital
Read MoreThe Capital’s Under-reporting of Arlotto’s Compensation Package
Comment published in the Capital
Read MoreSBAC Appointment May Win Award for Shortest Winning Application
Comment published in the Capital.
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J.H. Snider’s Testimony Before The Anne Arundel School Board Appointment Commission
Testimony published in eLighthouse
Read MoreThe Capital’s Endemic Confusion About the Various School Board Selection Processes
Comment published in the Capital
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J.H. Snider