Opinion: MCPS Graduation Rate Drop Isn’t Just a Number — It’s a Red Flag
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) recently announced that its four-year graduation...
Education
Van Grack Warns MCPS: Option H Would Undermine Wootton, Housing Plans, and Fiscal Reality
By MDBayNews Staff Rockville, Md. — As Montgomery County Public Schools weighs major changes affecting Thomas S. Wootton...
Maryland Schools Are Failing—And Congressman Andy Harris Is Saying What State Leaders Won’t
By MDBayNews Staff Maryland likes to sell itself as a national model for public education. Blue-ribbon commissions,...
DC Celebrates Teacher Retention Gains — But Structural Problems Remain
By MDBayNews Staff | DC Desk Mayor Muriel Bowser is touting new data showing improved teacher retention across Washington,...
Charter Closed, District School Stays Open: Baltimore Education Accountability Debate Reignites
By MDBayNews Staff A recent X post by Chris Papst has reignited a long-running debate in Baltimore: why are some...
MCPS Electric Bus Fiasco Renews Questions About Accountability as County Pushes More School Spending
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews A recent post from local fiscal watchdog Greg (@SoundMoneyG) has reignited debate in...
Federal Point-Shaving Probe Puts Maryland College Basketball Schools on the Radar
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Baltimore, Md. — Maryland has largely avoided the kind of sweeping college sports betting...
Union Push Meets Fiscal Reality: MSEA Lays Down Its Marker for the 2026 Session
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews As Maryland lawmakers prepare to convene for the 2026 General Assembly, the state’s...
Wootton High School Closure Put on Hold After Community Uproar at MCPS Board
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews ROCKVILLE, Md. — Parents, students, and community members packed a Montgomery County...
“Vegetable Salad” or Costly Recipe? MCPS’ $3.78 Billion Budget Raises Accountability Questions
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Superintendent Thomas Taylor unveiled a proposed...
Montgomery County Public Schools’ Enrollment Decline: A Wake-Up Call for Maryland’s Education Priorities
Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS), Maryland’s largest district and once a national model for suburban education, is...
Doritos, Drones, and Doubt: Baltimore’s AI Safety Experiment Just Pointed a Gun at Common Sense
In the age of artificial intelligence, it seems even a bag of Cool Ranch Doritos can get you held at gunpoint. That’s...
The Silence of the System: How Frederick County Public Schools Failed Its Most Vulnerable Students
When a 22-year-old special education aide stands accused of sexually abusing disabled and non-verbal children inside a...
Free Speech Under Fire: A Petition to Support a Turning Point USA Chapter at Anne Arundel Community College
Anne Arundel Community College (AACC) has become the latest battleground in the national fight over free speech on campus....
The Hidden Pipeline: How Federal Dollars Flow to Illegal Immigrants Through States and Nonprofits
For decades, Americans have been told that federal law prohibits illegal immigrants from receiving taxpayer-funded...
Frederick County’s Latest Horror Show: A School Board Meeting Gone Wild
Ah, Frederick County, Maryland—where school board meetings now resemble open-mic night at a downtown comedy club. The...
Maryland’s ADA Mirage: Rhetoric, Red Tape, and the Quiet Punishment of Invisible Disabilities
Maryland says “equity.” Parents and kids with ADHD, PTSD, dyslexia, TBI, and chronic illness hear “prove...
Fairfax County’s War on Girls’ Privacy: When “Gender Inclusion” Becomes Harassment
On September 2, 2025, a 14-year-old freshman girl at West Springfield High School in Fairfax County, Virginia, walked into...
When False Threats Become Real Dangers: The Naval Academy Hoax That Injured a Midshipman
On September 11, 2025—on the anniversary of the deadliest terrorist attack on American soil—the United States Naval...
Virginia Education Association’s Shameful Response to Charlie Kirk’s Assassination
When the Virginia Education Association (VEA) finally addressed the assassination of Charlie Kirk, their message revealed...
Maryland Politics Turn Ugly: Threats, Intimidation, and the Silencing of Parents’ Rights
In a state already reeling from rising crime and political division, Maryland politics took another ugly turn this week in...
Concordia Preparatory School: A Tarnished Legacy of Misconduct and Misplaced Priorities
When I went to Bishop McNamara earlier this month expecting a football game, I did not expect the fight that ended it...
Montgomery County’s School Infrastructure Crisis: Fixing the Basics Before Funding the Buzzwords
On September 8, Montgomery County Public Schools officials Andrea Swiatocha, DJ Connelly, and Julie Morristo led a public...
Schools Are for Learning—Not for Endless Holiday Politics
In Maryland, the Frederick County Board of Education is once again debating how to juggle the school calendar for...
Democrats’ “State of Play” in NJ and VA: Media Spin Meets Hard Reality
Politico’s latest “State of Play” on the 2025 gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia is exactly what...
Montgomery County Schools Face Backlash Over Surge in Non-English-Speaking Immigrant Students
When parents in Montgomery County send their children to school, they expect classrooms focused on academics, discipline,...
This Is What We Call Nutrition? A Glimpse at Montgomery County School Meals
At a recent back-to-school night in Montgomery County, parents were invited to see what their kids will be eating in the...
Anne Arundel County Schools Put Girls Last with Bathroom Policy
A follower sent us this photo from Old Mill High School in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Hanging in the girls’ bathroom...
Preferential Protection: Baltimore’s Double Standard on School Security
Once again, Chris Papst and the Project Baltimore team at Fox45 News have pulled back the curtain on hypocrisy inside...
Maryland’s Homeschool Families Brace for Possible Regulatory Overreach
As of August 2025, Maryland has not enacted any new restrictions on homeschooling, but the atmosphere among parents...
Baltimore Is Collapsing — And the Left Is to Blame
Baltimore is not a city in “transition.” It is a city in collapse. The numbers speak for themselves: roughly 250,000...
Maryland Dumbs Down Math: Why Dropping Times Tables Dooms Students
🚨 Maryland has just adopted new math standards that remove the requirement for students to know their multiplication...
Are Maryland Schools Failing Children?
A teacher who imposes his or her ideology onto children is failing the most basic requirements of the job. Parents entrust...
Maryland’s School Safety Theater: Layers of Bureaucracy, Little Real Protection
Maryland politicians love to tell parents that our children are safe in their classrooms. They’ll point to pages of...
Asbestos in Maryland Schools: Another Safety Crisis Under Wes Moore’s Watch
Just weeks after Maryland families learned their children would be sitting in mold-filled classrooms, another threat has...
Maryland Schools Open the Year With Mold: Another Failure of Wes Moore’s Priorities
As Maryland students filed back into classrooms for the 2025–26 school year, many parents weren’t worried about test...
Colin Kaepernick Cashes In: MCPS Invites Activist Quarterback to Preach Politics—and Pitch His AI Company
Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS), the same system struggling with plummeting test scores, teacher shortages, and...
Harford County Stands Up to Silicon Valley: A Needed Reckoning in the Fight Against Social Media’s Youth Toll
By Michael Phillips In a move that should draw applause from parents across the political spectrum, Harford County Public...
Finally, A Course Correction: Why Shrinking the U.S. Department of Education Is Long Overdue
By Michael Phillips The Left is in meltdown mode after the Supreme Court’s July 2025 decision to uphold major cuts to the...
“$20K Per Student—And They Still Can’t Read?”: John Myrick Calls Maryland’s Education System a Betrayal
By | July 2025 Maryland’s education budget is one of the largest in the nation. At nearly $20,000 per student, the...