Why? Why Why Why is THIS week National Parenting Gifted Children Week? Does the gifted community really enjoy oblivion, irrelevancy and marginalization? Because seriously people, this has got to be one of the WORST times of the year to bring attention to gifted issues. Newsflash: School is out of session. A key audience–educators–is spread to [...]
Archive for July, 2010
I Refudiate!
Posted in education, Gifted, tagged advocacy, Gifted, NAGC, parent advocay, parenting on July 23, 2010 | 4 Comments »
What’s the Matter with Kansas?
Posted in education, Gifted, In the News, tagged acceleration, curriculum, differentiation, education, elementary school, Gifted, grade acceleration, identification, Jerry Weast, kansas, maryland, MCPS, standards-based on July 7, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Really, what’s up with those people in Kansas? There they go again, pushing some crazy-ass notion, out of step with the nation… Except, um, maybe this time they’re onto something. GT listservs are humming with the news that Kansas City, Missouri schools are experimenting with the elimination of grade levels, following on the heels of [...]
Too Early?
Posted in education, Gifted, In the News, tagged education, Gifted, identification, kindergarten, new york city, preschool on July 5, 2010 | 11 Comments »
Clara, Clara, Clara. I was resisting wading into the recent story from New York City, that officials are seeking a new exam for admissions of gifted students that may involve testing children as young as 3, because hey, that’s in New York, while the demoralizing reality here in MoCo is that MCPS officials are moving [...]
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