Personal
- Region: Germantown, Maryland, United States
Roles and affiliations
- Genspect
- Blog contributor
- Member of Killarney Group think tank
- Transparency in Education (member)
- Unteach
Appearances
See Detailed notes for highlighted excerpts.
2022
- July 8: Endorsed Rayna Remondini (founder of Howard County Home-Educator Corp.) for the Frederick County Board of Education
- Between September 12 and 27: Listed as member of Genspect’s Killarney Group think tank
2023
- March 22: Quoted in The Epoch Times article “Gender Guidelines in Maryland County School System Challenged by Parents Group”
- April 5: Presented “Proposed Comprehensive Gender Identity Policy” at Transparency in Education event “Understanding Gender Dysphoria and School Policy Forum” at the C. Burr Artz Public Library in Frederick, Maryland with Jim Lehmann and Kathleen Goonan
- July 21: Webinar by Stella O’Malley with Kathleen Goonan (“Managing my child’s school: A conversation with Dr Kate Goonan and Tom Neumark”)
- August 31: Genspect blog post “Dear World, Let’s Unteach Schools’ Overreach” by Neumark
- September 13: Rally at Frederick County Board of Education building organized by Neumark
- September 14: School walkout organized by Neumark as part of Unteach
- September 16: NTD News segment “Parental Rights: Fighting Educational Grooming and State-Sanctioned Kidnapping” with Darlene Sanchez (reporter, Epoch Times) and Alex Newman (Crimes of the Educators)
- October 5: “Gender Ideology Forum” with Kathleen Goonan at Moms for Liberty Howard County event
- See detailed notes
Publications
Presentations
- “Proposed Comprehensive Gender Identity Policy” (2023-04-05) at Transparency in Education event
Slide 12 presents an implied legal threat to anyone who terms their group “bigots or transphobic” (emphasis in original):
Fair Debate Questions
- Is it fair to label those who disagree with your position as bigots or transphobic, simply because they disagree?
- Do you recognize the damage you could do to people’s personal reputations and finances by making these accusations, which constitute defamation?
Articles
- “Free Maryland teachers from unions” (2008-12-09) at the Baltimore Sun
- “Change Maryland Law to Let Charter Schools Innovate” (2013-06-18) at Center for Education Reform
- “A 100 percent union-endorsed school board isn’t good” (2018-10-10) at Frederick News-Post
- “Frederick County Public Schools’ disappointing message” (2021-06-08) at Frederick News-Post
- “School district policies on sex, gender are concerning” (2023-03-31) at Frederick News-Post
- “Dear World, Let’s Unteach Schools’ Overreach” (2023-08-31) at Genspect
Professional background
- Founding president, Frederick Classical Charter School
- Principal software engineering manager at Microsoft
- Board of contributors, Frederick News-Post
- Visiting fellow of the Maryland Public Policy Institute
Additional information
- LinkedIn: Tom Neumark
- Twitter: @unteachinfo