Montgomery Community Media

Tony Spearman-Leach hosts the latest episode of Montgomery Week in Review. Guests include Shirley Brandman, Charles Short, Adriana Toro, and Bruce Fowler. Spearman-Leach and the panel discuss the 1974 report “A Nation at Risk” about the country’s failing education system with Shirley Brandman, the county’s proposed operating budget with Charles Short, Every Mind’s Parent Empowerment program […]

Don Mooers hosts the latest episode of Montgomery Week in Review. Guests include Shirley Brandman, Tom Thomson, José Luis Diaz, and Henry Hailstock. Mooers and the panel discuss the recent student-led demonstrations in support of gun laws with Shirley Brandman, support for the county’s library system with Tom Thomson, a program to battle the rising […]

Don Mooers hosts the latest episode of Montgomery Week in Review. Guests include Elaine Apter, Mariana Cordier, Shirley Brandman, and Henry Hailstock. Mooers and the panel discuss the current legislative session in Annapolis with Elaine Apter, a Maryland bill that would strip the parental rights of rapists with Mariana Cordier, school districts’ enforcement of graduation […]

Don Mooers hosts the latest episode of Montgomery Week in Review. His guests include Jane de Winter, Shirley Brandman, Stuart Rosenthal and Gilberto Zelaya. Topics discussed this week include Governor Hogan’s State of the State address and his plans for Maryland, the schools operating budget, outcomes from the County’s Summit on Aging and the county […]

Don Mooers hosts the latest episode of Montgomery Week in Review. His guests include Nancy Soreng, Jane de Winter, Shirley Brandman and Stuart Rosenthal. Topics discussed this week include the Maryland League of Women Voters’ legislative agenda, state funding for children’s issues, the “Children’s Opportunity Fund” which is a new county public/private partnership and the […]

Don Mooers hosts the latest episode of Montgomery Week in Review. His guests include Mariana Cordier, Stuart Rosenthal, Shirley Brandman, and Graciela Rivera-Oven. Topics discussed this week include mass shootings and what should be done, highlights from the December issue of The Beacon Newspaper, reaction to the schools recommended budget for next year and the […]

Tony Spearman-Leach hosts the latest episode of Montgomery Week in Review. His guests include Shirley Brandman, Rexanah Wyse, Cari Cho and Jeffrey Slavin. Topics discussed this week include standardized testing in our schools, a program by the State’s Attorney’s Office to prevent cyber-bullying among middle and high school aged youth, services offered by Bethesda based non-profit […]

Don Mooers hosts the latest episode of Montgomery Week in Review. His guests include Nancy Soreng, Shirley Brandman, Shane Rock and Jackie DeCarlo. Topics discussed this week include the work of the League of Women Voters of Maryland, the recent resignation of Maryland State Superintendent of Education Lillian Lowery, poverty in Montgomery County and the work […]

Shirley Brandman, a former president of the Montgomery County Board of Education, has been named interim director of the Children’s Opportunity Fund- an initiative where county agencies, Montgomery County Public School officials, and the private sector are taking steps to eliminate the achievement gap. Brandman started in her new role on Sept 1. County officials said the […]

Don Mooers hosts the latest episode of Montgomery Week in Review. His guests include Mariana Cordier, Elaine Apter, Shirley Brandman and Jeffrey Slavin. Topics discussed this week include review of the 2014 Supreme Court term, work of our local League of Women Voters, testing in our public schools and the importance of county advisory boards. […]