Crestwood gifted program lets students soar
Following successful completion of the Crestwood Accelerated Program’s first year, district leaders are looking to expand the program to include fourth graders.
Press & Guide
June 30, 2010
Talented and Gifted program: Weston school board adopts new blueprint
At the end of a school year during which the Talented and Gifted program in Weston came under fire both locally and on the national stage, the Weston school board unanimously approved a new Talented and Gifted (TAG) blueprint.
The Weston Forum
June 30, 2010
Learning styles reflections on your child’s giftedness
A child is not necessarily Learning Disabled (LD), but simply Teaching Disabled (TD).
Manila Bulletin
June 30, 2010
New Gifted Testing in New York May Begin at Age 3
City education officials revealed this month that they would begin searching for a new gifted admissions test in response to complaints about low minority representation in gifted programs and concerns that professional test preparation services skew the results.
New York Times
June 29, 2010
Statistics show AP courses boost success
With advanced placement courses becoming increasingly important in college admissions and preparedness for Kentucky students, more high schools are expanding course offerings and more teachers are getting the training they need.
Bowling Green Daily News
June 29, 2010
Gifted high school students learn about the power of the extremely small in Vanderbilt summer camp
Eighteen gifted and talented high school students are spending the week on the Vanderbilt campus learning how nanoscience – the science of the very small – is impacting everything from the formulation of concrete to drug delivery systems.
Vanderbilt News
June 29, 2010
CPS' Regional Magnet, Gifted Schools May Lose Teachers in Unannounced Cuts
Chicago's most competitive and coveted public schools could soon lose some of their academic luster.
FOX Chicago News
June 28, 2010
Free seminars assist parents of gifted middle-schoolers
Parents of intellectually and academically talented middle school children can gain insight into a variety of issues associated with gifted education during a series of free seminars at ASU's West campus.
ASU News
June 28, 2010
Teachers give bosses poor grade
NI's five education boards need to do more to help gifted children and stop anti-social behaviour among pupils, according to a survey of schools.
BBC News-UK
June 28, 2010
Ahead of her time
One North Bergen seventh grader didn’t put pressure on herself when she took the Scholastic Aptitude Test recently, since the test is usually meant for high school juniors and seniors who want to apprise colleges of their reading and math skills.
Hudson Reporter
June 27, 2010
District 191: Students are slowly attracting to magnets
Some call it “enticing.” Some call it “tantalizing.” The Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School Districts calls it a “magnetic attraction.”
Savage Pacer
June 26, 2010
Establishing a center for the gifted
School is where talent is usually identified and nurtured.
Business World
June 25, 2010
NAGC Worries for Javits Gifted Program Funding
On June 23, 2010, NAGC sent out an SOS alerting the gifted education community of impending legislation introduced by Senator Mark Warner of Virginia.
Suite 101
June 24, 2010
DOE May Change Gifted Tests (But Not For Racial Reasons!)
Due to a significant drop in the number of black and Latino students accepted into the city's gifted student programs, the Department of Education is considering changing test makers when the current contract expires next year.
The Gothamist
June 23, 2010
Darden advances diversity with LEAD program
What happens when 30 academically gifted, diverse high school students from around the country attend a top-tier business school for three weeks?
News-Leader
June 23, 2010
Parents push for continuation of classes
The small group of elementary school parents was subdued and the request modest.
Post & Courier
June 22, 2010
New 'gifted' tests eyed
The city's Department of Education is considering using new entrance exams for its gifted-and-talented programs, a top-ranking official said yesterday.
New York Post
June 22, 2010
City Seeking New Test for Gifted Admissions
The city will search for a new admissions test for its gifted and talented public school programs, a Department of Education official said on Monday, in part to address concerns that some families were “gaming” the test through extensive preparation.
New York Times
June 21, 2010
Gifted teen is wise beyond his years
Many 6- and 7-year-olds probably can't spell desalinization, but when he was that age, Grant Goodman could draw you a diagram detailing how the process works.
News-Press
June 21, 2010
Parents protest gifted program
Gifted children learn better when they are in classes with only other gifted children, say some Berkeley County parents.
Post & Courier
June 21, 2010
Online tutorial program up for renewal by Memphis City Schools board
The city school board on Monday is expected to approve a $1.95 million contract for online tutorials for students struggling in math and writing.
The Commercial Appeal
June 20, 2010
Squandering gifted kids
Every day, I work with neglected students; children who without my attention and guidance would most likely fail.
