[Flip on light switch.] Hellooooo??? Anyone home? [Blow away cobwebs. Dust off couch. Plump pillows. Root around fridge. Fire up computer.] Yes, I’m back. And I can’t believe it’s been so long. As I warned in my New Year’s post, this month was going to be particularly crazy. Not only did the organization I work [...]
Archive for January, 2009
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Posted in Home Life on January 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Verbal Gifts, Verbal Challenges
Posted in Gifted, Home Life, School on January 8, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Over the holidays our family finally had a chance to check out the new Newseum (Tagline: Where the News Comes to Life). The building sits on a prime block of Pennsylvania Avenue, with stunning views of the Capitol from the 6th floor terrace. We bought our tickets (nice surprise: they were having a Family Fun [...]
GIfted Exchange Blog Post on MCPS GT Label Issue
Posted in Gifted on January 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Someone’s been reading my blog Laura Vanderkam at Gifted Exchange has a post today about the MCPS label issue titled “Does the ‘Gifted’ Label Matter?“ Take a look and weigh in.
A Year in 40 Seconds
Posted in Interesting on January 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A Truly Happy New Year
Posted in Home Life on January 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Happy New Year! A day late, but let’s not be picky…. I’ve been largely offline for the past week, spending time with the family and building some sleep reserves for the coming month. The next three weeks are going to be incredibly busy professionally, what with the Inauguration, the launch of a new website, and [...]
MCEF: Hiding in Plain View
Posted in Gifted, In the News, School, tagged acceleration, advocacy, education, Gifted, Gifted - Montgomery & Fairfax County GROUPS, identification, magnet program, MCEF, MCPS, middle school, montgomery county, testing on January 2, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Let’s pause a moment, shall we, and ponder the following sentences from an article that recently appeared in The Gazette, “Parents, Schools weigh “Gifted and Talented” label’”: Evie Frankl, executive director of the Montgomery County Education Forum, said removing the GT label would be a positive step to evening disparity. She also wants to eliminate [...]
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