GT kids go back to school
GT teacher Deborah Johnson stood before a Gifted and Talented class Monday at Ireland Magnet School, talking about what it means to be gifted.
Odessa American
August 31, 2010
In With the In Crowd
‘Inclusive’ education—when special-needs students share classrooms with other students—benefits all kids
Tablet
August 30, 2010
Mother’s determination creates school for gifted in Melrose
For years, Courtney Dickinson of Winchester felt the needs of her gifted son, now 8, were not being met in school.
Boston Globe
August 29, 2010
Black Men Among Most Disadvantaged, Least Helped in U.S.
Among disadvantaged people in the United States, the most needy and least helped are probably African-American men, according to a new book from the University of Chicago’s School of Social Service Administration.
Science Blog
August 28, 2010
Gifted boy 'well-grounded'
I am the parent of a nine-year-old child who also attended Stellar Leadership Academy. Our son, although not "gifted," is advanced in many areas of academics.
The Windsor Star
August 28, 2010
Upper Grand school board to hold French immersion program review Tuesday
Ryla Alice Downey hopes she and 14 other delegations can persuade Upper Grand District School Board trustees to change their minds about where to house the gifted and French immersion programs when the board convenes Tuesday night.
Guelph Mercury
August 28, 2010
Rutgers to Hold Aug. 30 Showcase for New Gifted Education Certificate Program
Jeanne Purcell, a national leader in the field of teaching gifted children and an authority on parallel curricula and differentiation of instruction, will be the featured speaker at an Aug. 30 showcase for Rutgers’ new Gifted Education Certificate program.
Rutgers News
August 27, 2010
Robotics integrated into Middle School science curriculum
The addition of robotics to Darlington’s fifth- and sixth-grade science curriculum is just one more way the Middle School is illustrating its mantra “hands on, minds on.”
Rome News Tribune
August 26, 2010
Educate every child, not just the best and brightest
The recent batch of state test scores for the Riverdale/Kingsbridge area’s schools again prove the need for gifted and talented programs, and at the same time prove they cannot be a cornerstone of education if we are to live in a society that offers any kind of fair start for all.
Riverdale Press
August 26, 2010
Gifted Children Online Assessment Tool Now Available
TalentIgniter LLC, announces the availability of their new online assessment tool, the Ruf Estimates™ of Levels of Gifted, an online tool for parents who wonder if their children are gifted.
PR Web
August 26, 2010
Teaching underachieving learners
Teachers need to internalize that gifted and talented students possess learning styles that differ significantly from those of underachievers.
Manila Bulletin
August 25, 2010
Ellet cluster stands out in ratings
Excellent, effective designations to be released Friday.
Beacon Journal
August 24, 2010
District 303 committee looks at gifted programs, their future
While the numbers looked positive at a Monday meeting of St. Charles Community Unit District 303 Learning and Teaching committee, board members said they want to make sure numbers stay on the rise and don't stagnate.
St. Charles Republican
August 24, 2010
Gifted charter school proposed in St. Vrain Valley after being turned down in Boulder
A group whose proposal for a gifted charter school was turned down by Boulder Valley is trying again, this time in the neighboring St. Vrain Valley School District.
Daily Camera
August 23, 2010
Gifted and talented program going strong
As Pearland Independent School District officials welcome more than 18,000 students to classes today, the spotlight also will shine brightly on the district’s gifted and talented program, now in its 33rd year.
Pearland News
August 23, 2010
Arizona gifted students benefit from programs across Valley
All-day programs help students looking for greater challenges
Arizona Republic
August 22, 2010
Summer Education News Round-Up
Students and teachers are heading – or have already headed – back to school. But while school was out, much happened in the world of education.
NY Times
August 20, 2010
Medford teen thrives in academics, music
Joseph Sullivan said he hasn’t practiced in a while, but as he sat at the upright piano in his living room softly playing "Ave Maria," it was hard to tell.
Medford Times
August 20, 2010
Gifted Agoura Hills student's odyssey continues
Summer has gone by fast for Michelle Vaisman of Agoura Hills.
Ventura County Star
August 20, 2010
Higley school district expands gifted program to 2nd school
In Aimee Hunter's combined second- and third-grade class at Centennial Elementary School, the students eagerly wrote their answers to complex math questions on the small whiteboards on their desks Monday, with some explaining their answers in front of the class.
Arizona Republic
August 19, 2010
Let’s make room for our gifted children
WE anticipate the publication of many success stories following this week’s release of the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) and other examination results.
Jamaica Observer
August 19, 2010
Board of ed implements new gifted and talented program
Gifted and talented students will be introduced to a new program come September as district officials work to devise a program that will conjure more thinking and encompass more students.
North Jersey News
August 19, 2010
Admission test cry
The Navodaya schools, which aim to provide quality education to talented children, have asked the government for permission to continue holding entrance tests even though the Right to Education Act bans any screening of students for admission.
The Telegraph
August 19, 2010
Goochland County School Board approves new gifted plan
Goochland County School Board members approved a new gifted education plan at a sparsely attended meeting last week.
Goochland Gazette
August 18, 2010
The Gifted and the Underachiever (Part 2)
If teachers were taught to respond to global students’ processing styles and environmental preferences, and if they only could be taught to be collegial or authoritative with those youngsters who require one or the other teaching style, fewer students would experience frustration and the inability to succeed in academic classes.
