From what I have observed (I have taught both math and social studies in high school and had limited experience teaching special education in a residential...
From David "Would you pay $10 for an $8 field trip to make sure the trip is fully funded and all students get to go, including your own? ). Would all county ...
Thank you George for confirming what I had long suspected was happening in the AP classes at Blair. My impression about those classes, in comparison with...
By his gentle persistence, George is managing to push this conversation towards a challenging ethical discussion. I'm going to try to make this more explicit....
I think one needs to include a 4th point, which MCPS rarely recognizes: 4. Students who do not receive appropriate educational challenge and support...
Blair Ewing was, indeed, a defender of quality, appropriate education to enable all students, including the gifted and talented, to reach their full potential....
Following up on something MCCPTA President Kay Romero recently posted (in which I did not see names), here's a news release that identifies the people who are...
I think the discussion reported yesterday in Marcus Moore's story "County's middle school curriculum too accelerated, some parents say" is significant. ...
This problem is NOT specific to Blair. In fact in my department (Social Studies) we have done everything to resist the demands to lower standards (including in...
Reply is to both Alan and Cathy, I think we can probably agree that evidence supports claim #1 and I definitely agree with Cathy's claim #4. I also believe...
... I thought AP exam performance (rather than AP enrollment) was being recognized as the proper outcome measure. How can this be reconciled with pressure for...
... In fact in my department (Social ... Why would allowing the highest performing, most highly motivated 9th and 10 graders in the school system to take...
You and I can agree to disagree about your department in particular. As you brought up your department specifically, I will respond. The AP NSL text used when...
... ..And I don't doubt that there are some trade-offs that ... George, Here is where I disagree. In a $2.1 billion budget I believe there IS enough money to...
In a message dated 7/10/2009 12:01:42 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ... MCPS likes to issue press releases about MCPS high schools' performance on Jay Mathews's...
Take a POLL on the issue of the RecExtra cuts to Cabin John Middle School, Herbert Hoover Middle School, Tilden Middle School, Thomas W. Pyle Middle School,...
A. Looking at this on a binary, true or false, basis: Claim 1: I think that whether kids will moderate their behavior in mixed grouping depends on a...
My 9th grader took AP US History this year, it was his favorite class and he managed a 5 on the exam. For the first time in years he had to read the...
A. Looking at this on a binary, true or false, basis: Claim 1: I think that whether kids will moderate their behavior in mixed grouping depends on a...
The USA Today newspaper had an article about ramping up training in the sciences and engineering and looked at the unemployment rate in the sciences and...
From the article: Lacking the basics High school students in 2006-2007 who needed remedial math in college Region - Montgomery With college prep - 30% Without...
The BOE will consider at tomorrow's meeting (2:30-3:30) the Bridge to Excellence Annual Master Plan Update. The several pages of the Update pertaining to GT...
I couldn't open the attachment to the Gazette article, but I know from experience teaching elementary, middle and high school students that this "too...
Please forward and cross-post. Â Frederick Stichnoth Springbrook High School parent Silver Spring, Maryland fred.stichnoth@... Â July 14, 2009 Â Board...
A friend forwarded this counterpoint to the Seven Keys. What do you think? 'The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan'; The Atlantic Home The Kidney Dialogues:...
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