In Era of Smaller Schools, One County Finds Improvement From Consolidating By MARY B. W. TABOR Published: June 12, 1996 Just a few years ago, the 93 public...
Magnet programs can be good and bad. My son had the bad side because the principal was more interested in my son's scores rather than my son's health. The...
In "The Price of a Free Public Education," JustChildren Attorney Angela Ciolfi addresses the fact that many of Virginia's school systems charge substantial...
AEI will participate in MCPS' Back-to-School fair this Saturday, 10-3, at Carver, 850 Hungerford, Rockville. AEI will provide information on "all program...
Has anyone had a child enrolled in "Crafting the Essay" or a similar class? We're trying trying to choose between the web-based and or e-mail formats, and any...
As a reference for Maryland parents, as school begins in a few weeks, the Parents Coalition has put together a one page reference guide to the Maryland state...
A home schooling friend is cleaning out some math books her family is no longer using, including Singapore Math's New Elementary Mathematics (NEM) books, ...
On 5/14/2008 2:43 PM, I received a communication from Martin Creel, which stated in part, "…I have consulted with our legal counsel … ," in response to an...
I have uploaded to Files the portion of MCPS' 2008 Master Plan Annual Update pertaining to GT (see "BTE Update 2008"). The Update was approved July 28 by...
Could you please put your chart in the FILES section of this group? It is not readable in a text document. I would like to see what is in each column. And...
I am confused by this list Some of the schools selected are in zip codes 20901 or 20904 or 20910 (the east County and not known for the wealth of the parents...
In response to the request for comment on the master plan annual update, here is a start. 1. Global screening in second grade. We are in a highly transient ...
Janice-please accept my apologies for the scrambled table and the numerous typos (I edited down a longer version). I did upload the table, a graph, and the...
Dear BethesdaDad: UPLOAD of file zipcodepop_ed_income_anon.pdf. Which measure is the only one used for highly gifted identification? Does this happen in 2nd...
Here are my lunch time comments on the MCPS 2008 Master Plan GT issues. In my humble opinion MCPS cannot do away with its GT program and be in compliance with...
Okay...I'm still finding your postings difficult to follow. But I'll take a stab. You write: The crux of the argument is that GT selection, like the...
I don't think it is reasonable to assume that GT identification and assessment test results should be correlated, especially if GT students are not being...
I chose my method of analysis to eliminate, if that is ever possible(!), the inflammatory issue of race. That can be arguably accomplished by considering GT...
Last year, I found a fantastic high school senior (and math guru) who was interested in being a tutor for a very advanced 5 year old. Once again, I'm looking...
... As of last school year, the SCAT tested used off-level by the Johns Hopkins University Talent search (our local talent search) no longer has national...
Tanya, Thank you for your feedback. First, I acknowledge your comments on the quote from the work of Dr. VanTassel-Baska. I will not pretend to speak on Dr....
The table I downloaded hasn't generated any comment. Hopefully below is a readable version, even though the columns got messed up half way. Note: the national...
Tanya-you state, "Note: the national rate for "Graduate or Professional Degrees" in 2000 was 8.9 In the catchment area of this magnet middle school, the rate...
Education Examiner Why Are Children Penalized for Excelling? August 27 Andrea Hermitt - Education Examiner (Excerpt) There is a poem called Our Deepest Fear by...
... MCPS probably won't define GIFTED because MCPS wants to drop gifted identification altogether and only identify children for existing programs. E.g.,...
... ... Educated parents MAY, again I am saying MAY, have ... I'm talking about census recorded advanced degrees (masters, law, Ph.D., M.D., not sure what is...
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