Student members of school boards present a dangerous conflict of interest
Op-ed published in the Capital
Pittman falls short on transparency pledge
Op-ed published in the Capital
Maryland Needs a New Open Government Paradigm
Op-ed published in Maryland Matters
Police in Anne Arundel schools can be used to intimidate critics
Letter-to-the-editor published in the Capital
Anne Arundel schools block students from taking the best outsourced online courses
Op-ed published in the Capital
Anne Arundel schools budget presentation a clever illusion
Letter published in the Capital
Anne Arundel gets an F for water bill transparency
Letter published in the Capital
Make Covid-Era K-12 Local Education More Like Daycare
Article published in Education Next
The illegal cover-up of Maryland’s anti-choice distance-learning policies
Op-ed published in the Washington Examiner
OBSTACLES TO EVALUATING AACPS’S ONLINE COURSES
Public Information Act correspondence with the Anne Arundel County Public Schools
Obstacles to Evaluating AACC’s online courses
Public Information Act correspondence with the Anne Arundel Community College
“fear and sycophancy” at Anne Arundel schools
Letter-to-the-editor published in the Capital
Teachers’ unions share responsibility for mediocre distance education
Op-ed published in the Capital
AACPS’s PR Operation & Censorship by PIO
Public Information Act correspondence published on eLighthouse
Critique of General Assembly’s Latest Government Transparency Legislation
Letter-to-the-editor published in the Capital
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
Critique of Capital’s Reporting of “Teacher Salaries”
Letter-to-the-editor published in the Capital
The School System’s Highly Politicized TV Coverage of School-Related Events
Letter-to-the-editor published in the Capital
The growing and hidden pay gap between junior and senior teachers is a disgrace
Op-ed published in the Washington Post
Ed Week heaps accolades on AACPS’s SMOB as students’ rather than staff’s voice
Comment published in Education Week
A critique of Anne Arundel County’s webcasting of “public” meetings
Letter-to-the-editor published in the Capital
Should Anne Arundel raise local taxes to fund increased senior teacher pay?
Op-ed published in the Washington Post
J.H. Snider’s testimony calling for better data on junior vs. senior teacher pay
Testimony published on eLighthouse
CRASC implements Snider’s proposal for televised student SMOB debate
Published on eLighthouse
A jury should decide on Maryland’s next redistricting map
Op-ed published in The Capital
School board’s ambivalent relationship to policies/laws
Comment published on eLighthouse
J.H. SNIDER’S TESTIMONY BEFORE THE ANNE ARUNDEL SCHOOL BOARD APPOINTMENT COMMISSION
Testimony published on eLighthouse
Where was the Capital when the Legislature was designing the new school board election Process?
Comment published on eLighthouse
Where is the School Board’s Ethics Panel when it comes to a blatant ethics violation such as this?
Comment published on eLighthouse
Prince George’s County pension-spiking is ripping off Maryland taxpayers
Op-ed published in the Washington Examiner
Anne Arundel’s Professional Wrestling Style Education Politics
Comment published on eLighthouse
The Capital’s coming out against school board politics
Comment published in the Capital
The Capital (finally) does some original reporting on school board politics
Comment published in the Capital
Where are the Capital’s claimed stories about “school system scandals”?
Comment published in the Capital
Who should be blamed for the public’s ignorance about the School Board Appointment Commission?
Comment published in the Capital
Since when do newspapers publish unverified allegations about a candidate two days before an election?
Comment published in the Capital
Why does the Capital only report the top salaries for certain bargaining groups?
Comment published in the Capital
On the politics of making class size data public
Comment published in the Capital
Local law enforcement officials will not investigate the politically powerful
Letter published in the Capital
Another example of highly politicized K12 compensation auditing & reporting
Comment published in the Capital
How much does Superintendent Arlotto earn? The Capital ain’t going to tell you
Comment published in the Capital
The unreported story of why and how the SMOB election became so transparent in 2018
Comment published in the Capital
The Capital’s Panglossian (and highly profitable) investigative reporting practices
Comment published in the Capital
The SMOB Election: Shame on the Capital for pretending there is no difference between news and PR
Comment published in the Capital
On the Anne Arundel State’s Attorney Hiring His Campaign Manager
Comments published in the Capital
Parsing School Board Candidate Ray Leone’s Campaign Statements
Comment published in the Capital
Adding SROs has downsides that need to be managed
Comment published in the Capital
Reporting on non-partisan elections requires more and different work by newspapers
Comment published in the Capital
On framing the discussion of the superintendent’s new contract
Comment published in the Capital
Understanding AACPS turnover
Comment published in the Capital
The Capital’s Under-reporting of Arlotto’s Compensation Package
Comment published in the Capital
SBAC Appointment May Win Award for Shortest Winning Application
Comment published in the Capital.
