Student members of school boards present a dangerous conflict of interest
Op-ed published in the Capital
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Category: Student Board Member
Ed Week heaps accolades on AACPS’s SMOB as students’ rather than staff’s voice
Comment published in Education Week
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Local law enforcement officials will not investigate the politically powerful
Letter 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 SMOB Election: Shame on the Capital for pretending there is no difference between news and PR
Comment published in the Capital
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Capital kills story on fraudulent claims concerning SBAC appointment credentials
After my Nov. 27 op-ed concerning the fraudulent claims made by AACPS and SBAC senior officials...
Read MoreOn The Nature of Del. Pam Beidle’s Leadership on the School Board Selection Bill
Comment Published in the Capital
Read MoreOn the School Board Selection Process: Sometimes a partisan prism can be misleading
Comment published in the Capital
Read MoreThe public deliberation canard on the elected school board cum appointment commission legislation
Comment published in the Capital
Read MoreThe Capital’s Red Herring Editorial on the SMOB Election Process
Published in the Capital
Read MoreThe evolving politics behind the administrator controlled SMOB nominating panel
Comment published in the Capital
Read MoreAACPS’s dubious claims on behalf of the SMOB nominating panel
Comment published in the Capital
Read MoreThe open meetings act double standard for the SMOB election
Comment published in the Capital
Read MoreSteve Schuh and Julie Hummer: Cases of Bizarre Credit Taking
Comments published in the Capital
Read MoreIgnoring the problem of the primary lends the current BOE selection debate an infantile quality
Comment published in the Capital
Read MoreAnne Arundel Delegation Passes Carelessly Drafted School Board Election Bill
Comment published in the Capital
Read MorePress release, paraphrased in Capital, ignores the corrupt nominating process for SMOB
Comment published in the Capital
Read MoreOn our elected officials’ spurious tiredness trope concerning an elected school board
Comment published in the Capital
Read MoreAACPS Superintendent employs Red Herring argument to protect his safe vote on the Board of Education
Comment published in the Capital
Read MoreCritiques of the Capital’s Coverage of the General Assembly’s School Board Election Bills
Comments published in the Capital
Read MoreComment on Excuses used by Newspapers and Elected Officials to Avoid Doing Their Jobs
Comment published in the Capital
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J.H. Snider’s testimony before the Maryland General Assembly on three bills related to AACPS governance reform
Testimony before the General Assembly’s House Ways & Means Committee
Read MoreCorrecting an endlessly repeated fallacy regarding equity in school board election design
Comment published in the Capital
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Hogan upholds rigged election system
Gov. Larry Hogan has appointed the 2016-17 school year student member of our school board. The...
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Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan should veto the Anne Arundel student nomination
Op-ed published in the Washington Post
Read MoreComment on Capital Article on SMOB Election (why aren't the interview panelists' names public?)
Comments published in the Capital
Read MoreComments on Capital article on the SMOB nomination process
Comments published in the Capital
Read MoreComments on the Capital's framing of the Leopold trial, including the misuse of government resources for political purposes
Comments published in the Capital
Read MoreComment on Capital article concerning CRASC's request for a seat on the SBNC
Comment published in the Capital
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eLighthouse Report: AACPS Thumbs Its Nose on Maryland’s Vague and Meaningless Ban on Using Government Resources for Political Activity
Special report published in eLighthouse.info
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Board’s student member lacks independence
Op-ed published in the Capital
Read MoreOur Highly Politicized Board of Education
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 MoreTwo General Assembly Bills to Democratize the AACPS School Board
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 MoreMaxwell’s Political Legacy: Not Pretty
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 MoreAnne Arundel’s Next Superintendent Should Restore Integrity to School Board Elections
Op-ed published in Eye On Annapolis
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‘Troublemaker’ fights secrecy in government
News article published in the Capital
Read MorePost mortem on the school board reform legislation
On April 9, the school board reform bill passed through the legislature with virtually no opposition. Capturing what I believe was the general sentiment of the Anne Arundel delegation to the General Assembly, the Capital...
Read MoreIn last minute decision, House amends school board reform bill to undercut position of student member of the board; hearing on amended bill set for 1pm tomorrow
In the last few weeks, legislation on school board reform moved quickly. On Thursday, March 22, the Senate approved SB324 and the House held a public hearing on HB1114. On Saturday, March 24, an amendment to the House bill was...
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