Miami Herald
June 19, 2010
Roosevelt Island Gifted and Talented Class Will Go On
After reports that it would be dropped, a gifted and talented kindergarten class at Roosevelt Island’s P.S./I.S. 217 will go on this fall.
Metropolis
June 18, 2010
Parents Seek To Save Southington 'Gifted' Program
Supporters of a program for gifted and talented students that was cut to save money are lobbying school officials to find a way to restore it.
Hartford Courant
June 18, 2010
Understanding the gifted
As millions of Filipino students start and return to school this month, this marks an important time to call attention once again to the issue of identifying and nurturing the "gifted" children.
Business World
June 17, 2010
Gifted kids from KC inner city visit Pittsburg State
Some inner-city middle schoolers are getting hands-on experience in engineering, while visiting a college campus.
KOAM
June 17, 2010
Educators should strive to find students' potential
Educators were encouraged by Minnesota's education commissioner on Wednesday to stop teaching for the "middle" of their classes and try to find the potential in all of their students.
Austin Post Bulletin
June 17, 2010
High ranks for four Maine high schools in Newsweek
One school is in a remote area and has 87 students, and the other is in an urban area and has about 1,300 students. But what Greenville High School and Bangor High School have in common is being named once again to Newsweek's list of America’s best high schools.
Bangor Daily News
June 16, 2010
Center for gifted students to scale back
Starting next school year, Johnston County will bus its smartest elementary students to the Academically and Intellectually Gifted Center three days a week instead of five.
The Herald
June 16, 2010
Ministry working on improvements for gifted children
The Ministry of Education is working on improvements for gifted and talented students, Parliament was told today.
NZPA
June 16, 2010
Gifted program presents report to district
Response to intervention programs at Mt. Vernon City Schools District 80 not only help struggling readers, they have opened up time for Talented and Gifted Program students, said TAG program coordinator Diana Rea.
Register-News
June 15, 2010
Several DFW high schools fare well on Newsweek's best-in-U.S. list
Dallas' School for the Talented and Gifted tops this year's Newsweek rankings of the best high schools in the United States, the third time in four years it's held the No. 1 spot.
Star-Telegram
June 15, 2010
Abby Sunderland and the Dilemma of Gifted Kids: When Should Parents Draw a Line?
In all the uproar over the Sunderland family's alleged reality-TV contract.
Newsweek
June 15, 2010
Principals Add Honors Track, Summer School
As parents decried cutbacks to a “talented and gifted” program, Principal Iline Tracey quietly crafted a solution in the back of the room—and saw a recruiting opportunity.
New Haven Independent
June 15, 2010
Special classes for gifted kids
A YOUNG Einstein, the next prime minister, or the Charles Dickens of the future could be at school in the Northern Rivers.
The Northern Star
June 15, 2010
A Haven for Gifted Kids
I am neither especially clever or especially gifted; I am only very, very curious." Albert Einstein's words align perfectly with students.
Southland Times
June 14, 2010
Could your child be gifted?
What do naughtiness, dinosaurs and gifted children have in common?
Otago Times
June 14, 2014
Less funding forces sacrifices at Strand schools
At last week's finale for Georgetown County School District's Gifted and Talented BEACH Summer Arts program at Georgetown High School, parents had the chance to see what their children accomplished in just four days.
The Sun News
June 14, 2010
Gifted symposium comes back Sunday
Education Commissioner Alice Seagren is one of the people expected to make remarks at a statewide conference aimed to encourage greater understanding of what gifted and talented students need; the conference returns to Austin on Sunday.
Austin Post-Bulletin
June 13, 2010
Brooklyn School Among the City’s Most Coveted for Gifted Students
Now it can be said for schools, too: Brooklyn is the new Manhattan.
Metropolis
June 12, 2010
Gifted kids program changes approved
The school board approved substantial changes to a program aimed at some of the district's brightest students Thursday night.
News-Record
June 11, 2010
Rosmah lauds focus on education
The focus on early childhood education under the 10th Malaysia Plan will help elevate Malaysia to the same level as developed nations, said Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, the Prime Minister’s wife.
The Star
June 11, 2010
Overhaul of GATE program planned
After nearly eight years, Gifted and Talented Education, a program popular with parents and students, is facing a major overhaul.
Weekly Calistogan
June 10, 2010
Children need chances to reach their potential
Schools are for our children. When we think of education, we need to think of all our children first and foremost.