J.H. Snider’s Testimony Before The Anne Arundel School Board Appointment Commission
Testimony published in eLighthouse
The Capital’s Endemic Confusion About the Various School Board Selection Processes
Comment published in the Capital
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 concerning their letters of appointment to the SBAC, the Capital informed me that it was launching an investigation into the matter. I should have gotten the message that...
When AACPS staff use government resources for political purposes….
Comment published in the Capital
Capital Relies on SBAC, Which relies on AACPS PR Office, for Sending Out Press Releases
Comment published in the Capital
Explaining why the school board appointment commission appointed neither candidate
Comment published in the Capital
appointed vs. elected school board: beside the point
Comment published in the Capital
Anne Arundel school board pick may have been invalid
Op-ed published in the Capital
J.H. Snider testifies about his Capital Op-Ed and Public Information Act Complaint Regarding the SBAC
Public Testimony of J.H. Snider Before the Anne Arundel School Board Appointment Commission (SBAC), November 27, 2017 As all of you know, my name is J.H. Snider. At the first meeting of the Anne Arundel School Board Appointment Commission, I presented written...
A story behind the story of the school appointment commission’s non-appointment?
Comment published in the Capital
The SBAC: If 22 candidates are a sign of success, are 2 a sign of failure?
Comment published in the Capital
Complaint filed with Maryland’s Public Information Act Ombudsman regarding SBAC’s/AACPS’s use of private email accounts
Published in eLighthouse.info
Anne Arundel’s Culture of Orwellian Amnesia
Comment published in the Capital
SBAC transparency PR in high gear
Comment published in the Capital
Our opinion leaders’ fantasies about the new Anne Arundel School Board Appointment Commission
Comments published in the Capital
On The Nature of Del. Pam Beidle’s Leadership on the School Board Selection Bill
Comment Published in the Capital
A Glimpse at the Politics Behind the SBAC’s appointment of Colin Reinhard to the BOE
Comment Published in the Capital
J.H. Snider’s Follow-up Testimony Proposing Procedures for the New School Board Appointment Commission
Testimony before the School Board Appointment Commission of Anne Arundel County
Capital Wrong: Board of Education entering a mixed appointment-election era, not a pure election era
Comment published in the Capital
The type of reporting one gets when an education reporter resigns and someone from another beat temporarily replaces her
Comment published in the Capital
Make Believe about the Anne Arundel School Board Application Commission
Comment published in the Capital
Seek equal pay for equal work? Don’t become a K-12 teacher
Published in Hechinger Report
J.H. Snider’s Public Testimony Proposing Procedures for the New School Board Appointment Commission
Testimony before the School Board Appointment Commission of Anne Arundel County
The new School Board Appointment Commission should not repeat the anti-democratic practices of its predecessor
Comment published in the Capital
A major story that wasn’t reported in the Capital’s coverage of the new teachers’ contract
Comment published in the Capital
On the School Board Selection Process: Sometimes a partisan prism can be misleading
Comment published in the Capital
To address AACPS misinformation, post the data in question online
Comment published in the Capital
Our General Assembly representatives’ scary ignorance about the new school board selection system they passed
Published in eLighthouse.info
The public deliberation canard on the elected school board cum appointment commission legislation
Comment published in the Capital
On Del. Pam Beidle’s Credit Claiming Op-ed: Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it
Excerpt published in the Capital
America’s $1 million per year K12 public school teachers
Published in the Washington Examiner
The Capital’s Red Herring Editorial on the SMOB Election Process
Published in the Capital
The evolving politics behind the administrator controlled SMOB nominating panel
Comment published in the Capital
AACPS’s dubious claims on behalf of the SMOB nominating panel
Comment published in the Capital
The open meetings act double standard for the SMOB election
Comment published in the Capital
Steve Schuh and Julie Hummer: Cases of Bizarre Credit Taking
Comments published in the Capital
Drawing an analogy between United Airlines and AACPS customer service
Comment published in the Capital
Ignoring the problem of the primary lends the current BOE selection debate an infantile quality
