I'm not just following the Education Olympics coverage; I'm also addicted to the regular Olympics as well. And during last night's broadcast I heard for the first time that Michael Phelps's mother is a middle school principal. (It appears that I'm the last to know.)
So what do we know about the school? It's Windsor Mill Middle School in Baltimore County, Maryland--the district's newest middle school (so new that GreatSchools.net hasn't found it yet) and one of its STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) academies. And, according to its report card on the Maryland Department of Education website, it didn't make Adequate Yearly Progress under No Child Left Behind. Its African-American, low-income, and special education students all failed to meet targets in reading and math, as did its students overall. (It appears to be a predominantly African-American school.)
If Debbie Phelps can raise the most decorated gold medal athlete in Olympic history, surely she can turn around Windsor Mill Middle School, too.
