Which school best supports children who are advanced academically?

[Anonymous]

http://educationnext.org/

[Anonymous]

I'm unclear about what the last two links are supposed to prove about private schools or magnets. Would the poster care to explain?

[Anonymous]

The links are not proofs. There are commentary pieces with data about the state of middle schools in our country. I'm sure there is data and information parents and students may find helpful in trying to make matriculation decisions about D.C. area private schools and public school magnet programs. Enjoy the reading.

[Anonymous]

Let’s Teach Math to the Talented Online

[Anonymous]

http://educationnext.org/lets-teach-math-to-the-talented-online/

I suspect this educator doesn't buy the theory that a 4 th grader is developmentally not ready for the pre-algebra and basic arithmatic concepts that predominate the quantative sections of the PSAT or the simple reading compression, grammar and vocabulary on the reading and language sections of the PSAT.

[Anonymous]

I'm unclear about what the last two links are supposed to prove about private schools or magnets. Would the poster care to explain?

I'm sure you wouldn't understand. You don't have a clue. That's fine. I got it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I'm unclear about what the last two links are supposed to prove about private schools or magnets. Would the poster care to explain?

I'm sure you wouldn't understand. You don't have a clue. That's fine. I got it.

You got ... a whole bunch of stats that might be helpful to parents with gifted kids but which are not relevant to the discussion we're having here? Well bully for you. But I'm not sure what this proves about your own intelligence.

[Anonymous]

You got ... a whole bunch of stats that might be helpful to parents with gifted kids but which are not relevant to the discussion we're having here? Well bully for you. But I'm not sure what this proves about your own intelligence.

Please don't get hung up on "gifted" labels. These are ordinary young kids in Sweden, Finland, Korea, Asia, Japan, Belgium, China, Vietnam and the like. Prealgebra and simple mathematical computation may scare you but scare ordinary 4th graders. Of course, if a 4th grader doesn't know his multiplication tables backwards and forwards and fractions I can understand the fear of math raises its' head with our middle school children. A comfort with math doesn't imply giftedness. Are you a teacher? Have you taught mathematics before? What was the highest level of math you attained?

I am not intelligent at all. I confess I would be tickled if I were only 1/10th as intelligent as my own children ... or even you. Mais, le jour sont fais. But, the dye is cast. I am willing to learn though.

And the topic of middle school education is very relevant to parents interested in "which school supports children who are advanced academically"...we are not talking about playdates and lacrosse.

[Anonymous]

You got ... a whole bunch of stats that might be helpful to parents with gifted kids but which are not relevant to the discussion we're having here? Well bully for you. But I'm not sure what this proves about your own intelligence.

Do you have the right topic. Are you on the right board. Maybe you should go back to the public school board since the topic de jour is: "Which school best supports children wha are advanced academically." Your post is totally irrelevant and non responsive to the topic and discussion at hand.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

You got ... a whole bunch of stats that might be helpful to parents with gifted kids but which are not relevant to the discussion we're having here? Well bully for you. But I'm not sure what this proves about your own intelligence.

Please don't get hung up on "gifted" labels. These are ordinary young kids in Sweden, Finland, Korea, Asia, Japan, Belgium, China, Vietnam and the like. Prealgebra and simple mathematical computation may scare you but scare ordinary 4th graders. Of course, if a 4th grader doesn't know his multiplication tables backwards and forwards and fractions I can understand the fear of math raises its' head with our middle school children. A comfort with math doesn't imply giftedness. Are you a teacher? Have you taught mathematics before? What was the highest level of math you attained?

I am not intelligent at all. I confess I would be tickled if I were only 1/10th as intelligent as my own children ... or even you. Mais, le jour sont fais. But, the dye is cast. I am willing to learn though.

And the topic of middle school education is very relevant to parents interested in "which school supports children who are advanced academically"...we are not talking about playdates and lacrosse.

I'm the poster you're responding to. Both my kids are in MoCo magnets, one of them in a middle school magnet, so I'm not afraid of them by any means.

Since you ask, I have a graduate degree that used math heavily: calculus and linear algebra.

And it's "les jeux sont faits." I also speak several languages. Do does DH.

What's annoying about your link is that (a) it doesn't seem to have anything to do with the specific debate here, and (b) you posted it without any description of your own, which could have saved us the time of reading it only to find out it's irrelevant.

Gifted education is great, of course, and why don't you start a new thread on the general wonderfulness of gifted education. No disagreement here. But your link tells us nothing about the topic of this particular thread, which is which school to choose in the greater DC area.

[Anonymous]

8:30 again. "Les jours sont fais" means something like "the days are done" except you used the wrong participle for "done".

[Anonymous]

Should have added that you want "jeux," which is games, instead of "jours", obviously.

[Anonymous]

Alea iacta est.

[Anonymous]

Indeed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Alea iacta est.

So is this thread, I hope.