Comment published in the Capital
Dealing with the BOE vacancy between now and the Nov. 2018 election for new BOE members
Comment published in the Capital
Anne Arundel Delegation Passes Carelessly Drafted School Board Election Bill
Comment published in the Capital
Press release, paraphrased in Capital, ignores the corrupt nominating process for SMOB
Comment published in the Capital
On our elected officials’ spurious tiredness trope concerning an elected school board
Comment published in the Capital
AACPS Superintendent employs Red Herring argument to protect his safe vote on the Board of Education
Comment published in the Capital
Critique of Del. Simonaire’s consociationalist argument for diversity on the School Board
Comment published in the Capital
Anne Arundel County Delegation Votes 8-7 to prevent SMOB Election Transparency
Short report published in eLighthouse.info
Critiques of the Capital’s Coverage of the General Assembly’s School Board Election Bills
Comments published in the Capital
Comment on Excuses used by Newspapers and Elected Officials to Avoid Doing Their Jobs
Comment published in the Capital
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
Maryland should be truthful in reporting teacher pay
Op-ed published in the Washington Post.
On politicians disparaging use of the word “political” regarding school politics
Comment published in the Capital
Correcting an endlessly repeated fallacy regarding equity in school board election design
Comment published in the Capital
J.H. Snider’s MSDE Presentation on the Transparency of Teacher Salary Data
Testimony Before the Maryland State Department of Education’s Board of Education
The Quest for Controversial Salary Statistics from the Anne Arundel Public Schools
This post is divided into two sections: Correspondence prior to the MSDE meeting on January 24, 2017 Correspondence after the MSDE meeting on January 24, 2017 Correspondence prior to the MSDE meeting on January 24, 2017 From: 'J.H. ("Jim") Snider' Sent: Tuesday,...
The Quest for Controversial Salary Statistics from the Maryland State Department of Education
This post is divided into two sections: Correspondence prior to the MSDE meeting on January 24, 2017 Correspondence after the MSDE meeting on January 24, 2017 Correspondence prior to the MSDE meeting on January 24, 2017 From: 'William Reinhard -MSDE' Sent: Wednesday,...
Fixing the school board election process without also fixing the primary isn’t enough
Comment published in the Capital
When interpreting the Capital is like interpreting Pravda during the heyday of the Soviet Union
Comment on Capital Article
Let’s talk about these emails
Published in the Washington Post
Good luck getting controversial but legally public compensation, email, and calendar data from AACPS
Public Information Act request to AACPS
Why the Media’s Double Standard On Clinton’s Emails?
Article published in the Huffington Post
Surprising Disagreement: Are the seven referendums on the ballot controversial?
During the past week, the Capital reported the seven questions on this year's ballot as though there was no controversy surrounding them. But the recommendations of the Capital, County Executive Steve Schuh, and County Council Chair Jerry Walker all differ on at least...
Fix Anne Arundel’s decennial charter revision process
Published in the Washington Post
Procedural concerns related to BOE’s Sept. 21 Meeting & Start Times Discussion
Published in the Capital
Hogan upholds rigged election system
Gov. Larry Hogan has appointed the 2016-17 school year student member of our school board. The student member, who has the same voting rights as the adult members, was nominated by a countywide student council delegated with that task by the General Assembly. The...
Comment on the narrow legal principles employed in the SBNC commissioners' lawsuit against the State of Maryland
Snider comment in the Capital
Comment on why so few candidates applied for the District 21 school board seat
Comment published in the Capital
Comment on making Maryland Government more efficient
Comment published in the Capital
Comment critiquing the Capital’s repeated pejorative use of the word "political"
Published in the Capital
Comment on Delegate Beidle's "Facts" Op-ed on the SBNC
Comments published in the Capital
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan should veto the Anne Arundel student nomination
Op-ed published in the Washington Post
Comment on the Capital’s usage of "community members" rather than "stakeholders"
Comments published in the Capital
Fact-checking the Capital’s article on the SBNC
Comment published in the Capital
Comment on Capital Article on SMOB Election (why aren't the interview panelists' names public?)
