Monday marked the start of the much-anticipated 5th grade Family Life Education unit, aka sex ed. I say “much-anticipated” because in many ways it really feels like a right of passage, a marker that one chapter is closing and another is opening. By this time of the year all the testing is done, kids and [...]
Archive for May, 2008
“You Did a Good Job, Mom”
Posted in Home Life, School, tagged Family life education, School on May 21, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Longtime Local GT Activist Throws in the Towel
Posted in Gifted, School, tagged advocacy, education, Gifted, MCPS on May 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Everyone does what he or she can. Some parents focus on their child’s classroom. Some slave away on the PTA. Some are just able to check their child’s backpack every night. Some blog . And then there are the real heroes, the parents who sacrifice evenings and weekends to schlep across the county to attend [...]
Challenge Index Results are In: Puffery and Handwringing to Follow
Posted in In the News, School, tagged advanced placement, AP, challenge index, Gifted, high school, Jay Mathews, MCPS, SAT on May 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
MCPS has wasted no time in putting the results of the 2008 Newsweek High School Challenge Index up on its homepage (it was there when I visited this morning at 8:00 a.m.): MCPS High Schools are Among Top in the Nation Newsweek magazine has ranked six MCPS high schools in the top 100 in the [...]
That Queasy Feeling: Parenting, Privacy and Blogging
Posted in Home Life, tagged Blogging, parenting on May 7, 2008 | 4 Comments »
A few months ago my babysitting co-op decided to hold its monthly meeting at a local Thai restaurant, and naturally talk turned to our kids, their successes and struggles. At one point in the conversation one of the mom’s said, “You know, I read your blog. As soon as I came across it I just [...]
Slips are Dead
Posted in Home Life, tagged Clothing, slips on May 3, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Go on. I dare you. Go to your nearby mall and try to find a slip. You remember those, right? Silky undergarments that either came in a full style that resembled a dress, or in a half style that resembled a skirt. They’re gone, vanished–notwithstanding this New York Times article. Heck, I couldn’t even find [...]
Gifted Issues Front and Center
Posted in Gifted, In the News, School, tagged Gifted, GT/LD, high school, magnet program, MCPS, School on May 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
If you live in MoCo, a lot has been happening in the past few weeks regarding gifted issues. Notably, a group of students from the Blair Math and Science Magnet staged a protest in Rockville against planned budget cuts. (Big kudos to them!) You can read the Post’s coverage here. And here’s a link to [...]
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