As you can probably guess, I have absolutely zero sadness at the departure of Jerry Weast. Words cannot adequately capture the smarmy arrogance of the man. I had one final chance to catch him in action at the March 28 Board of Education meeting. An overflow crowd of parents representing various interests — including GTA’s [...]
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Buh-Bye Jerry Weast, Hello Joshua Starr
Posted in In the News, School, tagged board of education, education, Jerry Weast, joshua staff, maryland, MCPS, stamford on April 25, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Under a Bushel
Posted in education, Gifted, In the News, School, tagged education, high school, identifcation, maryland, MCEF, MCPS, montgomery county, School on February 28, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Congratulations to Montgomery Blair High School! Blair was honored on February 16 with the Maryland Excellence in Gifted and Talented Education (EGATE) award. It is one of just five schools statewide—and the only high school—to receive the prestigious award, which recognizes outstanding gifted and talented education. MCPS actually issued a press release! For those readers [...]
Race to Nowhere: Counterpoint
Posted in education, Gifted, In the News, School on December 8, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Welcome new readers! I’ve been told that the link to my previous blog about the recent Race to Nowhere screening was shared on a local high school listserv…. Yesterday morning’s New York Times greeted the nation with a stark rebuke to the message of Race to Nowhere. The headline reads, “In PISA Test, Top Test [...]
It’s Official: Homeschooling is Hot
Posted in education, Gifted, Homeschooling, In the News, tagged Homeschooling, parenting on August 21, 2010 | 2 Comments »
No lesser authority than the New York Times Magazine has decreed it: Homeschooling is “in vogue.” Just check out the piece “School’s In,” about Mini-R.A.D, short for Revolutionary Artistic Development: a fledgling home school cooperative started by the fashion photographers Tom Betterton and Jenny Gage three years ago with three other sets of Brooklyn hipster [...]
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 [...]
Not the straight and narrow
Posted in Gifted, In the News on June 29, 2010 | 2 Comments »
A friend and reader (;-)) recently posted two snippets of articles from the New York Times to her Facebook wall, a reminder that the smooth, well-behaved path doesn’t always lead to a noteworthy life: Ben made himself unwelcome at a series of private schools. Precocious, pretentious and incorrigible, he took Oscar Wilde as his role [...]
Let’s Talk About Choice
Posted in education, In the News, tagged charter school, education, elementary school, Jerry Weast, maryland, MCPS, School on June 19, 2010 | 4 Comments »
In the reportage following the rejection of the Global Garden Public Charter School, the comment that leapt out to me was one made by Superintendent Jerry Weast on the issue of “choice.” I wanted to be sure it was transmitted correctly, so I dug around to find his actual words. [Note: the MCPS website's Watch [...]
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