And boy do I feel like a veteran…of school advocacy that is. After the morning’s adrenaline rush (see previous post) I got to head right back into the fray, namely parent-teacher conferences. To the credit of M.’s school, they do a mass conference for all. (Teacher conferences seem to be rare in middle school. C.’s [...]
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Frustrated Scream
Posted in Gifted, School, tagged acceleration, advocacy, education, Gifted, MAP-R, MCPS, middle school, School, subject acceleration, verbally gifted on November 11, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I just got off the phone with the “Literacy Coach.” The same one who I spoke with last week in the afterglow of Election Night (cue the glitter, unicorns and bunnies). The one who said she was going to make a recommendation that M. be placed in 7th grade GT English. Well, she had her [...]
RIP National Vocabulary Contest
Posted in Extracurricular, Gifted, tagged contest, verbally gifted on November 11, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Word on the street, or at least my listserv internets, is that The National Vocabulary Contest is no more. A visit to its website, www.winwithwords.com, takes you to a blank screen. And a check of the NVC wiki page confirms it. Dead as of November 2. The entry is still up, so you can see [...]
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