You never know where issues pertaining to giftedness will pop up. This week it was on Salon.com, specifically the Dear Prudie advice column. The writer relates a situation to which many parents of highly gifted kids can relate: the social awkwardness that can ensue when one’s child is far, far ahead in reaching certain milestones [...]
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Gifted Etiquette: Prudie, Take Two
Posted in Gifted, tagged early childhood, exceptionally gifted, Gifted, highly gifted, profoundly gifted, toddler, verbally gifted on September 28, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I Heart John Kelly
Posted in School, tagged education, MCPS, parent involvement, School on September 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
He doesn’t know me, but through the years Mr. Kelly and I have crossed paths–most recently last week–thanks to the educational paths of our kids. Just came across his marvelous tongue in cheek (?) description of Your Typical Back-to-School Night: “Hello, parents, and welcome to back-to-school night. Please find a seat in your child’s homeroom. [...]
Stop the Presses! Mathews on Misguided Math Acceleration
Posted in School, tagged acceleration, challenge index, education, high school, Jay Mathews, math, middle school, SAT, School, testing on September 22, 2008 | 14 Comments »
Jay Mathews, as they say, has some “‘splaining ” to do. From his column in today’s Washington Post. Nobody writing about schools has been a bigger supporter of getting more students into eighth-grade algebra than I have been. I wrote a two-part series for the front page six years ago that pointed out how important [...]
Back-to-School Night: High School Edition
Posted in School, tagged high school, MCPS, School, teacher on September 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
As the title says, Husband Dear and I had the pleasure of attending our first high school open house the other night. If a few years ago we were asking ourselves, “What the hell are we doing at a middle back-to-school night?” it was doubly so this week. Me? Parent of a high school student? [...]
Two Things that Made Me Smile Yesterday
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged election on September 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
C. called me mid-afternoon to let me know that her club was meeting after school and that she’d give the bus another go. She did, all went smoothly and she arrived home safe and sound. Success! One step further down the road to independence. I was doing a late evening run to the grocery store [...]
County First
Posted in School, tagged Center for the Highly Gifted, Center program, DC, maryland, MCPS, montgomery county, non-resident, School, transfer, tuition on September 17, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Maybe it’s the election, but my offended-o-meter seems to be particularly touchy of late. And what set it off the other day was an innocent enough posting by a parent to an online forum. The substance of her question–about math and application to the Center programs–was non-controversial. What raised my hackles is how she nonchalantly [...]
Don’t Look…Don’t Look…
Posted in School, tagged Edline, MCPS, parenting, School on September 14, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Damn. I looked. So what am I trying not to look at? Why Edline, of course. For those of you who may be new to this–as I am this year–Edline is, to quote from the MPCS website, a web-based classroom-to-home communication tool that allows parents/guardians and students to monitor students‘ classroom performance online communicate with [...]
School Fees Update
Posted in In the News, School, tagged education, Fees, MCPS, School, school fees on September 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Well, it seems MPCS has responded to the school fees issue. You can read the full story–Montgomery to Revisit Some School Fees: Students Charged for Course Materials–in this morning’s Post. Montgomery school officials said they are within their rights to charge students fees for course materials but said they will provide more direction so that [...]
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