Sold! To Pearson Education! This week brought the news that the school board has sold out MCPS’s elementary curriculum development (We’ll leave aside the fact that the press release was up even before the board voted on the deal. Ugh.) While MCPS minced no words on its wonderfulness, others, including Valerie Strauss of the Post [...]
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Going Once, Going Twice
Posted in education, Gifted, In the News, School, tagged curriculum, education, elementary school, Gifted, Jerry Weast, maryland, MCPS on June 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Living a smART Life
Posted in education, Gifted, School, tagged art, dance, education, Gifted, magnet program, MCPS, middle school, music on June 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Do you remember commenter Rockzana? I first corresponded with the MCPS middle schooler back in January, when she wrote to alert me to her school’s advocacy page in conjunction with the then looming threats to magnet transportation. [Update: Magnet and special program busing is safe for another year. It's just the Superintendent's failsafe way to [...]
What’s the New York Times Trying to Tell Us?
Posted in education, Gifted, In the News, tagged art, dance, education, Gifted, highly gifted on June 6, 2010 | 3 Comments »
So what is the New York Times trying to tell us? First there was an outstanding story on May 31 about 2 young American ballet students who moved to Russia to dance with the Bolshoi in pursuit of their art. [Video here. Slideshow here.] It’s a must-read and to my mind gives an answer to [...]
The Budget Cuts Ahead
Posted in education, Gifted, School, tagged budget, differentiation, education, elementary school, Gifted, high school, Jerry Weast, maryland, MCPS, middle school, School on June 6, 2010 | 4 Comments »
And so the school year is ending with a whimper. On Tuesday the Board of Education will vote on the the FY2011 Operating Budget, working from proposed budget cuts put forth by the Superintendent. Chances are very good that Board will accept them. Here’s what’s very likely ahead: Class Size Increase - 1 additional student [...]
If Not Now, When?
Posted in education, Gifted, School, tagged charter school, education, Jerry Weast, maryland, MCPS, montgomery county, race to the top on June 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The coming rejection of the Global Gardens Public Charter School and Crossway Community Charter School applications by the MCPS Board of Education is certainly disappointing, and it raises the question of whether the Board of Education will ever deem a charter school worthy enough for Montgomery County. Disappointing in that some of the substance of [...]
MCPS Charter Applications Denied
Posted in education, Gifted, Learning, School, tagged charter school, education, flow, fun, Jerry Weast, maryland, MCPS, montgomery county, school reform on June 3, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Evidently the two pending charter school applications in Montgomery County are being denied. My laugh out loud favorite quote from Jerry Weast’s memo: Panelists raised a number of concerns about the GGPCS applicant. In particular, there were significant concerns raised regarding the academic design proposed by the GGPCS applicants, including several foundational philosophical concerns. First, [...]
Artistically Gifted MCPS Student? Too Bad.
Posted in Gifted, School, tagged art, curriculum, education, Gifted, high school, Jerry Weast, maryland, MCPS, montgomery county, red zone on May 8, 2010 | 7 Comments »
MCPS talks a good game about “Success for Every Student.” The new curriculum page on their website declares: The MCPS curriculum serves all learners. It includes the basics — language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, and the arts. It supports exceptional children — those with disabilities, the highly able, and English language learners…. I would [...]
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Posted in Gifted, School, tagged budget, education, Gifted, maryland, MCPS, montgomery county, teacher on March 10, 2010 | 3 Comments »
So Marylanders, how did you celebrate “Gifted and Talented Education Month” in the state? What? You didn’t know that Governor Martin O’Malley had issued such a declaration for the month February? It wasn’t plastered on your local school system’s website? A press release touting your system’s great gifted and talented education services wasn’t released to [...]
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