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News: Child Enrolls in MCPS Middle School
While the statement “Child Enrolls in MCPS Middle School” shouldn’t be news, here in Montgomery County it is when the child in question is a qualified and gifted nine-year old. As blogged about a few...
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Why I Care About the Singam Case
Two weeks ago, when I learned about the unfolding drama surrounding Kumar Singam’s efforts to enroll his 9 year old daughter in an MCPS middle school (posts here and here), I wrote him an email: … I...
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Don’t SIPPI the KoolAid
It’s been an interesting week for GT. Between intense traffic on the local GT listservs (join both this one and this one if you live in MoCo and want to be informed), and a deluge of back channel...
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Same As It Ever Was: Howard Co. Student Denied
This morning’s Post carried this story by Jay Mathews: School Rules Stifle Gifted Student. Be still my heart–Jay Mathews taking on the case of gifted student denied acceleration. Echoes of the Singam...
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On Second Thought: MCPS Seeks Math Feedback
You may recall a few months back that I wrote about the mega boondoggle panel created by MCPS to review mathematics instruction. Well the K-12 Mathematics Work Group is soliciting feedback from...
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A Rarely Heard Story
I’m pleased to direct you to a story that appears this week in our little bitty local freebie newspaper, The Takoma Voice. But the story is anything but little bitty. Sue Katz Miller, one very...
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Irony Alert: Arts Education and the Eastern Magnet
The MCCPTA just sent around the link to this YouTube video of Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley extolling the importance of arts education. Meanwhile, those stalwart parents at Eastern Middle School...
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Oh Never Mind: Update on Proposed Transport Cuts
Remember how Superintendent Weast’s proposed FY 2011 budget cuts included cuts to transportation? The original proposal listed: Item H: Transportation for optional regular education programs -...
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Wednesday Night Budget Theater…Redux
Yes, I’m a glutton for punishment. I showed up at last night’s Wednesday’s second Board of Education hearing on the FY 2011 operating budget and the proposed cuts too. The clusters on deck to testify...
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I Refudiate!
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...
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