'Gifted' in The News
When is it OK for wunderkinds to drop out of school?
Susan Bartell, a psychologist based in Port Washington, N.Y., who works with adolescents and their families, says she frequently encounters parents who are convinced that their kids are extraordinarily gifted.
Fox News
May 21, 2013
New School for Gifted and Talented Children Opens in Westwood, NJ - Newsday
A school exclusively for gifted and talented children is opening for the 2013-14 school year.
Newsday
May 21, 2013
Quinn's school folly
The mayoral hopeful has announced that she wants to expand by 8,900 the number of seats in New York's gifted and talented programs.
New York Post
May 20, 2013
Arlington Heights District 25 proposes changes to 'gifted' program
Some big curriculum changes could be coming for Arlington Heights' most advanced students.
Chicago Tribune
May 20, 2013
Legal Tussle Could Delay New York City's Gifted-and-Talented Offer Process
The city Department of Education can continue to prepare gifted-and-talented admissions offers but can't issue any while a legal challenge is pending, a judge said Friday.
Wall Street Journal
May 19, 2013
Parents upset with Dist. 25 report on gifted education
The program review was started in 2010 with an external evaluation from a gifted education expert from the University of Virginia, which found that the district did not have a real definition of "gifted" or a consistent way of identifying students for services.
Chicago Daily Herald
May 18, 2013
Parents sue to stop DOE's botched gifted and talented screening ...
Angry parents say they want a do-over after the Department of Education botched the screening process for gifted-and-talented programs this year.
New York Post
May 17, 2013
New York City Gifted-and-Talented Program's Math Is Questioned
New York City's method of determining eligibility for its gifted-and-talented program this year has come under new scrutiny by a group of critics who argue a fundamental flaw in the city's math meant too many children qualified for the competitive program.
Wall Street Journal
May 15, 2013
School for gifted students to open in Sandusky
“The planning of the Regional Center began when we sat down and discussed what areas our of current school system were unmet,” said Superintendent Eugene Sanders.
The Morning Journal
May 15, 2013
Middle school changes coming in Windham
Through the University of Connecticut, Windham was chosen as one of three new districts to launch Renzulli Academies for gifted and talented students.
Norwich Bulletin
May 14, 2013
Portland ACCESS Program Moving And Growing
The Portland school district's program for exceptional students will add more students, as it moves next fall to a new home.
OPB News
May 13, 2013
Nashville schools cast wider net for gifted children
Black and Hispanic children are grossly underrepresented in Metro's Encore program for academically gifted and talented students.
The Tennessean
May 14, 2013
Blacks, Hispanics underrepresented in gifted programs
In November 2009, two months before leaving office, then-Gov. Tim Kaine ordered a study on the number of minority students in gifted education programs operated by the state's public schools.
Virginia Gazette
May 13, 2013
Over 12000 gifted students to benefit from national project
A statement from the King Abdul Aziz and His Companions Foundation for the Gifted (Mawhiba) said the third phase of the national project has covered more than 12,000 promising students throughout the Kingdom.
Arab News
May 12, 2013
New Error Found in Scoring of Test for Gifted Programs
Three weeks after New York City disclosed that thousands of students had been wrongly excluded from eligibility in public school gifted programs, the Education Department said that roughly 300 additional students received incorrect scores because of another mistake by the testing company.
New York Times
May 10, 2013
Loudoun school challenges gifted program norms
“I was in the gifted and talented program throughout my time in Montgomery County, Md., growing up.
Loudoun Times-Mirror
May 10, 2013
St. Mary's identifying academically talented students
St. Mary's public schools starting this year formally screening third-grade students for gifted and talented instruction as a way to better serve those students, school officials said at a board meeting last week.
So Md News
May 10, 2013
Quinn Calls For Big Expansion Of Gifted And Talented Program In City Schools
Under the proposals she outlined, the City Council speaker would double the number of schools for high performing students, add thousands of seats to existing programs and loosen admissions requirements in some neighborhoods.
CBS NY
May 9, 2013
STEM Academy Faces Site-Split
The STEM Academy program, one of five citywide Gifted and Talented programs, located at PS 85 Judge Charles J. Vallone School in Community School District 30 will face major changes in the coming years.
Queens Tribune
May 9, 2013
City must do more for gifted students
Among these misconceptions are that gifted kids need less support than other students because everything comes easily, gifted kids can learn with little or no instruction because of their above average intelligence, and gifted kids will succeed.
