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Why You Should Fill Out that Application for the Highly Gifted Center Program5 comments

SwitchedOnMom wrote 1 month ago: Last week I thought I had really put my foot in it with a friend.  She has an extremely bright and c … more →

Tags: gifted, School, acceleration, Center for the Highly Gifted, curriculum, Differentiation, Education, Elementary School, Maryland

Irony Alert: Arts Education and the Eastern Magnet

SwitchedOnMom wrote 2 months ago: The MCCPTA just sent around the link to this YouTube video of Maryland Governor Martin O’Malle … more →

Tags: School, gifted, Education, mcps, Maryland, Montgomery County, magnet program, verbally gifted, Jerry Weast

All Gifted, All the Time6 comments

SwitchedOnMom wrote 2 months ago: The New York Times reports that there’s a new player on the New York City school scene, and fo … more →

Tags: gifted, In The News, Education, Elementary, exceptionally gifted, Feynman, feynman school, Maryland, Montgomery County

Welcome -- or, The Power of a Word

giftedincanada wrote 2 months ago: Words are classifiers. That much is obvious. But where the word ‘gifted’ is concerned, i … more →

Tags: Gifted Education, Canada, Giftedness, profoundly gifted

Anxiety and Giftedness10 comments

SwitchedOnMom wrote 2 months ago: Finally!  I’ve been meaning to put up a blog post about the the New York Times magazine articl … more →

Tags: gifted, Interesting, anxiety, dabrowski, exceptionally gifted, overexcitabilities, social-emotional

A Rarely Heard Story8 comments

SwitchedOnMom wrote 2 months ago: I’m pleased to direct you to a story that appears this week in our little bitty local freebie … more →

Tags: In The News, School, gifted, Education, mcps, Differentiation, Maryland, Montgomery County, magnet program

How did I miss this?4 comments

SwitchedOnMom wrote 3 months ago: Boy I’m behind in my reading.  How did I miss this post by Scott McLeod at Dangerously Irrelev … more →

Tags: gifted, Education, profoundly gifted, teacher, Elementary School, exceptionally gifted

Go Laura, Sorry Kay8 comments

SwitchedOnMom wrote 3 months ago: Well I just forked over my $2.95 per article to Education Week in order to read Laura Vanderkam … more →

Tags: gifted, acceleration, Education, Elementary School, exceptionally gifted, High School, Maryland, Math, mcps

Chop, Chop, Chop11 comments

SwitchedOnMom wrote 3 months ago: Looks like the chopping of GT education in MCPS continues apace.  The latest casualty is the weeklon … more →

Tags: School, gifted, Education, mcps, Maryland, Montgomery County, verbally gifted, Middle School

Why I Care About the Singam Case 13 comments

SwitchedOnMom wrote 3 months ago: Two weeks ago, when I learned about the unfolding drama surrounding Kumar Singam’s efforts to … more →

Tags: gifted, acceleration, Advocacy, Center for the Highly Gifted, curriculum, early college, Education, exceptionally gifted, High School

News: Child Enrolls in MCPS Middle School12 comments

SwitchedOnMom wrote 4 months ago: While the statement “Child Enrolls in MCPS Middle School” shouldn’t be news, here … more →

Tags: gifted, In The News, acceleration, Advocacy, Education, Elementary School, exceptionally gifted, Homeschooling, Identification

Truth Out: MCPS Hates Grade Skipping8 comments

SwitchedOnMom wrote 4 months ago: Well the new school year is certainly shaping up to start with a bang, isn’t it?  Comes a stor … more →

Tags: gifted, In The News, acceleration, Advocacy, Center for the Highly Gifted, Education, Elementary School, exceptionally gifted, Gifted - Montgomery & Fairfax County Groups

Yoohoo, Maryland3 comments

SwitchedOnMom wrote 5 months ago: Check it out.  The Post reported on Thursday that Virginia has approved another Governors School: In … more →

Tags: gifted, In The News, acceleration, dual enrollment, early college, Education, exceptionally gifted, High School, Homeschooling

SENG Recap6 comments

SwitchedOnMom wrote 5 months ago: Wow.  I’m at the Orlando Airport, on my way home from the SENG Conference.  Sorry not to offer a rea … more →

Tags: gifted, profoundly gifted, exceptionally gifted, Parenting, social-emotional, seng, Conference

Set Them Free10 comments

SwitchedOnMom wrote 6 months ago: In the days of appointment TV Today is the start of what should be an interesting three weeks.  Well … more →

Tags: gifted, In The News, School, acceleration, Differentiation, early college, Education, exceptionally gifted, High School

A Thousand Paper Cuts5 comments

SwitchedOnMom wrote 6 months ago: Remember how a few months ago I wrote about the fight in Pennsylvania to save their Governor’s Schoo … more →

Tags: gifted, In The News, Education, Maryland, profoundly gifted, Math, verbally gifted, exceptionally gifted, Advocacy

"What Research Tells Us about Exemplary Practice in Gifted Education"3 comments

SwitchedOnMom wrote 7 months ago: As much as I blog about all this school system policy stuff, I didn’t necessarily set out to d … more →

Tags: gifted, School, curriculum, Differentiation, Education, exceptionally gifted, Fairfax County, High School, profoundly gifted

Can It Be Any Clearer?9 comments

SwitchedOnMom wrote 7 months ago: I suppose I should be shocked speechless, but after several years of paying particular attention to … more →

Tags: School, gifted, Education, mcps, Differentiation, Maryland, Montgomery County, teacher, curriculum

What Does It Take? Leadership.1 comment

SwitchedOnMom wrote 7 months ago: In a recent post I told you how some future magnet parents at Eastern Middle School were rallying vo … more →

Tags: School, Community, Education, magnet program, Maryland, mcps, Middle School, Montgomery County, parent advocacy


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