Possible Melrose ‘gifted and talented’ school wins School Committee approval
The Anova School, a grassroots school for gifted and talented students that doesn’t yet have a brick and mortar home received approval from the Melrose School Committee Tuesday night, paving the way for the school to open at the Beebe School.
Melrose Free Press
March 31, 2010
New program would license gifted and talented teachers
A new program offered jointly by UW-Whitewater and UW-Stevens Point aims to equip teachers with the skills they need to educate gifted and talented students and help districts provide gifted and talented programs at a reduced cost.
The Gazette
March 31, 2010
District wants to expand gifted programs
The Brainerd School District took a step forward Tuesday on how it plans to further develop its gifted and talented program, a program geared for the district's brightest students.
Brainerd Dispatch
March 31, 2010
Florida plans controversial changes to its gifted program
No child left behind? Try telling that to the gifted children in the state of Florida as the Department of Education drafts a plan that may leave its gifted students not just behind but at risk.
Examiner
March 31, 2010
Public has its say on school budget
There were mixed feelings from the public about the Marlboro K-8 School District’s 2010-11 budget when it was presented during a Board of Education meeting on March 23.
News Transcript
March 30, 2010
While Others Slide Ahead, Gifted Students Feel Stuck
A group of students is clustered around a giant sandbox that has somehow been transported to their classroom floor, the sort of sandbox that would typically be used for castle construction.
Inklings News
March 30, 2010
13-year-old finds way to Morehouse
In a navy pinstripe suit too big for his small frame, 13-year-old Stephen Stafford II sat in the last row of a packed auditorium at Clark Atlanta University.
Atlanta Journal Constitution
March 29, 2010
GATE to Honors: A Postscript
A funny thing happened on the road from GATE to Honors this week.
Santa Barbara Independent
March 28, 2010
Apollo-Ridge School District program to focus on gifted education
Parents, staff and community members are invited to attend a one-hour informational presentation on the philosophy and direction of gifted education and enrichment opportunities for all students at Apollo-Ridge.
Valley News Dispatch
March 28, 2010
Stretching the boundaries of art
On Thursday, regional high school students performed pieces of contemporary modern dance, sang operatic pieces, acted out a short play and displayed their recently created oil paintings during the York County Regional Fine Arts Program held in the auditorium at the Biddeford Middle School.
Journal Tribune
March 27, 2010
PV district introduces program for highly gifted
The Paradise Valley Unified School District is introducing a new gifted program for students who need a greater challenge than is available in the district's existing gifted programs.
Arizona Republic
March 27, 2010
Illinois schools work to challenge gifted students
When Anna-lise Santella's son learned to read at age two, it was an early sign that he's gifted.
KWQC
March 26, 2010
Gifted girl skipped five classes
Tracy Ouko can easily pass for a girl in her late teens, or even a young woman aged 20 years.
Daily Nation
March 26, 2010
Schools work to provide challenges for students
Anna-lise Santella’s son was reading at 2 years old – an early sign that he was gifted.
Northwest Herald
March 26, 2010
Gifted, talented’ school interested in Melrose's Beebe
A grassroots school for gifted and talented students that doesn’t yet have a brick and mortar home could open for business at the Beebe School in Melrose this fall — and perhaps one day become part of Melrose Public Schools.
Melrose Free Press
March 26, 2010
Gifted-disabled preschool group is forming
The Melody Arons Center (MAC) is happy to report the formation of a play group for children ages 3-5 who are both disabled and talented or intelligent.
North Jersey News
March 25, 2010
School systems offer educational alternatives
Science, the arts, sports, languages--these are some of the specialties addressed by the alternative programs offered within the Calgary Board of Education and Calgary Catholic School District.
Calgary Herald
March 25, 2010
School Board Votes to Replace GATE Label with “Honors” Title
The great GATE debate that has been flaring up at Santa Barbara School Board meetings since early February came to a conclusion this week
Santa Barbara Independent
March 25, 2010
National reading scores stagnant
No question, the gifted and talented children weren't a focus of the No Child law.
Washington Post
March 25, 2010
Very Few Black Kids Are “Gifted”
One of the main problems you face when you speak a language that your own ancestors didn’t create is that you’re subject to be manipulated by it.
News One
March 24, 2010
The Gifted Files
The word 'zenith' means a highest point or state; culmination.
The Tank
March 24, 2010
Group talks with school board candidates
Just like the children they support, parents and teachers in a local gifted education promotion group took initiative and sought information early in the game for this year’s highly competitive school board election.
The Daily Reflector
March 23, 2010
Gifted education important for students
The Bellevue School District has many hard choices to make in the next few weeks. There is only one item on the district survey that has to do with basic education—the enrichment program.
Bellevue Reporter
March 22, 2010
Talented and Gifted plan to ease Knox budget gap
More Knox County third- through fifth-graders may have access to a program typically reserved for high academic achievers, under a proposed restructuring to go into effect next school year.
