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, [...]
Archive for September, 2009
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 »
Chop, Chop, Chop – The Update
Posted in Gifted, tagged education, Gifted, humanities, magnet program, maryland, MCPS, middle school, verbally gifted on September 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Seems that folks are not happy that the Takoma announcement concerning magnet field trips circulated beyond the Takoma magnet community. Somehow I don’t have a lot of sympathy. Parents talk. Kids talk. Everyone is connected to everyone these days. Email gets forwarded. People, it’s the 21st century. Meanwhile, over at Eastern, where the announcement was [...]
Chop, Chop, Chop
Posted in Gifted, School, tagged education, Gifted, highly gifted, maryland, MCPS, middle school, montgomery county, School, verbally gifted on September 9, 2009 | 11 Comments »
Looks like the chopping of GT education in MCPS continues apace. The latest casualty is the weeklong 8th grade field trip that served as the capstone in the Takoma Park Middle School math/science/computer science magnet. But Takoma isn’t alone. According to a communication that went out to magnet parents at Takoma this week, ALL week-long, [...]
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