Or more accurately, da bomb thrower. And for all the controversy he’s stirred up in the course of his career (and boy, has he stirred it up), I have to say that I have a grudging respect for his willingness to take on accepted ideas and fearlessly say things that many find uncomfortable. Last year, [...]
Archive for August, 2008
Charles Murray is Da Bomb
Posted in Gifted, In the News, School, tagged Charles Murray, college, education, Gifted, intelligence, IQ, NCLB, SAT, School, standardized testing, technical training on August 19, 2008 | 8 Comments »
So How’s That Math Packet?
Posted in Home Life, School, tagged education, homework, math, School, summer on August 18, 2008 | 5 Comments »
So how’s that math packet coming along? The reading of The Odyssey, plus notes? The book for French, with questions? Ready for the test at the end of Week One that will be count for 10% of your grade? These are some of the questions that have been floating around our house for the past [...]
Tamara, Here’s My Scream
Posted in Gifted, School, tagged education, Gifted, highly gifted, MAP-R, MSA, NCLB, reading, School, standardized testing, testing, verbally gifted on August 13, 2008 | 16 Comments »
Another rawking good post by Tamara Fisher at “Unwrapping the Gifted” entitled Advanced Readers. (God, I love that woman. The fact that she’s a teacher and saying what says just means the world to me.) I hadn’t even finished it when I jumped down and starting pounding away in her comments box, but then thought, [...]
Give that Mom a Medal
Posted in In the News, tagged attention, education, Gifted, maryland, michael phelps, parenting, School, swimming on August 13, 2008 | 8 Comments »
I really enjoyed the story that popped up on the New York Times over the weekend featuring Deborah Phelps, mother of Olympian Michael Phelps. The story, Parenting – Phelps’s Mother Recalls Helping Her Son Find Gold-Medal Focus, tells of what it was like to raise young Michael, who teachers felt had Attention Deficit Disorder. As [...]
Midway…er…Carnival of Education
Posted in Uncategorized on August 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
County fairs, state fairs, carnivals…it’s the time of year to dive into the sweaty mass of humanity and marvel at the tattoos countless methods man has to devised to overload stimulate the senses. But no need to leave your house. Just check out Joanne Jacobs, the edu-blogger who seems to pop up on everyone’s blogroll. [...]
I Love the Smell of Markers in the Morning
Posted in School, tagged elementary school, Fees, high school, MCPS, middle school, montgomery county on August 10, 2008 | 10 Comments »
…but should you have to buy them for the whole class to share? I love new school supplies. Always have. New stationery supplies just exude order, and productivity, and possibility. Pristine Mead notebooks. ROYGBIV-ordered Caran d’Ache colored pencils in their nifty tin . Clean and functional German stainless steel sharpeners. My favorite Uniball pens. Ticonderoga [...]
Sorry HSLDA: DC Adopts New Homeschooling Regs
Posted in Homeschooling, In the News, tagged Homeschooling, Homeschooling - DC area, regulation on August 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Sorry for being a bit slow with this, but on July 16th the District of Columbia enacted new homeschooling regulations in response to the tragedy earlier in the year involving the deaths of four homeschooled children. You can see the new regs here, on the website of the D.C. Home Educators Association. They call for: [...]
Discussion: “Fast Learners”
Posted in Gifted, In the News, School, tagged acceleration, Gifted, math, MCPS, testing on August 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
There are some good comments being posted in the comments section for the Washington Post article “Fast Learners” which was published yesterday (online Friday). Check it out here.
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