Knox News
March 22, 2010
Are You Smart: What is intelligence?
The most famous measure of intelligence is the IQ test, but how many people have actually taken it?
CNN Am Fix
March 22, 2010
Parents opposed to changes in Kenston gifted program in Bainbridge
Proposed changes to the gifted program for the lower grade levels in the Kenston schools have drawn criticism from residents.
Sun News
March 21, 2010
Grand Rapids Public Schools plan to put core classes online for high school students draws concerns
Electa McCurdy sees the potential in Internet courses for Grand Rapids high school students, but that doesn’t mean the mother of two teenagers is convinced a proposal from district administrators to put more core classes online will work.
Grand Rapids Press
March 21, 2010
Strategies for Gifted Children - 'A Rising Tide To Lift All Ships'
All Queensland students could benefit from exciting gifted education strategies to be discussed at a state conference this weekend.
Sunshine Coast
March 21, 2010
Students engage in battle of brains
"I'm the new McGyver," joked Albion middle-schooler Robert June as he proudly showed off his first-place prize for the Mystery Project category at Tech Wars Thursday.
The Daily News
March 20, 2010
City's outreach efforts not good enough: still fewer minorities in gifted kindergarten classes
Despite the city's efforts to increase diversity in its gifted programs, Hispanic and black students remain underrepresented in gifted kindergarten programs, new numbers show.
NY Daily News
March 20, 2010
Vision And Initiatives Of Gifted And Talented Education
Hon Heather Roy speech to GiftEDnz Mini-conference; Campus of Massey University
VOXY
March 20, 2010
Kindergarten gifted classes more diverse than last year, city says
The percentage of minority students in the city’s gifted and talented kindergarten classes increased this school year from last, according to data the Department of Education released today.
Gotham Schools
March 20, 2010
Topus makes learning fun
“Okay students, take off your shoes before you enter the room,” dictates an energetic Leslie Topus, decked out in faux army gear complete with war paint and a helmet.
HSJ
March 19, 2010
Kingston's new middle school courses in offer more depth
The Kingston school district will offer new enriched math, science, and humanities courses at its two middle schools starting this fall.
Daily Freeman
March 19, 2010
School board OKs a gifted cluster pilot
Gifted middle school students in the Tri-Cities will now have their own separate classroom where they’ll be with their peers and challenged to achieve their potential.
Tri-City News
March 19, 2010
Ingham Intermediate School District approves $1.4 million in budget cuts
A teacher for autistic kids, two career planning and placement specialists and the director of media and technology were among positions cut for the 2010-11 school year by the Ingham Intermediate School District.
Lansing State Journal
March 18, 2010
Advocates of gifted education honored
Teachers, administrators and parents from local communities received recognition last week for their contributions to gifted education.
Thousand Oaks Acorn
March 18, 2010
Oakland students place second in national engineering contest
To take a glimpse into the future, look no farther than the model city recently engineered by students at Valley Middle School in Oakland.
The Record
March 17, 2010
Thurgood Marshall Elementary Loses $200,000 as Affluent, "Gifted" Students Move In
When the Seattle School District last fall moved some 200 students in its "highly gifted" program into Thurgood Marshall Elementary, which was populated largely by poor and minority children, everybody knew officials risked creating another divided school rife with resentment between the haves and have nots.
Seattle Weekly
March 17, 2010
School Board agrees to sell bonds from two district projects
The Jamestown Public School Board approved a financing option intended to save taxpayers about $2.8 million at its regular meeting Monday.
The Jamestown Sun
March 16, 2010
Reform of ‘No Child Left Behind’ starts in Iowa
Federal officials signaled over the weekend that the next big legislative push will be an overhaul of Pres. George W. Bush’s “No Child Left Behind” educational policies.
The Iowa Independent
March 16, 2010
District decides to nix some honors courses for juniors, seniors
Move designed to push more students into college-level classes
Island packet
March 16, 2010
Catherine Oliverio: A Solution to the GATE/Honors Controversy
I am an experienced special-education teacher who has been concerned with the issue of ability testing for more than 25 years.
Noozhawk
March 15, 2010
Leonia's gifted program being overhauled
A proposed overhaul of a gifted program at the elementary school has riled parents, who say the district should have sought input from them before making any changes.
The Record
March 15, 2010
Murad Kazhlaev’s Republican school for gifted children receives a new building
One year ago in Republic of Dagestan the republican school for gifted children under the direction of the national actor of the USSR Murad Kazhlaev opened.
RIA News
March 15, 2010
Backpack tutors making the grades
Ramsey International Fine Arts Center is in an old, brick-and-mortar building down the block from Washburn High School standing at the corner of 50th Street and Nicollet Avenue in South Minneapolis.
