As part of the AEI (Accelerated and Enriched Instruction) team presentation to the Board of Education on September 8, Kay Williams screened a video ostensibly demonstrating differentiated instruction. Which elicited this response from a parent: I am going to LOSE my mind. The differentiation video (http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/development/resources/Differentiation%20Principles/player.html) is the SAME video I saw in an MCPS [...]
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The Devil is in the Details
Posted in Gifted, School, tagged differentiation, education, elementary school, Gifted, maryland, MCPS, montgomery county, School on September 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Don’t SIPPI the KoolAid
Posted in Gifted, tagged advocacy, education, elementary school, Gifted, Gifted - Montgomery & Fairfax County GROUPS, Jerry Weast, maryland, MCPS, middle school, montgomery county, parent advocacy, School on September 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
It’s been an interesting week for GT. Between intense traffic on the local GT listservs (join both this one and this one if you live in MoCo and want to be informed), and a deluge of back channel emails with my GT maven peeps, I’ve been drowning. What’s been the cause for all the, um, [...]
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