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Jerry Weast

Basing education reform on “tests of questionable reliability or purpose”

According to the official spokesman of Montgomey County Public Schools (MCPS), Dana Tofig, Maryland School Assessment (MSA) scores “&hellip...
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Montgomery County jettisons test that this column has shown to be outdated

Yesterday, this column posted a graphicof Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) TerraNova (TN2) performance and gifted and talented (GT)...
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The importance of parent talk

It is no secret that this column has sought to emphasize the important role parents play in the development of their offspring. As the NCLB has...
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The movement to emphasize services over labels in gifted and talented education

This column has long advocated the importance of services over labels. Now there is long overdue recognition of this reality. On August 10, 2011,...
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Shouldn’t Montgomery County’s unions square their rhetoric with tangible action?

The Montgomery County Education Forum (MCEF) asserts that it is an “organization that advocates for excellence and equity in public education...
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Are 'college-ready' pathways irrelevant?

Take a look at this webpage, maintained by Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS). The first goalof the district’s strategic plan is...
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Looking beneath the veneer of national High School Challenge rankings

One of the spring rituals of the national capital area is the release of the so called National High School Challenge rankings. Public school...
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Is the quality of education in Montgomery County, Maryland in a decline?

Click on the photo that accompanies this article and examine the enlarged version carefully. It is a snapshot of a Montgomery County Public School...
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The gifted label controversy in Montgomery County, Maryland

Close your eyes and listen to Itzhak Perlman as he plays that Stradivarius violin and you will soar among the stars like a kite on a string. You...
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What I want in the new superintendent of MCPS and the Board of Education

  • MCPS Superintendent
  • February 3, 2011
If memory serves, it is Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene II, which gave us those immortal words “What’s in a name? that which we call...
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