Workshop aids in developing academically talented youth
If you listen closely when Kyle Kozlowski speaks, even though he doesn’t really say it aloud, you realize the Wisconsin Center for Academically Talented Youth is achieving its goals.
Journal Times
May 31, 2008
Manchester Setting New Criteria To Identify Gifted Students
The school district is establishing new criteria for identifying elementary school students as gifted that administrators hope will diversify its new gifted and talented program.
The Courant
May 31, 2008
Portland, Salem-Keizer Schools Put Forward New TAG Plans
Two of Oregon’s largest school districts have offered new plans for their most gifted students.
OPB News
May 30, 2008
Unalaska eighth-grader accepted to gifted program
Bianca Barrera, an eighth-grade student at Unalaska City School, is one of 30 students in the nation to be accepted to the program for the exceptionally gifted at Mary Baldwin College in Virginia.
Dutch Harbor News
May 29, 2008
Willow Run launching program for gifted kids; New classes will be housed at Kettering
In a bid to boost flagging enrollment and help high achievers, Willow Run Community Schools will start a gifted and talented program in the fall for second- through sixth-grade students both inside and outside the district.
Ann Arbor News
May 28, 2008
Rollback Set in Schooling of the Gifted
The city Department of Education is rolling back part of an ambitious plan to expand its identification of gifted and talented children by giving all kindergartners a screening test.
The Sun
May 28, 2008
Camino School Finds Formula to Keep Gifted Students Engaged
As public school across California struggle to keep programs that focus on physical education, music and fine arts, another specialty is also at risk of disappearing from school curriculums.
NEWS 10
May 28, 2008
CMS working to identify the gifted
If Michelle Belt had to flag the gifted kids in her second-grade class, she'd have named three.
Charlotte Observer
May 27, 2008
Parents question proposed changes to Pennsylvania's gifted-student regulations
Pennsylvania is taking steps to make gifted education available to more students, but that has done little to quell long-standing tension between parents and school districts over how the state's brightest are educated.
Inquirer
May 27, 2008
The Busiest Generation
Ah, the rituals of American spring: the unpacking of the flip-flops, the exchanging of the snowblowers for the lawn mowers, the first traffic jams on the highway to the beach -- and the annual spate of reports on the stressful lives of high school seniors.
Washington Post
May 27, 2008
Recovery School District seeks to ID and teach gifted and talented students
High school junior Ana Gray had never heard of the 1970s stage play "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf" until her teacher handed her a monologue.
The Times-Picayune
May 26, 2008
Auburn student aces SAT, ACT
You could say it’s been a good year for Auburn High School’s Sivakumar Sundaram. But that would be an understatement.
Rockford Register
May 25, 2008
Program for gifted in limbo
The Altoona Area School District all-day elementary gifted program is in jeopardy of a phaseout because of low enrollment numbers, school officials say.
Altoona Mirror
May 24, 2008
Duke U. recognizes Hazelwood middle school students
Three Hazelwood School District middle school students have earned recognition through the Duke University Talent Identification Program (TIP).
St. Louis American
May 24, 2008
Clinton Answers South Dakotans' Questions
Senator Clinton was in South Dakota for two stops, first at the Sunshine Foods Grocery store in Brandon, then in Brookings for a town hall-style meeting.
Keoland TV
May 24, 2008
Plan to bring out the best in gifted kids
A working paper on how to bring the best out of a gifted child is being drawn up by experts to introduce a special education programme to suit the needs of such children.
The Star
May 23, 2008
Teachers surprised with grants from Star Patrol
Using science, math and a variety of other subjects and skills, English/language arts teacher Christy Tynes hopes to engage District Disciplinary Alternative Education Program students by building a greenhouse next to the Mashburn Building where the program is housed.
Midland Reporter-Telegram
May 22, 2008
All kids should have 'talented, gifted' label
My son, who is now a sophomore in high school, was given the talented-and-gifted label in kindergarten. All I noticed after that was that he just got harder spelling words.
Statesman Journal
May 21, 2008
Landmark Middle Puts Out Word About Its Academy
For these students at Landmark Middle School, the textbook is just a guide.
Florida Times Union
May 21, 2008
Lodi Unified to take look at Equity Initiative's progress
The gap between white students and black and Hispanic students has narrowed in scores on the California Standards Test, California High School Exit Exam and enrollment in the Gifted and Talented Education program, according to a newly issued report by Lodi Unified.
News-Sentinel
May 21, 2008
Space issue poses hurdle for Stratton
Champaign school officials are trying to resolve a space crunch at Stratton Elementary School to keep the gifted classrooms and fulfill a requirement of the district's consent decree for the number of classrooms at the school.
News-Gazette
May 20, 2008
Schools join forces to aid gifted pupils
Independent and state schools in East Anglia are to join forces in a bid to raise the aspirations of gifted pupils and encourage more disadvantaged children to go to university.
EDP24
May 20, 2008
Gifted Education Support Is Rare Find
No Child Left Behind begs the question, is it right to put emphasis on equity over excellence or as some would call it, vertical equity?
Kansas City Fox
May 20, 2008
New Admissions Programs to Target Science Students
From as early as next year, universities can choose applicants through special admission programs after signing contracts with science high schools and gifted and talented science high schools.
Dong-A
May 20, 2008
Gifted program revamped at Summit schools
With two children in the gifted education program at Summit School District, Dana Cottrell decided to spend time learning what that means.
