On Monday I lobbed back: Dear Ms. English Teacher, Thanks for your response. While I appreciate your suggestions for enrichment outside of school, my concern remains how to meet M.’s learning needs in school and how to help her feel that her time in the classroom is productive and meaningful, given the challenges you note. [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Blurt Follow-up II
Posted in Gifted, School, tagged advocacy, Gifted, middle school, mpcs on October 29, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Bye Bye GT Transportation?
Posted in Gifted, School, tagged advocacy, Center program, Fairfax County, Gifted, School on October 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
What I predicted could happen in Montgomery County is now on the table in Fairfax County, Virginia: eliminating transportation to GT Centers. So sayeth yesterday’s Washington Post: Fairfax County Superintendent Jack D. Dale yesterday revealed new details about the economic downturn’s potential hit on the region’s largest school system, offering a budget scenario that includes [...]
“In the Tank” on Gifted Issues
Posted in Gifted, School, tagged achievement gap, advocacy, AP, Center for the Highly Gifted, differentiation, down county consortium, elementary school, Gifted, highly gifted, magnet program, MAP-R, middle school, montgomery county, NCLB, parent involvement, parents, red zone, School, teacher, testing on October 26, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Jumping back into the school-level GT advocacy fray, I decided to attend last week’s GT Liaison Fall Training Meeting organized by the Montgomery County Council of Parent-Teacher Association (MCCPTA). The meeting was held at an up-county high school, terra incognito land for me, so I was happy to get a ride. (You know who you [...]
“Blurt” Follow-up
Posted in Gifted, School, tagged advocacy, MCPS, middle school on October 25, 2008 | 6 Comments »
So I sent an e-mail to the counselor, asking her to give me a call, which she did. I shared with her what had transpired the earlier in the week, and–no surprise–she recommended that I contact M.’s English and Math teachers. She also offered to have M. in for a talk. Clearly knowing her audience, [...]
Off Topic: Campaign Fun
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged election, sarah palin on October 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
As I mentioned a few weeks back, I’ve been obsessed by the election. Like a highway rubbernecker, I just can’t tear myself away from the Republican trainwreck. While saturating myself with information, I’ve found that comedians and satirists have offered some of the most biting and trenchant insights of the campaign. It goes without saying [...]
Red Zone Guinea Pigs
Posted in Gifted, School, tagged Center for the Highly Gifted, curriculum, differentiation, Gifted, highly gifted, MCPS, middle school, red zone, School, science on October 20, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The good news that a local parent has written a thoughtful article on rigor, achievement and what’s being done about it–or not–in the “down county” (aka the Red Zone) part of MoCo . The bad news that it appeared in the tiny Takoma Voice, so chances are few had a chance to read it. Which [...]
Oh Rhee-ly?
Posted in In the News, School, tagged education, NCLB, Rhee, School, Washington DC on October 19, 2008 | 3 Comments »
This month’s Atlantic Monthly has an excellent profile of Michelle Rhee, District of Columbia School Chancellor and up and coming education rock star (Obama debate shout out!). You can read the profile here. There’s also a Web-only interview with her that you can read on the magazine’s website. In the profile I could detect some [...]
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