Lest you think I’m all down and grouchy on school and teachers, I just want to take a moment to offer my profound gratitude to a teacher. Day before yesterday on her way home from school, C. took a detour to our local elementary school and after an absence of many, many months visited the [...]
Archive for May, 2009
Teacher Love
Posted in School, tagged elementary school, MCPS on May 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
A New Face of Homeschooling?
Posted in Homeschooling, In the News on May 28, 2009 | 5 Comments »
According to the USAToday headine, there is a “Profound shift in the kind of families who are homeschooling their children.” Parents who home-school children increasingly are white, wealthy and well-educated — and their numbers have nearly doubled in a decade, a new federal government report says. What else has nearly doubled? The percentage of girls [...]
“School Answers to Math Questions”
Posted in School, tagged acceleration, education, elementary school, maryland, MCPS, montgomery county, parent involvement, School on May 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Boy is this math stuff hot! I don’t think I’ve ever had so many comments on a post in such a short time period…and that last post wasn’t even all about math. As a result of all the interest I’ve been doing some poking around the Internets this evening and have turned up this gem [...]
Hagiography Alert
Posted in Homeschooling, School, tagged achievement gap, education, Jerry Weast, maryland, math, MCPS, montgomery county, seven keys on May 27, 2009 | 26 Comments »
The school year (if you’re traditional schooling) is reaching its frenetic crescendo and thoughts turn to Eastern Shore beaches, mountain cabin porches and long car rides. Have you drawn up your summer reading list yet? No? Well be sure to include what promises to be a rip-snorting page turner: Leading for Equity: The Pursuit of [...]
GT Global Screening: Where Do Things Stand?
Posted in Gifted, School, tagged accountability, advocacy, education, elementary school, Gifted, identification, magnet program, maryland, MCPS, montgomery county, parent advocacy, testing on May 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Hope everyone, like me, has taken a few days away from the keyboard to enjoy a relaxed long weekend and some prelude-to-summer weather. On Saturday our community pool opened and and without fail, we were there. It’s always kind of bizarre, because it feels like we never left. Same people on the same chairs, often [...]
Carnival Luv
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Blogging, Carnival on May 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Just want to let you know that my “PIAs Need Not Apply” post in this edition of the Carnival of Education, hosted by The Education Wonks. Check out the array of education blog offerings!
What Overcrowding Looks Like
Posted in In the News, School, tagged education, elementary school, maryland, MCPS, montgomery county, overcrowding, red zone on May 21, 2009 | 14 Comments »
Lest everyone think everything is hunky-dory here in best of the best MoCo, that we are living in a land of milk and honey and I’m just a big whiner, take a look at this Gazette article: Almost 300 over capacity and growing: Oakland Terrace seeks short-term solutions to increasing problem At 749 students, Oakland [...]
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