Baltimore Sun
May 8, 2013
Study: 'Gifted' students need more classroom instruction
Vanderbilt University on May 2 presented to parents and community members the results of its recently completed study of the New Albany-Plain Local School District's programming for "gifted" students.
ThisWeekNews
May 8, 2013
My Kid's Gifted. Now What?
In an innocuous building in South Pasadena, the passionate members of the Institute for Educational Advancement welcome newcomers to introduce the organizations services and capabilities
Hometown Pasadena
May 8, 2013
Quinn Offers Plan to Add Slots for Gifted in City Schools
“Our gifted and talented programs in no way, shape or form reflect the diversity of our city,” Ms. Quinn said in an interview.
New York Times
May 7, 2013
Praise effort, not intelligence
In an article titled “The Secret to Raising Smart Kids,” author Carol Dweck summarized decades of educational research on student motivation and achievement by saying, “Hint: Don’t tell your kids that they are (smart).
Asheville Citizen-Times
May 6, 2013
Sunday Dialogue: A Talent for Teaching
Only those with specific talents and training become gifted teachers who, working with a talented mentor teacher and a variety of tools and learned techniques, can motivate students to want to learn.
New York Times
May 5, 2013
OWANISIAN: Programs coming for gifted students
These two programs look to take our bright and gifted students and give them an opportunity to work harder and advance more quickly, preparing them for a successful career in what has become a very competitive market.
Worcester Telegram
May 3, 2013
Fewer Low-Income Students Took Gifted and Talented Test Despite Overhaul ...
Aicha Zamcaligre read the letter from her son's South Bronx school about the gifted and talented exam, but since she hadn't heard of the G&T program, she tossed it aside.
DNAinfo
May 1, 2013
DOE Announces New Plan for STEM Gifted Program in Queens After Criticism
The Department of Education is amending its plan for the future of the STEM citywide gifted program in Queens after parents slammed the city's first proposal.
DNAinfo
April 30, 2013
Gifted kids are special-education kids
Gifted classes do not mean “advanced placement” classes.
Arizona Republic
April 28, 2013
Gifted and Talented: The forgotten students
It's typical, says Lafayette Parish Schools Superintendent Dr. Pat Cooper, for gifted and talented students to get the short end of the stick.
The Independent
April 26, 2013
More state schools may cater for gifted students
Select-entry classes for children with high academic potential could be offered at more state high schools amid concerns the needs of many gifted and talented students are not being met.
Illawarra Mercury
April 26, 2013
City reverses course on popular gifted and talented program at PS 122
But the win by parents of students at Public School 122 may be short-lived as the city hasn't ruled out cutting enrollment at the school's highly sought-after gifted and talented program and adding a full middle school in the future.
New York Daily News
April 25, 2013
Educators Worried Over Gifted And Talented Program Funding
According to a BESE formula, the funding for Gifted and Talented students would first be cut in half, and the rest of funding would be based on testing performance.
KATC Lafayette News
April 25, 2013
The Illusion of the “Gifted” Child
When news broke late last week that behemoth education company Pearson had bungled the scoring of standardized tests used for admissions to gifted education programs in New York City, it united Gotham's quarrelling education community.
TIME (blog)
April 25, 2013
We mustn't neglect gifted students
Only a handful of states require that gifted education services be delivered and provide funding to fully support these services.
The Tennessean
April 24, 2013
Pine View ranked No. 6 high school in nation
Pine View school is the sixth best public high school in the country, jumping from 30th place from last year's rankings, according to U.S. News & World Report.
Herald-Tribune
April 23, 2013
Gifted students will shift to failing school
The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board will move about 100 gifted and talented students from Glen Oaks Park Elementary School to Merrydale Elementary School this fall to try to increase test-score performance at Merrydale.
Seattle Post Intelligencer
April 21, 2013
Mistake in Scoring Test Adds NYC Gifted Students
Nearly 5,000 New York City students' eligibility for gifted and talented programs has been affected after an error in the scoring of the test was identified.
NBC
April 20, 2013
Gifted Exam Scoring Flaws Are Uncovered
Thousands of students were incorrectly told they weren't eligible for the city's gifted-and-talented public-school program due to errors by the testing company, city officials said Friday.
Wall Street Journal
April 20, 2013
More in New York City Qualify as Gifted After Error Is Fixed
Nearly 2,700 New York City students were wrongly told in recent weeks they were not eligible for seats in public school gifted and talented programs because of errors in scoring the tests used for admission, the Education Department said on Friday.
