As I alluded to in my April 27th post, Monday Morning Quarterbacking, not everyone is loving the much-hyped Seven Keys to College Readiness–including some of the very parent and school communities it seeks to target. Opposing public testimony to the Board of Education was circulating on various school listservs prior to the April 28 Board [...]
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Not Everyone is Loving the “Seven Keys”
Posted in School, tagged achievement gap, AP, down county consortium, Gifted, high school, maryland, MCPS, montgomery county on May 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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Posted in Gifted, School, tagged Gifted, Gifted - Montgomery & Fairfax County GROUPS, Homeschooling, Jay Mathews, parent advocacy, parent involvement, private school, School on May 3, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Had an interesting visitor stop by the blog today and offer a comment: none other than Jay Mathews of the Washington Post! He was responding to my post last month about his visit to a local middle school. Not only did he have some kind words for my reportage (thanks!) and give a little personal [...]
Off the Table
Posted in Gifted, tagged acceleration, early college, education, Gifted, maryland, profoundly gifted, SAT, School, umbc on May 3, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Funny how coincidences happen. One of the things I didn’t blog about this week was the release of the National Assessment of Educational Progress 2008 Long Term Trend Report Card. The big news was the stubborn persistence of the achievement gap. Among those the New York Times quoted in its write up was the president [...]
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