A Gift for Gifted Students
Many Missouri schools offer programs for gifted students. Lawmakers say some schools are not doing enough.
KOMU
January 31, 2008
More Gifted Students from Diverse Backgrounds Must Be Recognized
The Liberal Democrats have warned that the 'Teach First Advocates' scheme, announced today by the Government, won't succeed unless more bright children from deprived backgrounds are recognized and supported.
Liberal Democrat
January 31, 2008
What is Renzulli?
The Renzulli Schoolwide Enrichment Program is based on a gifted education model developed by Joseph Renzulli, a professor of educational psychology at the University of Connecticut.
Maryland Gazette
January 30, 2008
FAMILY MATTERS: Gifted children thrive on team challenges
I recently helped monitor 725 gifted students engaged in friendly competition at the 24th annual Academic Challenge Cup.
Warrentown Journal
January 30, 2008
Rockford School District expansion of gifted student program explored
An expansion of Rockford School District gifted education programming could be in the works with district officials exploring a recommendation to create either a first- through eighth-grade or sixth- to 12th-grade gifted school.
Rockford Register
January 29, 2008
School districts struggling to support gifted students
Lack of funding, guidelines lead to inconsistencies in programs
Courier News
January 29, 2008
Missouri Dems announce education proposals
Missouri House Democrats unveiled five proposals aimed at improving public schools in a press conference this afternoon.
The Star
January 29, 2008
Rwanda: Where Do Top Performing Students Go?
Every year the Ministry of Education releases primary, Ordinary and Advanced level examination results. A good number of candidates score highly, advance to Universities and later merit as academic achievers, but where do these top performing students go?
The New Times
January 28, 2008
Are Beaufort County's gifted students being challenged?
The Beaufort County School District will take a look in the next few weeks at how well it serves gifted and talented students.
Island Packet
January 28, 2008
Gifted pupil scheme 'failing to make the grade'
A multi-million pound scheme to push the brightest schoolchildren has been criticized after it emerged that many of the "gifted" pupils involved never get decent grades.
Telegraph UK
January 28, 2008
It isn't smart to cheat our brightest pupils
You don't need to be an Einstein to know Ohio is cheating its most promising students.
Times Recorder
January 28, 2008
Comparing methods of implementation
A half-built model of the Parthenon is stashed on a bookshelf in the corner of Olga Brozyna's classroom in Linden's School 1, waiting for its fourth-grade architect to construct the other half.
Home News Tribune
January 27, 2008
Experts: Giftedness harder to identify in kids from low-income families
Identifying giftedness in children who have grown up in low-income neighborhoods is more difficult than identifying giftedness in their middle-income peers, experts say.
APP.com
January 27, 2008
Being smart isn't always a good thing
Intelligence shouldn't be 'something children have' but `something we can help them cultivate'.
Toronto Star
January 27, 2008
Ohio schools spend less time, money on gifted kids
State does not require districts to provide gifted services
The Enquirer
January 25, 2008
Neenah rethinks school cuts
Larger class sizes weighed against program trims
Post-Crescent
January 24, 2008
Learn how gifted children, adults are misdiagnosed
Giftedness can mask as ADD, Asperger's, bipolar disorder
The Acorn
January 24, 2007
Ohio's gifted students deserve an education
Ohio's education leaders must devote more resources to keeping academically advanced students on a fast pace
The Plain Dealer
January 24, 2008
Questions remain about gifted students program
The Hernando County School Board agreed Tuesday to bring all the district's gifted elementary and middle school students under one roof at Challenger K-8 in Spring Hill.
St. Petersburg Times
January 23, 2008
Do You Have A Gifted Child?
On what point can all experts in gifted education agree?
Forbes.com
January 23, 2008
Gifted' funds lost in space
Florida's auditors discover just how hard it is to track down the money trail at school districts
TC Palm
January 23, 2008
Cleveland's gifted education program, Major Work, rebuilding after funding cuts and lower numbers
More classes planned for fall; disabled pupils to get more help.
The Plain Dealer
January 23, 2008
Boosting the brightest
State funding lags for programs serving gifted students.
The State
January 23, 2008
Rhee to unveil gifted program in schools
D.C. schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee is planning to add a gifted-and-talented program to the school system.
The Examiner
January 22, 2008
Gifted and talented program under review
An independent review of the Janesville public schools' programs for gifted students found room for improvement.
The Gazette
January 22, 2008
The Gifted Express, Now Leaving on Track 1
When I think of the No Child Left Behind Act, the image that comes to mind is of a train pulling out of the station and a gruff conductor grabbing any wandering children on the platform and stuffing them onboard.
Ed Week
January 21, 2008
Gifted education in high schools: Another fight could be coming
Some local educators expect another fight this spring over whether Florida should provide gifted education classes to high school students.
Orlando Sentinel
January 21, 2008
This guy's a word master
His parents say he is just an average kid. But average kids usually don't earn perfect scores on national tests in which 230,000 students compete.