New York Times
April 19, 2013
PS 122 parents, staff save gifted program from cuts
A cherished gifted and talented program at PS 122 in Astoria that the city Department of Education had slated for a massive scaling back will remain unchanged after all, several area legislators said this week
Times Ledger
April 19, 2013
400 NYC Test Scores Go Missing As Schools Application Deadline Looms
Four hundred tests taken by kindergarteners, first-graders and second-graders for admission into New York City's gifted and talented public schools went missing for more than a week, officials confirmed.
NBC New York
April 17, 2013
Gifted programs teaching insight: Aha! Eureka!
Matthew McGee explains "Insight — that spontaneous moment of inspiration that helps solve difficult problems — may be one reason that gifted students excel in academics more than their peers.
Lynchburg News and Advance
April 16, 2013
DOE Nixes Plan to Cut Gifted Program at Astoria's PS 122 After Backlash
After months of protests and criticism from the community, the Department of Education is dropping a controversial plan to reduce the size of the popular Gifted and Talented program at Astoria's P.S. 122
DNAinfo
April 15, 2013
Matching Students With Schools
He and his team of nearly 200 handle prekindergarten admissions, gifted and talented slots and the high school matching process.
New York Times
April 14, 2013
One Up on Einstein
Is their child exceptionally gifted or is she just a cut above the rest?
Indian Express
April 13, 2013
Schools Chancellor Walcott meets with parents over gifted and talented
Chancellor Dennis Walcott recently met with parents, teachers and elected officials to discuss potential cuts to the gifted and talented program at P.S. 122.
Queens Courier
April 12, 2013
The Misunderstood Face of Giftedness
The gifted student archetype, while expected to be a mature classroom leader, does not fit all gifted students.
Huffington Post
April 10, 2013
Fewer students qualify for gifted and talented programs this year.
Students in the school district serving Manhattan's Upper West Side scored seats in coveted kindergarten gifted programs at a higher rate than kids in any other.
NY Post
April 9, 2013
Gifted, Talented—Squeezed
The city's gifted-and-talented programs disproportionately enroll white and Asian students, even though the majority of the city's students are black or Hispanic.
Wall Street Journal
April 8, 2013
Why is it challenging to be challenged in public schools?
Every time I hear this, though, it takes me back to my time in high school, not too long ago, at a public school in Baltimore County, where I was actively discouraged from taking more challenging classes – that is, getting into the so-called "Gifted Program.”
Baltimore Sun
April 8, 2013
Push is on to expand gifted education to more minorities, poor
Lynaugh knew her school off Vineland Road in Orange County enrolled some very smart kids. Teachers simply weren't referring them for gifted evaluations.
Orlando Sentinel
April 6, 2013
Gilbert district opens applications for new gifted program
Applications are available online for new, self-contained gifted classes that will be offered next school year in the Gilbert Unified School District.
East Valley Tribune
April 4, 2013
Changes ahead in gifted education in Houston elementary schools
Our system already uses this model for our gifted and talented students in grades 6 through 12, so using it in elementary school will create a smoother transition from fifth to sixth grade.
Macon Telegraph
April 4, 2013
A Gifted Student Learns to Thrive with Dyslexia
Skye Lucas tested in the gifted range in preschool. But she fell behind her kindergarten classmates when they started reading.
Wall Street Journal
April 3, 2013
Arlington Heights cuts gifted program for second-graders
Arlington Heights School District 25 is revamping its enrichment learning program for its highest-achieving or, "gifted," students.
Chicago Tribune
April 2, 2013
Classes for "Gifted Students" in Kuwait highly acclaimed
General Manager of Sabah Al-Ahmad Center for Giftedness and Creativity Omar Al-Bannai said Sunday the allocation of classes for gifted students was an integrated optimum environment for future scientists.
Kuwait News Agency
April 1, 2013
Response today's conversation
Real World: Truly gifted students have been neglected in our schools for a number of years.
Atlanta Journal Constitution
April 1, 2013
Give gifted students more attention
Unlike NCLB, Georgia's new system also will demand that teachers foster growth in students who are performing above grade level.
Atlanta Journal Constitution
March 31, 2013
Waco school district looks at extending gifted program into high school
Waco Independent School District is considering expanding ATLAS, its magnet middle school program for gifted and talented students, into ninth grade at Waco and University high schools.
