Mentions of GT in the county.... What's with the new U.S. News high school list? Washington Post, Jay Mathews Class Struggle Blog, December 11, 2009 Why GT Classes are not enough: The Warren Buffet Case Washington Post, Jay Mathews Class Struggle Blog, December 10, 2009 Montgomery County is offering advanced programs to just about anyone who wants them. Leaving Public School: One Child's Story Takoma Voice, October 2009 Denise Jones was an NAACP Parents Council Representative. She speaks candidly about gifted education in MCPS and why she moved her daughtet to private school for sixth grade, three years ago. 'Without Skipping a Grade" Gifted Exchange Blog, September 17, 2009 "If Montgomery County has a systemwide model in order to ensure that no one need (horrors!) skip a grade, this seems to show that the prejudice is alive and well." Cited District Does Have Options for "Acceleration" Education Week, September 15, 2009 Kay Williams of AEI argues that contrary to the impression created, “acceleration is already an integral part of the program options in Montgomery County public schools. The district’s systemwide model for acceleration ensures that students can access an appropriate, above grade-level curriculum every day without skipping a grade.” Parent Advocate says his daughter should be allowed to skip grades: School system would enroll her in advanced elementary classes Gazette.net, August 26, 2009 Update: No back to school for gifted 10-year-old The Examiner (Opinion), August 19, 2009 Whatever happened to grade skipping? Accelerating the Gifted in a Time of Tight Budgets Education Week, August 11, 2009 "In Montgomery County, Md., the debate is more existential, with the district considering abandoning its practice of labeling 2nd graders as gifted or not gifted." Asian-American parents urged to speak out on education: Proposal to change ‘gifted' program spurs debate Gazette.net, March 11, 2009 The head of an advocacy group challenged Asian-American parents last week to be more vocal on "gifted and talented" instruction and other issues. Well-Connected Parents Take on School Boards: Web-Savvy Activists Push for Educational Change Washington Post, January 30, 2009; Page A01 "Other Montgomery parents are organizing online around issues such as gifted or special education, and they keep close tabs on pending program changes." When the Label is Gifted, the Debate is Heated Washington Post, January 22, 2009; Page GZ03 Parents, schools weigh ‘Gifted and Talented' label: Some favor dropping the designation in favor of more advanced classes; others fear lowered academic expectations Gazette.net, December 24, 2008 Includes quote from Fred Stichnoth, GTA representative at-large Montgomery's Treatment of Gifted Students Washington Post, Monday, December 22, 2008; Page A20 Letters to the Editor, including letter by GTA co-President Eric Marx Montgomery Erasing Gifted Label: Implications Concern Some Parents Washington Post, Tuesday, December 16, 2008; Page B01 Montgomery County Schools Try Scrapping "Gifted" Label: Two schools screen but don't label students NBCwashington.com, December, 16, 2008
Board of Education Issues Statement in Response to Washington Post Story, ‘Montgomery Erasing Gifted Label’
December 16, 2008 Statement from Shirley Brandman, President of the Montgomery County Board of Education, and Patricia O’Neill, Vice President of the Board and Chair of the Policy Committee 'Gifted' Label Takes a Vacation in Diversity Quest - Washington Post, February 22, 2006 Middle school magnet programs in Montgomery County have traditionally operated as schools within schools, offering specialized curriculum to a few select students -- who have been mostly Asian and white. But this fall, educators decided to try a different approach. Instead of selecting a few hundred students for traditional school magnets, officials opened magnet programs at three middle schools to everyone. Dangerous Minds Washington Post, December 5, 1999 "The Hovens felt a system as good as Montgomery County's could handle one more bright child. But some administrators wanted Niels to adjust to elementary school, not vice versa. That was a mistake. John Hoven became co-president of the county's Gifted and Talented Association and has been bedeviling educators on behalf of precocious children ever since." |
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