Looks like the latest addition to the MCPS lexicon isn’t going to go away. A local television news station has just done a story on the PIA (Pain In the Ass) comment of Board of Education member Patricial O’Neill. No imbed code provided, but here’s the link to the page with the video. Meanwhile the [...]
Archive for May, 2009
“PIA” Comment Continues to Reverberate
Posted in Gifted, In the News, tagged advocacy, board of education, education, Gifted, Gifted - Montgomery & Fairfax County GROUPS, maryland, montgomery county, parent advocacy, parent involvement, School on May 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Breaking: MCPS Draft Strategic Plan 2009-2014
Posted in Gifted, School, tagged board of education, education, elementary school, Gifted, identification, Jerry Weast, MCPS, montgomery county, parent advocacy, policy, School, strategic plan, testing on May 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This document (a fascinating must-read for MCPS edu-dweebs and alert parents) is being circulated in advance of tomorrow’s BOE’s public Strategic Planning Committee meeting, for its final review of the Strategic Plan (9 a.m.Carver Room 120, 850 Hungerford, Rockville). Document is red-lined, showing exactly where changes to the existing Strategic Plan are being considered. Of [...]
WashPo Discovers MCPS “Seven Keys”
Posted in In the News, School, tagged AP, college, education, high school, maryland, MCPS, montgomery county, parent involvement, seven keys, testing on May 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
File under “better late than never.” The Washington Post ran a story the other day on the MCPS roll-out of the Seven Keys To College Readiness campaign. You can read the story here. My favorite quote? “I glanced at it, felt that it didn’t really apply to my family, and moved on,” said Julie Garcia, [...]
Math Across the River…and a History Lesson
Posted in Gifted, School, tagged advocacy, curriculum, education, elementary school, Gifted, Gifted - Montgomery & Fairfax County GROUPS, maryland, math, MCPS, middle school, montgomery county, parent advocacy, School, singapore math, teacher, testing on May 19, 2009 | 17 Comments »
There’s a must read post on EducationNews.org about the use of the Everyday Mathematics curriculum in neighboring Fairfax County. (Although I’m not happy that there’s no information in the “About” section for the site. What’s up with that? Seems a bit sketchy…) One Step Ahead of the Train Wreck describes the efforts of Barry Garelick [...]
Homeschool Review: Already?
Posted in Gifted, Homeschooling, tagged curriculum, homeschool review, Homeschooling, Homeschooling - DC area, maryland, MCPS on May 17, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Homeschool review, already?! That’s what I thought when I got the letter dated April 15th. We only officially started homechooling on March 4th. But no matter. I called the MCPS field office. They said I could come in as early as the first week of May. I scheduled for May 15th. In the intervening month [...]
100,001 Visits Happy Dance!
Posted in Gifted, Homeschooling, Learning, School, tagged Blogging, education, exceptionally gifted, Gifted, highly gifted, maryland, MCPS, montgomery county, profoundly gifted on May 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
WooHoo! This blog just passed the 100,000 visits mark! (5:20 p.m. EST) Okay, so probably half of them come from people searching on the terms “cleavage,” “pencils” and “bomb” (don’t ask)… but still! It’s quite cool. And it allowed me to search for this funny little happy-making animation. Back to your regularly scheduled blog.
Girls Rock Intel Science Competition…Again
Posted in Gifted, In the News, tagged competitions, Gifted, Homeschooling, humanities, math, profoundly gifted, scholarship, science, verbally talented on May 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
For the second year in a row, girls have dominated the Intel Science International Science and Engineering Fair. You can read more about the competition here. Tara Adiseshan, 14, of Charlottesville, Va. [Note: a DC area homeschooler before her family relocated]; Li Boynton, 17, of Houston; and Olivia Schwob, 16, of Boston were selected from [...]
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