Confessions of a TAG kid
At my school, TAG (talented and gifted) testing started in the first grade. The first grade – before most kids know multiplication, how to prepare a bowl of cereal without spilling the milk, or even how to spell the word cereal.
Dallas Morning News
October 31, 2009
Gifted programming expands in its third year
Just two years ago, Prairie Elementary, one of the state’s largest elementary schools, “had not seen any service, programming, or specific intent toward addressing the needs of the gifted for as long as anyone could remember,” reads a profile of the program written by Kelly Troe, a third-grade teacher who serves as the chairperson for the school’s Gifted and Talented Education Committee (GATE).
Daily Globe
October 31, 2009
Redlands schools seek ways to continue GATE program
Redlands Unified School District campuses are searching for ways to administer Gifted and Talented Education, GATE, after the district halted its funds for the current school year.
The Sun
October 30, 2009
Vocational, gifted charter schools proposed for D-11
Two new charter schools — a vocational high school and a K-8 for gifted learners — are being proposed to open next fall in Colorado Springs School District 11.
The Colorado Gazette
October 29, 2009
Four years of biology . . . and some students will want even more
Senior Jessica Freeman, 17, of Howell didn't always know what she wanted to do. In middle school, she had a penchant for history and mathematics, but never had a real interest in the sciences.
South Jersey News
October 29, 2009
'DaVinci Days' lets students expand art study outside the classroom
A group of Beaufort County middle school students are pondering solutions to a question important to Mayor Billy Keyserling and other members of Beaufort City Council.
Island Packet
October 29, 2009
DIS's Coleman named Tenn. Gifted Teacher of the Year
Becky Coleman of Dyersburg Intermediate School was recently named Teacher of the Year by the Tennessee Association for the Gifted.
State Gazette
October 27, 2009
Sisk will share passion for gifted education
From Brazil to Bulgaria, Hungary to Hong Kong and in more than 50 countries, Dorothy Sisk has traveled the world on behalf of gifted children. She has spoken in venues from the little red schoolhouse to the White House.
Lamar University
October 27, 2009
Things Heat Up At Manhattan’s G&T Info Session
I attended the NYC DOE gifted and talented program session this past Thursday night on the Upper West Side at Brandeis High School (84th and Amsterdam) where hundreds of prospective G&T parents convened.
Gotham Schools
October 26, 2009
MVESC'S Graves Captures 2009 Gifted Coordinator of the Year Award
Dr. Sharon Graves, coordinator of Muskingum Valley Educational Service Center's Gifted Education and Professional Development, recently was selected the 2009 Gifted Coordinator of the Year by the Ohio Association of Gifted Children (OAGC).
Zanesville Times
October 25, 2009
West Des Moines students score in top 1 percent
Five fifth-gaders from Jordan Creek Elementary in West Des Moines were among 120 students in nine states who scored in the top 1 percent of the Explore testing program at the University of Iowa's Belin-Blank International Center for Gifted Education.
Des Moines Register
October 25, 2009
District works on gifted programs
The Brainerd School District is transforming the way it identifies and educates its most gifted and talented learners.
Brainerd Dispatch
October 25, 2009
Gifted, talented program reviewed at elementaries
The Windsor School District’s Gifted and Talented Education program is being examined at the elementary school level in light of updated state guidelines enacted early in 2008.
Windsor Beacon
October 24, 2009
UC Irvine Extension Offers Gifted and Talented Education Online Mini-Series
The University of California, Irvine Extension announces a four-week series
designed to help parents better understand and more effectively support gifted
students.
UC Irvine News
October 23, 2009
Gifted, talented students often
are overlooked
When parents of gifted and talented children call Barbara DeVore and tell her they are thinking about moving to New Hampshire, she gives some rather blunt advice.
Nashua Telegraph
October 23, 2009
New 'genius program' launched in Israel
15 teens with IQs of 155 or higher to be trained by top scientists in effort to groom new generation of leaders in scientific research.
