If anyone had any questions as to whether pushing students into AP classes might affect the classroom experience for students who come ready to perform at that level, he or she need look no further than this story from Silver Chips, the Montgomery Blair High School newspaper: Blair workgroup initiates Honors and AP class support [...]
Archive for February 17th, 2008
It’s the Participation, Stupid
Posted in School, tagged AP, challenge index, high school, MCPS on February 17, 2008 | 4 Comments »
5th Grade Poem: Two Dimensions
Posted in School, tagged poem on February 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Written by C….. Two Dimensions Standing tall and straight Like soldiers in their rows Then falling forward with fatigue When one is removed The rumpled musty stained Pages of the old ones The crisp clean fresh Pages of the young ones Spines and covers Of red green yellow blue orange black Mystery comedy Fantasy reality [...]
5th Grade: A Cautionary Tale (Part Two)
Posted in Gifted, History, School, tagged Center for the Highly Gifted, Educational management team, elementary school, emotional, EMT, Gifted, MCPS on February 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
[This is the continuation of an earlier post, "5th Grade: A Cautionary Tale (Part One)] EMT So I requested an Educational Management Team (EMT) meeting and made a point of asking someone from Division of Accelerated and Enriched Instruction to participate. As it happens the AEI Instructional Specialist assigned to our school was also assigned [...]
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