The Morning Call
June 10, 2010
Gifted Program Not Axed, Just Reconfigured
According to DVUSD Public Relations Director Sandi Hicks, Sage is intact, but evolving as part of a school reform initiative spearheaded by Superintendent Virginia McElyea, long before budget cuts were in the picture.
In & Out
June 10, 2010
Permata Early Childhood Education Is An Important National Agenda
The PERMATA early childhood education programme is an important national agenda, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Abdul Razak said, when announcing the 10th Malaysia Plan (10MP) today.
Bernama News
June 10, 2010
Consider ways to give boost to bright students
The mother who argued this week before the Burlington School Board for a way to allow children who are ready to start kindergarten early raises the difficult question of how to meet the needs and aspirations of gifted students in public schools.
Burlington Free Press
June 10, 2010
Gifted Classes Are Hot Point
A Roosevelt Island public school won't offer its gifted-and-talented program for incoming kindergartners, prompting parental gripes and threats to move to the suburbs.
Wall Street Journal
June 10, 2010
Parents seek teaching post for gifted elementary students
Parents of advanced-learner Granville Elementary students are seeking a full-time teacher dedicated to a gifted program at the school.
Newark Advocate
June 9, 2010
Don't ignore gifted students in rush to achieve other goals
In the push to raise achievement levels of low performers, gifted students haven't always gotten the attention in school that they deserve.
News-Record
June 9, 2010
School district cancels gifted class
The gifted classroom at Ranchero school will close its doors at the end of June, to be replaced in September by a different method of delivering support for gifted students.
Salmon Arm Observer
June 9, 2010
Recognizing your child’s unique strengths
Here are a few approaches to help you figure out how your child concentrates, processes information and applies what is learned.
Manilla Bulletin
June 9, 2010
Parents angered by school that admitted more kids than they had room for
Education officials bungled the admissions process for gifted and talented students at a West Side school, admitting more kids than they had room for, parents charged.
NY Daily News
June 9, 2010
Qualifications could change for gifted student track
The Guilford County school board could vote as soon as Thursday to implement significant changes to the county’s Academically and Intellectually Gifted program.
News-Record
June 8, 2010
Denzel Washington announces scholarships
The Pauletta and Denzel Washington Family Gifted Scholars Program announced it has awarded summer support for U.S. university students.
UPI
June 8, 2010
The End of 'The Stupid Class'
Bianca Penuelas and her friends used to joke about being in "the stupid class" at Correia Middle School.
Voice of San Diego
June 7, 2010
'Gifted' vs. 'ready': A key difference
In July, a new state law becomes effective, and children born in August no longer will be able to start kindergarten at age 5 or first grade at 6.
Grand Forks Herald
June 6, 2010
At 21 Hillsborough schools, student achievement will drive class placement
Bobby is a high flier in math. Susie is reading high school books. And Sally struggles every day in both subjects.
St. Petersburg Times
June 4, 2010
Groton Middle School tops ranking, NMS on Johns Hopkins list, too
Show Gordon Platt a triangle, and the seventh-grader will immediately think of a building.
Nashoba Publishing
June 4, 2010
New to U.S., Indio student graduates in top of class
It was just three years ago that David Ceballos left Mexico City with his family and moved to Indio.
The Desert Sun
June 4, 2010
June 21 Program Showcase to Feature New Rutgers Gifted Education Certificate
Rutgers Division of Continuing Studies’ new gifted education graduate certificate series will be featured at a free program showcase at the New Brunswick Campus Monday, June 21, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Rutgers News
June 3, 2010
Johnston school district's Extended Learning Program benefited from her energy and dedication.
Bailey Petersma wasn't the only member of her immediate family who graduated from the Johnston school district this year.
Des Moines Register
June 3, 2010
Central Ohio Middle School Students Expand Minds During College Experience
More than 500 middle school students from nine central Ohio counties will participate in the OWjL summer camp program at Ohio Wesleyan University in one of three weeklong sessions beginning June 13.
OWU News
June 2, 2010
Waterbury board saves gifted program, drops transitional classes
The Board of Education on Tuesday generally agreed to a spending plan for next year that includes no extra money, yet likely avoids any layoffs or significant cuts to programs.
Republican American
June 2, 2010
Charter district to open gifted and talented campus
Just 10 years ago, Jubilee Academy was a small, church-based private school in the southeast corner of Bexar County, struggling to stay afloat.
San Antonio Express
June 2, 2010
Interlake's gifted program helps phenoms be kids, too
Interlake High School's innovative program for gifted students will graduate its first class of seniors this year.
Seattle Times
June 1, 2010