Summit Daily News
May 19, 2008
Budget Woes Could Force Closure Of Gifted School
A controversial proposal has some people in Lodi worried. The Lodi School District is considering closing one of its highest-performing schools to make budget.
cbs13 Sacramento
May 18, 2008
WC gifted students will pilot new energy program
West Clermont gifted high school students will be participating in an innovative pilot program that could help with the energy crisis.
Community Press
May 16, 2008
Teacher Judgment in Identifying Gifted/Talented Students
Although the Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Act of 1988 provides financial assistance to state and local educational agencies and gives highest priority to students from diverse ethnic backgrounds, economically disadvantaged, limited English proficient, and students with disabilities, the under-representation of economically disadvantaged students in gifted and talented program still persists.
Red Orbit
May 16, 2008
Fight Begins to Save Stockton School for the Gifted from Budget Axe
It's always among the top five schools in the state when it comes to test scores, but the Lodi School District has received a recommendation to close Elkhorn School to help close an $8.2 million budget deficit.
News 10
May 15, 2008
Identifying and providing for younger gifted and talented children
Of all the children with special needs, younger gifted and talented children are the group most frequently ignored throughout the world. What happens if we continue to neglect the needs of these children?
Teaching Expertise
May 15, 2008
Scholar to look at gifted education
The University of Iowa community will get an outside perspective on one of the less understood dynamics in education.
Iowa City Press
May 14, 2008
Chesapeake board votes to close special school
The school system will close the special school that serves gifted fourth- and fifth-graders.
The Virginian-Pilot
May 13, 2008
Demand high in city for International Baccalaureate spots
The International Baccalaureate program came to Richmond at the perfect time for Jamal Jones.
TIMES-DISPATCH
May 13, 2008
District offers plan to fix gifted-student program
Salem-Keizer School District has completed a plan to improve services to Talented and Gifted students.
Statesman Journal
May 13, 2008
Are gifted students getting left out?
Highly intelligent, talented students need special programs to keep them engaged and challenged. But experts say too often they aren't even identified -- especially in low-income and minority schools.
Los Angeles Times
May 12, 2008
Waupun School Board trims programs to hit budget goals
The first concrete impact of the failed building and maintenance referendum will soon be felt throughout the Waupun Area School District.
FDL Reporter
May 12, 2008
Gifted students to be honored
140 middle schoolers achieve high scores on ACT or SAT
Toledo Blade
May 11, 2008
Gifted school on NW side seeks expansion
At Decatur Classical School on the Northwest side, 235 gifted students in grades kindergarten through 6 are crammed into a building originally designed for just three grades.
Chi-Town News
May 10, 2008
Are you smarter than a Da Vinci Academy student?
Six students from Da Vinci Academy will be honored at the Midwest Academic Talent Search award ceremony on Saturday, May 17, at Northwestern University in Evanston.
The Courier News
May 10, 2008
Gifted education program offers specially designed classes for eligible students
Through the Gifted Education Program, Dodge City schools silently sculpt future community leaders.
Dodge City Globe
May 10, 2008
Positions cut
Several members of the Mauston School Board expressed the struggle they faced in cutting positions in the school district at the Monday evening special meeting.
Star-Times
May 9, 2008
Enrichment program shines
Gifted youngsters receive special instruction to assist development
South Jersey News
May 8, 2008
Smithville gifted students on quest for excellence
For a selected group of Smithville R-II School District students, education is more than a journey — it is a quest.
KC Community News
May 7, 2008
Exceptional Kids Need Special Attention
First grade teacher Melissa Stacy makes the argument that all students in need of special attention, whether they are struggling in school or excelling, should be provided with appropriate services.
The Watch
May 7, 2008
School board set to hear fiscal solutions
St. Paul school board members will hear details this afternoon about where schools and departments plan to cut to offset a $10 million budget shortfall for 2008-09, a gap fueled largely by declining enrollment.
Pioneer Press
May 6, 2008
Indian River County School Board takes step for the gifted
Superintendent Harry La Cava's plan for grades 4-5 is a positive development — but it's only a start.
TC Palm
May 5, 2008
School for gifted to move
Program to share site with foreign-language academy
The Detroit News
May 5, 2008
Districts try different tacks to teach gifted students
Even as a youngster, Jenna Doran looked for challenges at school.
The Olympian
May 5, 2008
Queens Councilman Wants Schools To Keep Promise Of Gifted Programs
Parents in Queens said Friday the Department of Education ignored their fight for gifted kindergarten classes.
NY1
May 5, 2008
Talented Art takes limelight
An explosion of colors will radiate through First National Bank next week.
Ruston Leader
May 3, 2008
‘Gifted and talented’ now ‘high ability’
Changes in the way the state of Indiana will be tracking students identified currently as gifted and talented has led to the Indiana Public Law-84-2007.
Pilot News
May 2, 2008
Board listens on gifted students
Students at the uppermost level of their class need as much additional attention, and specialized instruction, as those scoring in the lower levels of standardized test scores.
The Hub
May 2, 2008
G/T Debate — Part 3: Parents’ view: There’s no perfect plan, but need to move forward
Having extensively researched gifted and talented education, local parent Rusty Barnett contends there’s no perfect plan for gifted education in Bartlesville but changes to the current plan do need to be made.
Examiner-Enterprise
May 2, 2008
Gifted and Talented school program is being phased in
Q: I heard the Gifted and Talented program will expand next year. Will this be for all elementary grades?
Victoria Advocate
May 1, 2008
G/T Debate - Part 2: Cluster grouping, continuum of services important, say experts
Bartlesville Public Schools Gifted and Talented Local Advisory Committee members recently heard from a number of experts — many of whom said a continuum of services and grouping are key to a successful gifted education program.
Examiner-Enterprise
May 1, 2008