Israel News
October 23, 2009
Federal rules leave gifted kids behind
By teaching to the middle, we fail to help top learners achieve their potential.
Star Tribune
October 22, 2009
Academic plan tweaked again: If gifted kids already know it, teachers can skip it
A day before frustrated parents and teachers were expected to converge on Wednesday's Palm Beach County School Board meeting, the district announced yet another step back from its controversial academic program.
Palm Beach Post
October 21, 2009
What EXACTLY Is Gifted and Talented?
The New York Times had an interesting article this week about the new Speyer Legacy School, a private school catering to gifted and talented children where annual tuition is a meager $28,500 for kindergarten.
Gotham Schools
October 21, 2009
Three Prufrock Press Books Win Prestigious Legacy Book Awards
Three outstanding books published by Prufrock Press Inc., the nation's leading resource for gifted, advanced, and special needs learners, have been named winners of the 2009 Legacy Book Awards, which recognize outstanding books published in the United States that have long-term potential for positively influencing the lives of gifted children.
PR Web
October 21, 2009
Hall teacher receives national honor
The National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) has announced that Neusa Wendt of Lyman Hall Elementary School has been selected as a Javits-Frasier Teacher Scholar.
North Georgia News
October 21, 2009
Palm Beach County schools alter curriculum rules for some gifted students
Parents and teachers of gifted students complained all year that a mandatory new curriculum program wasted class time and prevented these talented learners from accelerating.
Sun-Sentinel
October 20, 2009
School for the Gifted, and Only the Gifted
He was 5 months old when he said his first words, and at a year and a half, he knew the alphabet, colors and numbers from 1 to 10.
NY Times
October 19, 2009
Gifted, talented, but it's no easy ride
It would seem ludicrous to most Australians to make a top cricketer train with backyard cricketers. So why is it so contentious to group smart children with other smart children?
Sydney Morning Herald
October 19, 2009
Piano prodigy keys into his abilities
When Sahun Hong is doing what he loves, his hands are suspended between movements, awaiting their next pursuit of the black and white below them.
Daily Skiff
October 19, 2009
Students, parents swarm Magnet Mania
Hundreds of people streamed into Cortana Mall on Saturday, drawn by the East Baton Rouge Parish School system’s Magnet Mania event.
The Advocate
October 18, 2009
A successful program shrinks at BISD
Administrators and teachers of the Project SOL dual language program call it one of the Brownsville Independent School District’s most invigorating, rewarding offerings to local students.
The Herald
October 17, 2009
Gifted-and-talented conference for Maryland teacher
Today I sat in on an annual conference for gifted-and-talented educators at Randallstown High School, which drew teachers from throughout the state.
Baltimore Sun
October 17, 2009
NISD responds to story about GT bias
In response to a story published in The Daily Sentinel this past Tuesday regarding a review that cited racial bias in the student selection process for Nacogdoches ISD's gifted and talented program, district officials expressed concern Thursday with the story.
The Daily Sentinel
October 17, 2009
Teachers Fine Tune Gifted, Talented Programs
Hundreds of Maryland teachers and administrators in the gifted and talented program spent the day Friday brushing up on the basics.
WBAL
October 16, 2009
Oak Hills named Promising Practice School District for gifted education
The Oak Hills Local School District has been named a Promising Practice School District by the Ohio Association for Gifted Children (OAGC). It was the only district in the state to receive the honor.
The Enquirer
October 16, 2009
Aldrin calls on Riverside's students to join in space race
The second man on the moon touched down in Riverside on Thursday, calling on teachers and parents to help children understand that "they must become the thinkers and contributors of the future."
The Press Enterprise
October 16, 2009
Gifted and Talented Coming to Williamsburg
A new gifted and talented primary school may be coming to Williamsburg.
Your Nabe
October 15, 2009
Carmel teachers complain about gifted, talented program
Carmel Clay Education Association president Brian Lyday said the unfair labor practice complaint filed against the school board was because curriculum material was approved without going through the proper steps.