Comments published in the Capital
Critique of the Capital's description of the newly passed SBNC legislation
Comment published in the Capital
Comments on Governor Hogan’s Veto of Anne Arundel’s SBNC Legislation
Comments published in the Baltimore Sun, Capital, and Washington Post
Comments on Capital article on the SMOB nomination process
Comments published in the Capital
Comment on Capital article announcing passage of SBNC reform bill
Comment published in the Capital
Comment on Capital article on the Governor's rapid school board pick
Comments published in the Capital
Comment in and on Capital's article "School board panel split over public discussion"
Comments published in the Capital
Comments on the Capital's framing of the Leopold trial, including the misuse of government resources for political purposes
Comments published in the Capital
Comment on “Local leaders seek diversity on school board”
Comment published in the Capital
Comments on the Capital’s abysmal Sunshine Week news and editorial articles
Comments published in the Capital
Comments on Capital's editorial and op-ed critiquing the SBNC
Comments published in the Capital
J.H. Snider’s public testimony proposing SBNC procedural reforms
Public testimony published in eLighthouse.info
Comments on the legality of proposed Maryland General Assembly changes to the SBNC
Comment published in the Capital
Comment on Capital article "School Board Nominating Commission to live-stream its meetings"
Comment published in the Capital
On the agony of requesting politically sensitive public information from AACPS
Public Information Act correspondence from Aug. 7, 2015 to March 11, 2016 seeking FY2015 AACPS employee salary data; published in eLighthouse.info
Citations & Comments: Capital News Article and Editorial on Televising Future SBNC Meetings
Citation and Comments published in the Capital
Comment on Capital Article "Arlotto should examine whether teacher morale is sinking"
Comment published in the Capital
Comment on Capital Editorial Concerning the Future of AACPS School Board Governance
Comment published in the Capital
Comment on Capital Oped on the politics of SBNC diversity
Comment published in the Capital
Comment on Capital article "Delegates delay changes to school board nominating process"
Comment published in the Capital
Comment on factual mistake in Capital Oped on SBNC
Comment published in the Capital
Comment on Baltimore Sun editorial "Watching the legislature in action"
Comment published in the Baltimore Sun
Comment on Capital article concerning CRASC's request for a seat on the SBNC
Comment published in the Capital
Comment on the Capital's framing of the debate over an elected v. appointed school board
Comment published in the Capital
Comment on the Capital's uninformed assumptions in reporting on school board diversity
Comment published in the Capital
Comment on Capital commentary asserting that AACPS school board should have privileged access to public information
Commentary published in the Capital
Comments on Capital's endorsement of "descriptive representation" for Anne Arundel school board
Comments published in the Capital
Comment on Capital article on the SBNC's diversity
Comment published in the Capital
Capital Letter-To-The-Editor on the SBNC's deficient second public hearing for candidates
Letter-to-the-editor published in the Capital
Comment on Capital reporter's due diligence claims in reporting on the SBNC
Comment published in the Capital
Comment on "School Board Nominating Commission recommends three candidates, reverses course on fourth"
Comment published in the Capital
J.H. Snider’s public testimony to the SBNC regarding how it got into its current mess
Public testimony published in eLighthouse.info
The Open Government Public Policy Implications of Hillary Clinton’s Emailgate
Op-ed published in the Medium
Comment on "Our say: Printed tax sale notices are irreplaceable"
Comment on editorial published in the Capital
Comment on Capital’s lobbying to preserve its large and harmful government subsidies
Comment published in the Capital
Democrats ask state to investigate School Board Nominating Commission
Cited in news article published in the Capital
Maryland Senate Testimony on Retention of Public Meeting Records by SBNC
Public testimony published by Maryland General Assembly
Greatest villain in the SBNC scandal? Surprisingly, the Capital
Published in eLighthouse.info
Comment on the Capital's reasoning about flawed procedural and electoral outcomes
Comment published in the Capital
The Capital’s Orwellian rewriting of "public documents"
With AACPS, the public record keeping is Orwellian in that "public documents" that later prove embarrassing are modified without any public notice of the change; that is, history is rewritten depending on the PR needs of the moment. Somehow, I'm surprised when the...
