MCPS is like a Hydra–it’s hard to keep track of all those writhing heads. Case in point, that fave of mine, the K-12 Mathematics Joint Work Group. And what have they been up to? Listening to “experts.” Here’s the summary from the October 29, 2009 meeting. “The workgroup members saw a videotaped presentation by William [...]
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Tracking Nonsense
Posted in Gifted, School, tagged acceleration, education, Gifted, maryland, math, MCPS, montgomery county on January 10, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Discordant notes
Posted in Gifted, School, tagged art, education, Jerry Weast, magnet program, maryland, MCPS, middle school, music, verbally gifted on January 10, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Readers of this blog will remember that last year I did a whole series of posts about the proposed — and then enacted — scheduling change at the Eastern Middle School humanities magnet. One of the predictions was that the move from an 8-period block schedule, to 7 periods, and the resulting loss of an [...]
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