Chanhassen Villager
March 13, 2010
For Wayne schools, cuts may not be as deep as expected
The need for cuts is driven in part by a state aid freeze Governor Christie has announced.
The Record
March 13, 2010
State school hopeful sees need for reform
Reform was Janet Barresi’s message to Garfield County Republican Women’s Club Friday.
Enid News
March 13, 2010
Does the ‘Gifted’ Label Get In the Way of Developing Real Potential?
This week’s question comes from guest blogger David Shenk.
New York Times
March 12, 2010
Symposium slated on gifted and talented education
The Hormel Foundation's dedication to education will provide the Austin community with yet another opportunity to grow.
Austin Bulliten
March 12, 2010
Ineffectiveness and the N-Effect
A research study published in “Psychological Science” found that when it comes to academics, the more competitors you have, the less motivated you are to do your best.
Daily Sound
March 12, 2010
Students work with NASA engineer, robots
Lunar excavator. Sample analyzer. Material transporter.
Star News
March 12, 2010
Isle of Wight speakers oppose school closure, cuts to gifted programs
Parents and students rallied against the Isle of Wight School Board's proposal to shutter Windsor Middle School next year as a way of trimming the school division's budget.
Daily Press
March 12, 2010
Rutgers Summer Session Offers Gifted Education Certificate Series
Gifted and talented children deserve an education appropriate to their needs and talents.
Rutgers News
March 11, 2010
Schools Consider Gifted Program Review
About 15-20% of the 4,300 students in Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 are gifted, and are educated differently from other students.
Journal & Topics
March 10, 2010
Goshen school board creates gifted coordinator
The board voted March 6 to create the position effective at the beginning of the 2010-2011 school year.
Community Press
March 10, 2010
Cape board mulls elementary gifted and talented program
Cape Henlopen is one of the few Delaware school districts offering no gifted and talented program for elementary students.
Cape Gazette
March 9, 2010
Dodd, Grassley introduce Equity in Excellence Act
Senators Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) this week introduced the Equity in Excellence Act, a bill designed to help ensure that all students, regardless of their economic status, are challenged in school to reach their full potential.
Norwalk Plus
March 9, 2010
Don't force gifted kids into unnatural school environment
Some hold that children with unusual talents in a particular field, such as music or mathematics, should be placed in a special educational facility that will cater only to their special abilities.
Global Times
March 9, 2010
Parents are turning to private tuition due to dissolution of UK schools Gifted & Talented programme
Tutors International reports a large number of enquiries from parents of children who have received extra help from the Gifted and Talented programme that is being dismantled by the UK government.
PR Log
March 8, 2010
KAINE NOT ABLE?
Running a political party is complicated stuff.
Washington Times
March 8, 2010
Back to the classroom for a classroom career
Watching many of the children of his inner-city classmates follow in their parents' dead-end footsteps by dealing drugs on the same neighborhood streets only served to further Peter Modlin's resolve.
Baltimore Sun
March 7, 2010
Gifted students show off tasty creativity
Dozens bring in their favorite foods to A Taste of Excellence to raise funds.
Journal News
March 6, 2010
DeKalb Discriminating Against Gifted Black Students
A parent has filed a federal civil rights complaint against the DeKalb County School System, alleging discrimination against black students.
Public Broadcasting Atlanta
March 5, 2010
Five gifted teenagers to attend camp in the US
Five teenagers from the Permata Pintar programme have been chosen to attend a three-week summer camp for gifted children at the Johns Hopkins Centre for Talented Youth in the United States.
The Star
March 5, 2010
State education group honors attorney for helping gifted children
The attorney for the Nash-Rocky Mount Board of Education, Wardlaw Lamar, was honored Monday for his lifelong commitment to supporting the education of North Carolina’s gifted and talented children.
Rocky Mountain Telegraph
March 5, 2010
Kaunakakai Recognizes ‘Gifted’ Kids
Kaunakakai Elementary School had a vision for its "gifted and talented" keiki, and is finally progressing into reality.
The Molokai Dispatch
March 4, 2010
Santa Barbara School Board Moves Closer to Merging GATE, Honors Programs
District officials discuss their options during an emotional, racially charged meeting; a final decision won't be made until March 23
Noozhawk
March 4, 2010
GISD plans Early Childhood University
Galveston Independent School District’s Weis campus is to be the site of a 370-student Early Childhood University in the fall.
The Daily News
March 3, 2010
Center for Gifted Education's 15th National Curriculum Network Conference
The Center for Gifted Education at the College of William and Mary is pleased to announce the 15th National Curriculum Network Conference 2010: Meeting the Needs of the Gifted Children.
William & Mary News
March 3, 2010
South Kitsap School District on a Quest to provide for its gifted students
Children are known for their vivid imaginations.
Port Orchard Independent
March 3, 2010
Celebrating excellence
Norwood student treated to legislative day
The Noorwood Post
March 2, 2010