How timely to be coming on the heels of the huge 7 Keys to College Readiness rollout: The Thomas B. Fordham Institute has published a new report, Growing Pains in the Advanced Placement Program: Do Tough Trade-Offs Lie Ahead? Here’s how the New York Times reported it: A survey of more than 1,000 teachers of [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Must-Read: Fordham Report on AP
Posted in Gifted, In the News, School, tagged achievement gap, AP, education, high school, standardized testing, testing on April 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Middle School Humanities Magnet – See For Yourself
Posted in Gifted, School on April 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Enough with the words on screen. Here’s a promotional video produced by the magnet program, and posted to its website. And here’s a video that showcases some student projects.
Watch It Now – Board of Ed Meeting
Posted in School, tagged Jerry Weast, MCPS on April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
You can watch the Board of Education right now, on live streaming video. Click here. (I have become such a wonk.)
Not Your Momma’s Scrabble
Posted in Interesting on April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
French ad to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Scrabble. more about "Not Your Momma’s Scrabble", posted with vodpod
Monday Morning Quarterbacking
Posted in Gifted, School, tagged AP, curriculum, education, elementary school, Gifted, high school, Jerry Weast, magnet program, MCPS, middle school, montgomery county, parent advocacy, parent involvement, School on April 27, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Video of the April 14th Board of Education meeting was posted over the weekend, allowing for early rumination on what it all means. As blogger Magnet Mom notes, the meeting turned out to be much more significant than expected for gifted education observers and advocates. In recent weeks we have seen the much anticipated, very [...]
Eastern Parent Group Still Fighting
Posted in Gifted, School, tagged advocacy, education, Gifted, highly gifted, humanities, Jerry Weast, magnet program, maryland, MCPS, middle school, montgomery county, parent advocacy, parent involvement, verbally gifted on April 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Eastern Middle School Schedule Decision Reversal Group is still plugging away to reverse a scheduling change that will have a largely negative impact on the Humanities Boutique Program Magnet housed at the school. Over the weekend they released a “blistering five-page report on the schedule situation. This was mailed Thursday, along with 35 pages [...]
Weast On Gifted Parent Angst, Intel Scholars
Posted in Gifted, School, tagged education, elementary school, Gifted, high school, Jerry Weast, magnet program, maryland, MCPS on April 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s another clip from the April 14 BOE meeting, referencing gifted parent angst, gifted programs and Intel Scholars. Once again, thanks MagnetParent2009!
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