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This post is divided into two sections: Correspondence prior to the MSDE meeting on January 24,...
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Op-ed published in Watchdog Wire
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To select a new school board member by July 1, the Governor will have to claim emergency appointment powers despite no emergency. There is usually nothing more predictable and unexciting in Anne Arundel County politics than the...
Read Moreby J.H. Snider | May 29, 2014
More than six weeks after the Board offered George Arlotto the superintendent position, it still has not disclosed his compensation. More than six weeks ago the Anne Arundel County Public School System (AACPS) School Board...
Read Moreby J.H. Snider | May 5, 2014
Since January 2008, Landmark Media has been trying to cash out its investment in the Capital-Gazette, but could not get the price it wanted. Finally, on May 1, 2014, more than 2,000 days since it was placed on the market,...
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Op-ed published in Eye on Annapolis
Read Moreby J.H. Snider | Mar 15, 2014
We have recently observed Russia’s “democratic” takeover of Crimea. As a democratically elected Crimean parliament holds a democratic referendum to join Russia, the stage-managing has been superb. However, AACPS has...
Read Moreby J.H. Snider | Mar 2, 2014
Members of our Board of Education love to pretend that they are above politics; that such behavior is reserved for County Council, General Assembly, and other public officials. As for themselves, they claim all they care about...
Read Moreby J.H. Snider | Feb 2, 2014
Last Wednesday the Maryland Senate’s Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee held hearings on two bills to create a more democratically accountable system for selecting school board members in Anne Arundel County. ...
Read Moreby J.H. Snider | Jan 20, 2014
Campaign finance articles are a staple of good journalism, as campaign contributions may signal to the public more credibly than campaign promises the type of interests a politician will represent once in office. But good...
Read Moreby J.H. Snider | Jan 10, 2014
Yesterday the Capital ran a story on the results of the superintendent survey designed to elicit feedback on the characteristics the public wants in its next public schools superintendent. From November 22 to December 12,...
Read Moreby J.H. Snider | Nov 24, 2013
Last summer the Capital criticized AACPS for a lack of public involvement in the interim superintendent search (see Capital-Gazette Takes On AACPS ). AACPS promised to address that issue in its search for the next fulltime...
Read Moreby J.H. Snider | Sep 2, 2013
How much is a school board worth? Should we apply to the Anne Arundel County Board of Education the maxim that “you get what you pay for”? Regular school board members earn $6,000/year (the president earns $8,000/year) to...
Read Moreby J.H. Snider | Aug 11, 2013
In the last few weeks, the Capital-Gazette ( Capital ) has flipped from years of mindlessly repeating AACPS talking points to a critical stance, including a news story with multiple, competing sources. How well did it do?...
Read Moreby J.H. Snider | Jul 30, 2013
Superintendent Kevin Maxwell’s last day in office is tomorrow, July 31, 2013. On August 1, 2013, he takes over the helm of the Prince George’s County Public Schools. The Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS)...
Read Moreby J.H. Snider | Jul 27, 2013
After more than seven years at the helm of the Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS), Superintendent Kevin Maxwell will resign and become head of the Prince George’s County public schools, effective August 1, 2013. What is...
Read Moreby J.H. Snider | Jul 21, 2013
My Ph.D. is in the field of political communications, and I’ve worked in various capacities covering media policy, including as an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow in Communications and Public Policy,...
Read Moreby J.H. Snider | Jul 13, 2013
Prince George’s County has hired Anne Arundel County Public Schools(AACPS) Superintendent Kevin Maxwell for a reported annual salary of $290,000, a $33,000 year increase on his $257,000 current salary from AACPS. ...
Read Moreby J.H. Snider | Jun 29, 2013
In the next few days, Governor O’Malley will reappoint two incumbents, Andrew C. Pruski (Board President) and Teresa Milio Birge (Board Vice President), to the Anne Arundel County Public School System (AACPS) Board of...
Read Moreby J.H. Snider | Jun 27, 2013
Op-ed published in Eye On Annapolis
Read Moreby J.H. Snider | May 21, 2013
This year the School Board Nominating Commission (SBNC) of Anne Arundel County must nominate candidates for two seats on the Anne Arundel County Board of Education. Candidate applications are due by the close of the business...
Read Moreby J.H. Snider | Jan 4, 2013
Snider, J.H., In the Dark About Early School Buses, Education Week, January 4, 2013. Lots of apps,...
Read Moreby J.H. Snider | Oct 30, 2012
Three school board candidates are on the Nov. 6 ballot. In 2007, Maryland’s General Assembly created a new system for selecting school board members in Anne Arundel County. An 11 member commission would nominate at least two...
Read Moreby J.H. Snider | Aug 31, 2012
At long last, the Anne Arundel County Board of Education enters the YouTube age. In February 2009, Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS) began broadcasting select Board of Education (BOE) meetings covered under the Maryland...
Read Moreby J.H. Snider | Jun 8, 2012
The Governor will choose among the nominees by July 1. This year the Anne Arundel School Board Nominating Commission (SBNC) had to fill two Board of Education (BOE) seats, one at-large and one representing Legislative District...
Read Moreby J.H. Snider | May 9, 2012
Anne Arundel County’s School Board Nominating Commission receives applications for the two open seats on the Board of Education. The Governor must choose among the candidates by July 1, 2012. This year the Anne Arundel...
Read Moreby J.H. Snider | Feb 28, 2012
Governor O’Malley appoints commissioners for new four year terms; commissioners will accept applications until April 27, 2012 for two school board seats, one in District 21, the other at-large. On the evening of Feb. 22,...
Read Moreby J.H. Snider | Jun 1, 2011
Governor expected to make decision on nominees by July 1, 2011; bombshell announced in closing remarks at May 17 meeting. During the last four years I have closely followed the development and implementation of the Anne Arundel...
Read Moreby J.H. Snider | Jan 4, 2011
On Oct. 28, Tom Frank, chair of Anne Arundel County’s Countywide Citizen Advisory Committee, resigned. “I was under the impression that the role of the CAC was to meet with a representative of each school, other...
Read Moreby J.H. Snider | Jun 14, 2010
Op-ed published in Education Week
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Op-ed published in the Washington Post
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Op-ed published in Education Week
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While researching a policy paper arguing that public schools were losing an opportunity to recruit...
Read Moreby J.H. Snider | Feb 8, 2009
Op-ed published in the Washington Post
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Op-ed published in Education Week
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Op-ed published in Education Week
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Op-ed published in the Capital
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Op-ed published in the Capital
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Op-ed published in Education Week
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