washingtonpost.com - MontgomeryMontgomeryColumn May be Ending, but Push to Improve Schools Will Go On- April 23, 2005 For five years, the back-to-school edition of Montgomery Extra has signaled the resumption of Homeroom, a forum in which readers and I have discussed all kinds of issues related to education, from heavy backpacks to reading research.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33056-2004Aug25.html?nav=rss_education/colu... Schools Should Be County's Only Landed Interest, Readers Say- April 23, 2005 Today is Readers Speak Back Day, but so many readers spoke back that I had to severely shorten the few letters I could print. My apologies.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39364-2004Mar31.html?nav=rss_education/colu... Death of Teen Worker Offers Lesson About School Admission Policy- April 23, 2005 I am haunted by the question "Why wasn't Michael Barrios in school"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47044-2004Jun16.html?nav=rss_education/colu... Ninth-Grade Science Curriculum Puts Parents to the Test- April 23, 2005 Dear Homeroom: My son is in eighth grade, and we are just beginning to plan for high school. I was appalled to discover that the only science class option at Damascus High School for ninth-graders is the generic Matter and Energy course, which means that he'll...http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35996-2004Jan21.html?nav=rss_education/colu... Reading Too Much Into the Need for Reading Instruction- April 23, 2005 My Memorial Day dinner conversation was dominated for a while by an article in that day's Washington Post about Highland Elementary School in Wheaton pretty much jettisoning social studies and science instruction for many students in favor of intensive reading instruction.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28913-2004Jun9.html?nav=rss_education/colum... Schools Need to Do the Right Thing on 504 Plans- April 23, 2005 A chart that ran with my March 4 column illustrated stark differences among Montgomery County high schools as to the number of 504 plans at each school.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1776-2004Mar17.html?nav=rss_education/colum... Slot Machines Could Increase the Odds of Corruption- April 23, 2005 Today is "Talk Back to Homeroom Day."The first letter below is one of many reactions I received to the April 22 Homeroom column, in which I wrote that House Speaker Michael E. Busch (D-Anne Arundel) was a hero because he thwarted the plans of Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. (R) and...http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58062-2004May26.html?nav=rss_education/colu... Maryland's Silence Could Speak Volumes- April 23, 2005 Sherlock Holmes taught us to notice not just the dog that barks but the dog that does not.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51538-2004Feb18.html?nav=rss_education/colu... 50 Years After Desegregation Ruling, Equality Still Elusive- April 23, 2005 Anyone who cares about schools and education and the state of democracy in the United States has been thinking about Brown v. Board of Education lately.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40151-2004May19.html?nav=rss_education/colu... Maryland Education Gets Mixed Grades in National Rating- April 23, 2005 To keep everyone up to date, I thought I'd let you know that Education Week -- the premier source of information about education issues in the nation -- gave Maryland mixed reviews last week in its annual "Quality Counts" issue, which rates all the states in their efforts to improve student performance.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16885-2004Jan14.html?nav=rss_education/colu... |