Indy Star
October 15, 2009
NISD's gifted program leaving behind Hispanic and black children
An internal review of Nacogdoches ISD's Gifted and Talented and Advanced Placement programs shows a large racial gap among those enrolled compared to the demographics of the district's student body.
Daily Sentinel
October 14, 2009
Keene eyes plan for gifted students
The best and brightest at Keene Middle School may soon have some resources all to themselves.
The Keene Sentinel
October 14, 2009
The problem with gifted children
Far from being a pushy parent, Joe Wrigley says he entered his two-year-old son Oscar into high IQ society Mensa to set up a support network.
BBC News
October 14, 2009
Parents upset over Pinckney math changes
Some parents of Pinckney Community Schools students are upset about changes the district made this year in how its schools select and teach advanced math students.
Livingston Daily
October 14, 2009
Gifted program safe
More than 150 concerned educators, parents and students packed into a meeting room Monday evening to learn about the future the gifted and talented program in the parish.
The Advertiser
October 13, 2009
Plans to set up school for gifted children
There are plans to set up a school for gifted children in the country, similar to one run privately in France, said the Prime Minister’s wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor.
The Star
October 11, 2009
2-Year-Old Has Same IQ as Einstein
2-year-old British boy has become the youngest boy in Britain to become a member of Mensa -- the oldest and best known high-IQ society in the world.
FOX 55
October 11, 2009
Don't leave gifted kids behind
Hey, kids, stay in school!
Dallas Morning News
October 10, 2009
Hear from a gifted student
After moving to Tampa from Haiti, Chloé Gousse shares how her teachers realized her full potential.
News & Tribune
October 10, 2009
How to Raise a Gifted Child:
Experts weigh in at nueva school’s gifted learning conference.
Asian Week
October 9, 2009
Is My Child Gifted?
As parents, most of us think our kids are smart - even brilliant.
WPVI
October 8, 2009
Pinellas County School District adds gifted programs at three middle schools
Amanda Moody arrived at Morgan Fitzgerald Middle School an hour before first bell and found paradise in a room dubbed "the Clubhouse."
St. Petersburg Times
October 7, 2009
BGJHS eyes needs of gifted
Next month, Bowling Green Junior High School will have a professional opinion as to whether it’s meeting gifted students’ needs.
BG Daily News
October 7, 2009
Readers in line for reward
Standing in front of a classroom of third-graders, Burbank Unified Supt. Kevin Jolly asked how many children wanted to ride in a limousine.
Burbank Leader
October 7, 2009
Rules for G&T programs driving parents crazy — and some right out of town
Advocates for gifted children in the Riverdale section of the northwest Bronx are shaking their heads in disbelief — and disgust.
Gotham Schools
October 6, 2009
Gifted Student Is Being Held Back By Graduation Rules
Anyone who wants to appreciate how strong a grip high school has on the American imagination -- and how clueless some school districts are about this -- should consider the story of Drew Gamblin, a 16-year-old student at Howard High School in Ellicott City.
Washington Post
October 5, 2009
Meeting to explore tests for gifted students
Think your child might be academically gifted?
Kalamazoo Gazette
October 4, 2009
Gifted student hops three grades to start college
Emily Lint awoke before dawn.
The Virginian Pilot
October 4, 2009
Logan View begins Gifted program
Logan View Elementary teachers and administrators are targeting students for a new program.
Freemont Tribune
October 3, 2009
Peggy Payne Academy earns high marks from students, alumni
Eight years after opening its doors, the Peggy Payne Academy has found its niche as the Tempe Union High School District's gifted school.
The Republic
October 3, 2009
Gifted, Talented and Under Siege
Special Ed coordinators want to eliminate the Gifted and Talented Program; not so fast says a BESE member.
The Independent
October 1, 2009
Advocate for gifted students to speak at conference Friday
Nancy Robinson, former director of the Halbert and Nancy Robinson Center for Young Scholars at the University of Washington, is the keynote speaker at the Oregon Association for Talented and Gifted's annual conference, which will be in Salem on Friday and Saturday
Statesman Journal
October 1, 2009