Waco Tribune-Herald
March 28, 2013
Op-Ed: We Must Do More for Our Gifted Kids
Gifted education programs are unfortunately often referred to as “elitist.”
TakePart
March 26, 2013
No Child Left Behind neglected gifted students.
Dori Kleber owns and operates GiftedAtlanta.com, a non-commercial online resource for parents of gifted children.
Atlanta Journal Constitution
March 26, 2013
Gifted students left hanging
I applaud the success of the district's gifted and talented middle school magnet programs.
Reno Gazette-Journal
March 25, 2013
All are 'Gifted & Talented' in Howard County public or are they?
What does it mean to be “gifted and talented” in Howard County?
Voice of Baltimore
March 24, 2013
Oak Park schools' gifted, talented program honored
The Oak Park Unified School District has received the Five-Star School Award from the California Department of Education for its Gifted and Talented Education program.
Ventura County Star
March 23, 2013
Le Center Elementary-Middle School debuts a Gifted and Talented program
It is 9:05 a.m. and Emily Johnson walks through the Le Center Elementary-Middle School hall,s going door-to-door collecting a handful of kids who jump eagerly out the door of their classroom and head down the hall.
Le Center Leader
March 22, 2013
Charters for the gifted and talented?
A recap of Fordham's visit to Ohio's lone charter dedicated to serving gifted students.
Ed Excellence
March 22, 2013
Cuts to Gifted Services, Teen Parenting Programs Draw Criticism
Arlington Public Schools Superintendent Pat Murphy's $520.4 million proposed budget cuts about 62 positions from the school system, including gifted services teachers at all three high schools and more than 14 positions from the teen parenting program.
Arlington Patch
March 22, 2013
Windsor High School gifted and talented students get things done
The barren courtyard with an occasional patch of weeds will soon change, thanks in part to a collaborative effort spear-headed by students enrolled in the Seminar Program, the school's gifted and talented program.
Reminder News
March 21, 2013
School for gifted students hard to ACCESS
The eighth-grader at ACCESS Alternative School worked with 30 of his peers to compile and edit a 250-page soft-cover book called “Legacies,” published last week by his parents' publishing company, Ioffe Press.
Portland Tribune
March 21, 2013
Committee mulls grant bill for gifted students
Darryl Scott, D-Dover and Debra Heffernan, D-Brandywine Hundred South and Sen. David Sokola, D-Newark, visited Mount Pleasant Elementary School in Wilmington to announce the legislation
Newszap
March 21, 2013
Gifted and talented advocates criticize proposed aid changes
A Baton Rouge group is asking Louisiana's top school board to scrap plans to revamp the way the state aids gifted and talented students.
The Advocate
March 19, 2013
Why Gifted, Low-Income Students Don't Go To The Best Colleges
On Sunday, the New York Times ran an article based on a study on the lack of socioeconomic diversity at the nation's top colleges.
Policyshop
March 18, 2013
Lawmakers want to clone gifted school program, but funding questionable
At Mt. Pleasant Elementary School, a third-grade classroom is home to a papier-mâché elephant standing taller than a teacher, a framed pair of improbably large underpants and a couple of hamburgers in various states of decomposition.
Delaware Online
March 16, 2013
Gilbert Public Schools establishes self-contained gifted program
The Gilbert Public Schools governing board took a big step toward accommodating gifted students last week when it established a self-contained gifted program for fourth- and fifth-graders.
Arizona Republic
March 15, 2013
Legislation to create a committee focusing on gifted education programs
The Missouri Senate gave first-round approval to Senate Bill 193 on Friday.
UM Maneater
March 15, 2013
Giftedness Should Not Be Confused With Mental Disorder
We need to celebrate and tolerate individual difference.
Psychology Today
March 14, 2013
Demand High, Space Small At Program For Gifted Portland Students
One of them is the ACCESS Academy - a program for Portland's top Talented and Gifted students. Growth pressure is forcing the program to move.
Daily Astorian
March 14, 2013
Gifted & Talented proposal for PS 122 may prompt legal action
Parents from PS 122 are eyeing legal action against the Department of Education's recent proposal to downsize the institution's Gifted & Talented program.
Queens Chronicle
March 14, 2013
Ending racial inequality in gifted education
Gifted and talented programs have been the target of criticism ever since the concept took hold in the 1970s.
Hechinger Report
March 14, 2013
State pushes for schools to develop gifted programs
Public schools that create programs for gifted students could be eligible for two-year start-up grants.