Comment on School board nominating panel doesn't do background checks
Comment published in the Capital
Did the Anne Arundel School Board Nominating Commission violate election law?
Op-ed published in the local opinions section of the Washington Post
AACPS's perfect record in denying the public timely access to politically sensitive employee compensation data
Public Information Act correspondence from Dec. 10, 2015 to Jan. 8, 2016 seeking FY2015 AACPS employee salary data; published in eLighthouse.info
Comment on the Capital's use of loaded language to describe SBNC commissioners
Comment published in the Capital
Comments responding to queries from an AACPS school board member and a former Maryland PTA president regarding SBNC procedures
Reply comments responding to comments published in the Capital
J.H. Snider's public testimony proposing SBNC procedural reforms
Public testimony published in eLighthouse.info
Comment in Capital article on new Maryland General Assembly open meeting legislation
Comment published in the Capital
Comment on Capital Article: "Public weighs in on proposed school budget"
Comment published in the Capital
Comment on Capital article on proposed reforms to the School Board Nominating Commmission
Comment on news article published in the Capital
Comment on Capital article on due process for AACPS student grievances
Comment published in the Capital
Comment on the Community College's public notice and PR regarding destruction of its tennis courts widely used by the community
Comment published in the Capital
Comment on Capital op-ed that uses the term "political" eight times to characterize the SBNC
Comment on op-ed published in the Capital
Comment on Capital news article on CRASC leadership
Comment on news article published in the Capital
Hell Hath No Fury like the AACPS Response to a Request for Public but Sensitive AACPS Employee Compensation Data
Public Information Act correspondence from Aug. 7, 2015 to Oct. 28, 2015 seeking AACPS employee salary data; published in eLighthouse.info
Comment on Capital op-ed "Politicized unions pull the strings"
Comment published in the Capital
Comments on Coverage of the Center for Public Integrity Report Ranking Maryland's Public Access to Information as an "F"
Reader comments published in the Baltimore Sun and Washington Post
Comments on Capital's Coverage of Schuh's Emails to Student Advocates
Comment published in the Capital
Comments on the Capital's Posting of AACPS Salary Data Above $75K
Comments published in the Capital
Capital Coverage and AACPS Disclosure of the New Teachers Union Contract
Comments published in the Capital
Comments on the Capital's Editorial Concerning the County's Ethics Commission
Comment published in the Capital
Comments on the Capital's recent coverage of the School Board Nominating Commission
Comments published in the Capital
Convention a basic N.Y. right
Op-ed published in the Albany Times-Union
Shifting Tides: How Anne Arundel's shoreline became off-limits
Cite published in the Capital
The Lame Duck Anne Arundel School Board Nominating Commission’s Power Grab; Analysis of the Election Results; and The End of the "Jones" Commission?
Testimony Before the SBNC on June 24, 2015 published in eLighthouse.info
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
AACPS Superintendent Arlotto’s Speech to the PR Association of America
This satire compares AACPS’s and Hillary Clinton’s email retention policies (Hint: Clinton’s compares favorably.); published in eLighthouse.info
The Clinton email scandal: a double standard?
Op-ed published in the Baltimore Sun
Stop the Anne Arundel Nominating Commission's Undemocratic Practices
Commentary published in the Anne Arundel Patch
Update on the Anne Arundel County School Board Nominating Commission
Article published in eLighthouse.info
Board’s student member lacks independence
Op-ed published in the Capital
Record number of school board applicants compete for Anne Arundel County seats
Op-ed published in Watchdog Wire
Gov.-elect Hogan faces K-12 test
Op-ed published in the Capital
School governance can be fixed
Op-ed published in the Capital
Constitutional Convention and the out-of-state-money bogeyman
Op-ed published in the Providence Journal
Constitutional Convention purpose? Democratic reform
Op-ed published in the Valley Breeze
1787: Vote No Against Convening a National Constitutional Convention
Op-ed (a satire on the current debate on whether to call a state concon) published in the GoLocalProv
R.I. handbook shows blatant bias
In the Internet Age, Rhode Island style voter information handbooks have become a First Amendment archaism, in the way the government-imposed Fairness Doctrine became after Americans got access to dozens of TV channels. It has become absurd to let a single politician...
“There is no political power without control of the archive, if not memory.”