This post is from from my other blog here

In my own convoluted reasoning and opinion, though perhaps not entirely so, it seems the Washington Post must be reading this blog, and agreeing with us....

Note today's Washington Post Metro Section, an article entitled - "No Child" Law May Slight The Gifted, Experts Say...

The thesis is remarkably coincidental to and supportive of several postings we've made recently about the increasing drumbeat in Loudoun County (and across the US) for additional differentiation in the schools, with equal resources focused towards the advanced learners as with those requiring a "safety net".

"Some scholars are joining parent advocates in questioning whether the education law No Child Left Behind, with its goal of universal academic proficiency, has had the unintended consequence of diverting resources and attention from the gifted", - the article states. The article also says "teachers...have little incentive to teach students who will meet these (NCLB) goals however they are taught". Exactly what we proposed to introduce, from an incentive perspective, in a previous post of ours (with a very lively discussion!).

Please note that this discussion of "gifted" resources has nothing to do with income levels - "gifted" students should be identified and supported no matter what kind of family background or living conditions they have.

The article doesn't say anything about Loudoun County, focusing on the "close-in" counties, including Maryland, where a "particularly vocal community of parent advocates" is active.

Where's our "vocal" community, here in Loudoun?