WDEL
March 13, 2013
New Britain school board sets vote on gifted and talented program
The Board of Education will vote March 18 on beginning the process to reinstate the gifted and talented program in all of the district's 10 elementary schools.
New Britain Herald
March 11, 2013
Gifted kids from across Pa. converge on Franklin & Marshall College
The event, sponsored by Lancaster County Partners for Gifted Education, was designed to provide hands-on activities that were more diverse and in-depth than what most schools offer to kids.
Lancaster Newspapers
March 10, 2013
St. Rocco School starts Gifted and Talented program
Saint Rocco School has recently begun a pilot Gifted and Talented program for students in grades four and five.
Johnston Sun Rise
March 9, 2013
Gifted And Talented Programs In Demand
Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott Significant change is on the horizon in District 30 after parents of children enrolled in gifted and talented programs finally got an answer in their quest for more gifted and talented seats in middle school.
Western Queens Gazette
March 8, 2013
Lowndes to drop gifted program for some grades
Our gifted kids aren't growing like they should be growing," he said. "We need to change how we are teaching language arts to our gifted students.
San Francisco Chronicle
March 6, 2013
Opportunities for Academically Gifted Children to Explore Career Paths: Center ...
The Center for Talent Development at Northwestern University offers exceptional weekend courses for academically gifted children in cities across the country.
Chicago Tribune
March 5, 2013
Gifted student defies disabilities, adversities
But there was a time when Wendy and her husband, Wally, who is a Baptist minister, thought Jonathan never would survive, much less thrive and become a gifted scholar.
Aiken Standard
March 5, 2013
Gifted-talented program not on New London agenda
Board members weighed turning down the grant in favor of reinstating the district's own version of a gifted and talented program and questioned the amount of money it would take to sustain the program beyond its first year.
The Day
March 4, 2013
Fairfax school board approves study of gifted education program
The Fairfax County School Board approved a wide-ranging study of gifted education late Thursday as the school system mulls the future of its programs for the brightest students.
Washington Post
March 1, 2013
Gifted education plan: Use existing resources
Colquitt County Schools gave more details this week on a revamping of its gifted program for elementary school students.
The Moultrie Observer
February 28, 2013
Oak Park district earns Five Star designation for gifted education
Oak Park Unified School District has earned the Five Star Gifted/Talented School Program Award from the California Association for the Gifted.
Agoura Hills Acorn
February 28, 2013
Two Bowie schools win statewide honors for gifted and talented education
Maryland Department of Education officials consider Heather Hills and Rockledge elementary schools' EGATE program pretty great.
Maryland Community News
February 26, 2013
Three School Districts To Create Gifted and Talented Academies
The University of Connecticut will use a $500,000 grant to replicate Hartford's Renzulli
Gifted and Talented Academy — a school for the city's brightest young students — in the New London, Windham and Bridgeport school systems this year.
Hartford Courant
February 25, 2013
Donegal to keep gifted class in early morning time slot
Supporters of Donegal High School's gifted program were relieved to learn last week that district officials reached a compromise that ensures a future for the unique curriculum.
Lancaster Newspapers
February 22, 2013
New London wins grant for gifted-and-talented academy
A public school for gifted-and-talented students in the upper elementary school grades is the newest addition to plans to revitalize New London's educational system.
TheDay
February 21, 2013
DOE to Cut Gifted Classes at Astoria's Prestigious PS 122
Enrollment at P.S. 150 meant that her daughter would eventually attend the prestigious gifted middle school program at Astoria's P.S. 122., known as The Academy, where gifted P.S. 150 classes historically matriculated.
DNAinfo
February 21, 2013
Gifted children need teachers who set intellectual challenges
Gifted Education (GE) is the umbrella term for enriching, diversifying, and modifying curriculum to meet the needs of gifted children: the need for stimulation and challenge.
Deccan Herald
February 20, 2013
New Gifted and Talented Program Could Open in East Village
A new gifted and talented program could be headed to an East Village elementary school this fall. P.S. 15/The Roberto Clemente School, on East Fourth Street near Avenue D, could be the site of a new K-5 gifted program.
DNAinfo
February 20, 2013
Keep Programs for Gifted Children
I only mention it at all because there's been a lot of talk lately about whether gifted students in Memphis will continue to receive specialized instruction between pre-k and 8th grade.
Memphis Flyer
February 20, 2013
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