Education

On National Signing Day, Damascus defensive lineman Bryan Bresee made it official – he will be attending and playing football at Clemson beginning next spring. Bresee was one of eight… Read More

Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent Jack Smith will host a Virtual Community Conversation regarding the FY 2021 Operating Budget on Wednesday, December 18 at 6:30 p.m. MCPS leadership will answer… Read More

Update (6:45): Based on worsening weather conditions and a forecast for freezing rain, MCPS schools are now closed today (December 16, 2019). All school and community activities in school buildings… Read More

A summer program where students learn to write computer code will expand tenfold, Councilmember Craig Rice announced Friday at MCM Studios. In 2019, Montgomery Can Code connected about 100 students… Read More

The discussion at Wednesday’s night meeting at Julius West Middle School in Rockville on the Montgomery County Public Schools boundary study got heated, as this video posted on Twitter. https://twitter.com/brianrkramer/status/1204977139013033984?s=20… Read More

Lucy V. Barnsley  Elementary School in Rockville was named a Maryland Blue Ribbon School by Governor Larry Hogan on Monday. Barnsley is one of six Maryland public schools to be… Read More

Students attending Montgomery County public high schools scored three points higher on the 2019 ACT standardized test than the national average.   The MCPS Class of 2019 averaged a composite score of 25.3 out of… Read More

A través de un comunicado, las Escuelas Públicas del Condado de Montgomery (MCPS) dio a conocer el calendario académico para el ciclo escolar 2020-2021. El año escolar 2020 comenzará el… Read More

Hundreds of students from Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) participated in the 20th edition of the annual Latin dance competition organized by the After School Dance Fund. Community leaders, politicians,… Read More

The 2019 School Report Card has recently been released. With input from students and educators, it gives a comprehensive picture of  each school and school system’s performance throughout the state.… Read More

Gov. Larry Hogan announced education legislation Thursday for next year’s General Assembly session that includes greater money for school construction and new accountability efforts for underperforming schools. Hogan would pump… Read More

Montgomery County Public Schools is holding six meetings to present the Districtwide Boundary Analysis. The districtwide boundary analysis project is designed to provide an assessment of school boundaries by analyzing… Read More