http://insideschools.org/blog/2008/04/21/manhattan-school-admission-getting-tighter-but-gt-programs-more-open/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:15:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://insideschools.org/blog/2008/04/21/manhattan-school-admission-getting-tighter-but-gt-programs-more-open/#comment-230 Anonymous Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:47:00 +0000 http://insideschools.org/blog/2008/04/21/manhattan-school-admission-getting-tighter-but-gt-programs-more-open/#comment-230 Here is what I don't understand: what difference does it make if the seat your child is assigned says general ed, G&T or super-duper G&T, since said chair still needs to be located in said building in which there is no room for more kids. No room means physically no room. Or do G&T kids bend the laws of physics so they don't take up as much space as the rabble? Here is what I don’t understand: what difference does it make if the seat your child is assigned says general ed, G&T or super-duper G&T, since said chair still needs to be located in said building in which there is no room for more kids. No room means physically no room. Or do G&T kids bend the laws of physics so they don’t take up as much space as the rabble?

]]> http://insideschools.org/blog/2008/04/21/manhattan-school-admission-getting-tighter-but-gt-programs-more-open/#comment-229 Anonymous Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:45:00 +0000 http://insideschools.org/blog/2008/04/21/manhattan-school-admission-getting-tighter-but-gt-programs-more-open/#comment-229 Yes. (re: the above) Yes. (re: the above)

]]> http://insideschools.org/blog/2008/04/21/manhattan-school-admission-getting-tighter-but-gt-programs-more-open/#comment-225 Anonymous Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:54:00 +0000 http://insideschools.org/blog/2008/04/21/manhattan-school-admission-getting-tighter-but-gt-programs-more-open/#comment-225 What makes me laugh is that there's absolutely no information available on the curriculum of these G&T programs, how it differs from a "regular" curriculum, and what makes it so desirable, anyway. Is it just to give frantic Manhattan moms a fancy label for their kids? What makes me laugh is that there’s absolutely no information available on the curriculum of these G&T programs, how it differs from a “regular” curriculum, and what makes it so desirable, anyway. Is it just to give frantic Manhattan moms a fancy label for their kids?

]]> http://insideschools.org/blog/2008/04/21/manhattan-school-admission-getting-tighter-but-gt-programs-more-open/#comment-223 Anonymous Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:00:00 +0000 http://insideschools.org/blog/2008/04/21/manhattan-school-admission-getting-tighter-but-gt-programs-more-open/#comment-223 Sadly nothing matters re: the G&T b/c the DOE is keeping in a sibling policy. For many of the newcombers, getting a G&T spot in any decent G&T program feels kind of hopeless. Sadly nothing matters re: the G&T b/c the DOE is keeping in a sibling policy. For many of the newcombers, getting a G&T spot in any decent G&T program feels kind of hopeless.

]]> http://insideschools.org/blog/2008/04/21/manhattan-school-admission-getting-tighter-but-gt-programs-more-open/#comment-222 Anonymous Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:08:00 +0000 http://insideschools.org/blog/2008/04/21/manhattan-school-admission-getting-tighter-but-gt-programs-more-open/#comment-222 But even if more kids qualified for district wide programs, seats haven't been added to Anderson, TAG or Lower Lab, so how does that change the situation one bit? It's still the same number of kids competing for the same number of seats, different ones just may end up in different slots. It's like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. But even if more kids qualified for district wide programs, seats haven’t been added to Anderson, TAG or Lower Lab, so how does that change the situation one bit? It’s still the same number of kids competing for the same number of seats, different ones just may end up in different slots. It’s like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.

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