On 12/26/2008 1:50 PM I posted an email with the subject line “Labelgate,” which contained the following:
“Take a look at Highland ES (#774) a state Blue Ribbon school. They had a 76.2% Hispanic student population. Georgian Forest, the “pilot” school for detracking, had a 49.2% African-American student body. Highland ES beat Georgian Forest ES in every category of the MSAs. Why? What did Highland do right? Shouldn’t we want to know?”
On 12/28/2008 11:55 AM, I posted an email with the subject line “Highland ES MSA performance, "Pilot" school performance, and GT screening in 2004-2205.” I wrote “Highland ES deserves our congratulations for their apparent performance on the 2008 MSAs. If they keep it up—give the folks a bouquet.”
Today, Highland Elementary School in Silver Spring, became the only public school to win the award in Montgomery County this year.
Without further ado let me present the students, staff, and parents of Highland ES a virtual bouquet. Folks, you made my day!
Too bad that Carver didn’t look to Highland for lessons learned, and replicate it. Then again, that would have required proactive leadership.
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