The Courier News
January 21, 2008
Grant helps talented students
Six teachers and three administrators have received a $10,000 grant from the state to take an Internet course regarding gifted and talented education.
The Republican
January 21, 2008
GATE program adds middle schools
Vacaville Unified School District's Gifted and Talented Education program has become so successful with students and parents it is expanding into the middle schools and is teaming with Travis Unified School District's gifted students.
The Reporter
January 21, 2008
VU offers gifted youth a connection
The teacher asked Saturday morning if there's a connection between persuasion and change.
Tennessean
January 20, 2008
Everyone's watching
You're 14, sitting in front of the head coach of a Top 25 program, making a verbal commitment to play for that man and his team.
The Beacon News
January 20, 2008
Talent search for gifted students coming to town
Without the extra learning opportunities they need, gifted children can be sick of school by the time they hit their teens.
The Edmonton Journal
January 19, 2008
Lawmakers go to bat for stellar-students aid
Utah's brightest students aren't always getting the attention they deserve, some educators say.
The Salt Lake Tribune
January 19, 2008
A beacon for gifted students
Jefferson Lighthouse Elementary School in Racine plans to launch an International Baccalaureate program next academic year, a move that would make this magnet for the academically gifted the second grade school in the state to adopt the curriculum philosophy.
Journal Sentinel
January 19, 2008
Gifted students at Mid-High design classrooms of the future
Have you ever imagined attending a school built into the side of a mountain, where snowboarding would be an elective, available to students with a grade-point average of 3.0 and better?
Rio Rancho Observer
January 18, 2008
Vanderbilt gets SAVY Jan. 19; New Saturday program targeted to gifted K-8 students
Gifted students in kindergarten through eighth grade will have an opportunity to expand their academic horizons on Saturday mornings with a new program created by Vanderbilt University.
Vanderbilt University News
January 17, 2008
Local businesses, bright Mansfield students prove to be good combination
Eight business partners raved about the Mansfield City Schools elementary Talented and Gifted students Monday night at the TAG showcase.
News Journal
January 16, 2008
Districts struggle with gifted program costs
How Missouri finances public education has meant changes in the way schools fund programs for gifted students, and for many Northeast Missouri districts, that requires that they subsidize more of the programs themselves.
Herald-Whig
January 14, 2008
Educational challenge
Parents want flexibility for gifted son, but district says it's sticking to policy.
Denton-Record
January 13, 2008
Schools aim to challenge Eagle Co.'s brightest
School district is reforming the way it teaches advanced students.
Vail Daily
January 13, 2008
Gifted programs similar in area districts
Area school districts, following the state plan, all seem to handle gifted and talented programs about the same way, each with perhaps slight differences.
Denton-Record
January 12, 2008
Gifted Program Heads To Challenger
Early Thursday evening, the Hernando County School Board's gifted education task force chose Challenger K-8 School of Mathematics and Science in Spring Hill as the site for the county's future gifted education center, set to open this August.
Hernando Today
January 12, 2008
Fremont's gifted program successful in early stages
Coordinator reports on new program in Fremont.
Seacoast online
January 11, 2008
Gifted Task Force Meets Today
Officials have some big decisions to make about the future of Hernando County's education for gifted students.
Hernando Today
January 10, 2008
City shuts Brooklyn class for gifted
Brooklyn parents and teachers at Midwood's Public School 193 are crying foul over the end of a selective program for their district's gifted and talented students.
DAILY NEWS
January 9, 2008
Mansfield City Schools young gifted students get to know real-world math
After meeting with local businesses, fourth-, fifth- and sixth-grade students in Mansfield City Schools' Talented and Gifted program are ready to display what they've learned.
Mansfield News Journal
January 7, 2008
Charter schools struggle to meet special education needs
Danna Davis' teenage daughter was already behind academically when she started seventh grade at McDonogh No. 42 Elementary Charter School this fall.
The Times Picaynne
January 6, 2008
They're No Baby Einsteins
Some kids will never love to read and they can still lead productive, happy lives.
Newsweek
January 5, 2008
From feds on down, AP students are being neglected
Faced with the daunting challenges posed by the new global economy, the U.S. is squandering one of its greatest assets in the form of its gifted and talented students.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
January 4, 2008
Disabilities No Bar to Higher Classes, OCR Tells Schools
Some educators may be unaware that gifted students may also have learning disabilities, but that mind-set is changing, said Susan K. Johnsen.
Education Week News
January 4, 2008
UC Irvine Offers Online GATE Courses for United States K-12 Teachers
In an effort to help k-12 teachers around the country better understand and motivate gifted and talented students, the University of California, Irvine Extension is offering a host of Gifted and Talented Teacher Education (GATE) online courses.
Business Wire
January 3, 2008
Funding changes force restrictions on rural gifted programs
Two years after the state changed how it pays for public school education, rural schools across Missouri have had to scale back or eliminate their programs aimed at gifted students.
Missourian
January 2, 2008