It was on the list of most emailed articles for the New York Times this morning: Tips for the Admissions Test … to Kindergarten. Shudder. Test preparation has long been a big business catering to students taking SATs and admissions exams for law, medical and other graduate schools. But the new clientele is quite a [...]
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Posted in In the News, School, tagged garden, IQ, kindergarten, magnet program, parenting, school garden, standardized testing on November 22, 2009 | 5 Comments »
GT Lives!
Posted in Gifted, School, tagged Center for the Highly Gifted, education, elementary school, Gifted, magnet program, MCPS, middle school, montgomery county, PTA, red zone on November 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have to say, I’d been having my doubts whether anyone in Montgomery County gave a fig about GT education, but a modicum of my faith was restored on Wednesday, when I was invited to participate on Gifted Centers/Magnet School Roundtable at the girls’ former elementary school. Just to back up… At the end of [...]
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