So let’s take a look at my living room bookshelves, shall we? In amongst the volumes of African fiction and non-fiction, political science, voluntary simplicity and environmentalism, biography, classics, personal essays and creative non-fiction (much of it travel literature), there’s Tales of Female Nomad by Rita Golden Gelman (hardcover). Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Maryland Students Not “College Ready” in Math
Posted in In the News, School, tagged college, education, high school, Jerry Weast, maryland, math, MCPS, montgomery county, standardized testing on July 12, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Maryland high school students are not college ready in math. More specifically, in 2006-2007, 30% of “college prep” students and 42% of Montogomery County graduates needed remediation in math. That’s kind of breathtaking. The only consolation is that the rest of Maryland did even worse. But that’s what the Baltimore Sun reported this morning in [...]
Pushback on Willy Nilly Acceleration
Posted in Gifted, In the News, School, tagged acceleration, advocacy, differentiation, education, elementary school, Gifted, Jerry Weast, maryland, MCPS, middle school, montgomery county, PTA, School, teacher on July 9, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Interesting article over on our local freebie paper, The Gazette today. Do read it. County’s middle school curriculum too accelerated, some parents say: School system wants 80 percent of pupils ready for college As the Montgomery County school system continues to discuss how to get more students ready for college and the workforce, some county [...]
Set Them Free
Posted in Gifted, In the News, School, tagged acceleration, differentiation, early college, education, exceptionally gifted, Gifted, high school, highly gifted, Homeschooling, maryland, MCPS, middle school, montgomery county, profoundly gifted, School, teen on July 6, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Today is the start of what should be an interesting three weeks. Well, interesting for me at least. This afternoon C. starts an official MCPS online course that satisfies a Maryland state graduation requirement. I’ll be curious to see how the class is structured and what the interface is like. The entire experience of it. [...]
They do grow up
Posted in Home Life, tagged Home Life, sibling, sister, teen on July 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday was one of those days as a parent when I thought to myself, “Maybe this is going to turn out well in the end!” and I got a glimpse of what the future might hold. What am I talking about? Independence. Self reliance. Maturity. Chutzpah. Since school has finished, the girls have been “unprogrammed” [...]
And So It Goes
Posted in School, tagged board of education, maryland, MCPS, montgomery county, School on July 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Just saw that I missed the announcement. MCPS has filled the board vacancy left by Nancy Navarro, who has joined the County Council. There were five candidates: former student member of the Montgomery County Board of Education with degrees in business and public administration a parent advocate and volunteer with degrees in nursing and business [...]
More Cowbell. Not.
Posted in In the News, School, tagged education, maryland, MCPS, montgomery county, School, teacher on July 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I have to say, I had a hard time just getting past the first paragraph: Jean Bernstein rang a cowbell, her cue to quiet the sixth-graders at Roberto Clemente Middle School for a lesson on multiplying decimals. “You need to settle down,” she said. Ugh. Cowbell? And people think I’m nuts when I talk about [...]
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