Manila Bulletin
August 18, 2010
Teacher at Aiken Middle School awarded Unsung Heroes grant
Aiken Middle School teacher Margaret Fussell likes hands-on activities for her students in gifted education.
Aiken Standard
August 17, 2010
GSB discusses student-developed courses
Gainesville school board members Monday night reviewed an innovative program that would allow high school students to develop and teach their own courses.
Access North Georgia
August 16, 2010
Smartest students are stranded at the top
Perhaps the saddest commentary on education reform is the anomaly that it's not OK to be smart.
Denver Post
August 15, 2010
Students attend gifted program at Truman State
Some local students were among almost 400 scholars nationwide to participate in this summer's Joseph Baldwin Academy for Eminent Young Scholars at Truman State University in Kirksville.
Suburban Journal
August 14, 2010
Your Child Is Gifted, Now What?
In Connecticut, schools are required to define students as "gifted and talented," but the law stops there.
Hartford Courant
August 13, 2010
Revised budget proposal would restore gifted education funding
State funding for gifted education may be off the chopping block, at least most of it.
The Journal Star
August 12, 2010
Gifted programs get reprieve
Advocates of gifted education won a victory Wednesday as state education officials backpedaled from eliminating the High Ability Learner program.
Omaha World-Herald
August 12, 2010
A Whole New View on Early Education at Ballancrest Academy
Why is there such a buzz around the new Ballancrest Academy?
PR Web
August 11, 2010
The gifted and the underachiever
Gifted children are just like everyone else in some respects and very different in others
Manilla Bulletin
August 11, 2010
Post analysis indicates improvement in fulfilling needs of exceptionally gifted students in government schools
Students with exceptional abilities who attend government schools in the UAE now have more of a chance of fulfilling their true potential than three years ago thanks to government efforts, claims a researcher from The British University in Dubai (BUiD), the Middle East's leading research-based postgraduate university states.
AME
August 10, 2010
Top Student Achievers Defy 'The Norm'
With mounting concern about U.S. competitiveness and low student achievement in relation to other countries, conventional wisdom leads many to believe that the great inventors, artists and innovators of the future will come from distant shores.
PR News
August 10, 2010
Tips for picking books your gifted child will
Gifted children have personalities like everyone else, and most of them are regular kids.
Helium
August 10, 2010
Hubbard says academy exceeds expectations
When the fledgling Missouri Academy of Science, Mathematics and Computing welcomed its first class of 41 gifted and talented students from across the state 10 years ago, it marked the culmination of more than six years of planning, strategizing and finally, implementation.
Maryville Daily Forum
August 9, 2010
Schools supporting gifted programs as best they can with local help
In the three years since the recession hit, Calhoun County schools have lost about $14 million in state funding — and with it, money for some specialized programs.
The Anniston Star
August 8, 2010
France to offer scholarships to 10 gifted Taiwan science students
The French government will soon select 10 gifted Taiwanese senior high school math and physics students to attend the 2011 Classes Preparatoires aux Grandes Ecoles (CPGE) , a two-year
Focus Taiwan
August 8, 2010
Gifted kids get bad rap in schools
As many as half of South Africa's gifted children are being incorrectly diagnosed and treated for serious behavioural and emotional disorders.
Times Live
August 8, 2010
Prospect of classes for gifted excites
Dunedin mother Jennifer Evans is looking forward to next year and the start of a new programme for gifted and talented children.
Otago Daily Times
August 7, 2010
Laid-off teacher ‘ready to move on’ after hearing
Former Dalton Public Schools gifted teacher Myra Owens said she was “fine” with the Board of Education’s decision not to offer her job back, but she hopes her two-hour hearing on Friday made an impression.
The Daily Citizen
August 6, 2010
Lady Gaga went to geek camp, too
Back when Lady Gaga was just a girl from New York named Stefani Germanotta, she might have been seen as a geek.
CNN
August 6, 2010
Identifying Gifted Students
The latest chapter in the gifted student saga was on display at Hunter College High School in New York City when a graduating senior delivered a commencement address that called into question the basis for admission to the storied school
Ed Week
August 6, 2010
Education Ministry to pay special attention to exceptionally gifted students
Angolan Education Ministry (MED) is developing a specific programme to follow up and train exceptionally gifted children Thursday, in Luanda, informed the minister, Mpinda Simão.
Angola Press
August 5, 2010
Wayne school board to consider new gifted and talented program tonight
The Board of Education is expected Thursday night to rule on a proposed new gifted and talented program designed to reach more students then a popular program being phased out.
The Record
August 5, 2010
Diversity Debate Convulses Elite High School
With one of its alumnae, Elena Kagan, poised for confirmation as a justice on the United States Supreme Court, it should be a triumphant season for Hunter College High School, a New York City public school for the intellectually gifted.
New York Times
August 5, 2010
Education system slights gifted programs
Our nation recently celebrated National Parenting Gifted Children Week to bring broader awareness to the joys and challenges of raising gifted children.
Tulsa World
August 4, 2010
Texas Governors School draws gifted and talented
With almost 30 classes that range from psychology of the criminal mind to environmental ecology to sign language -- plus afternoon athletic activities, nightly seminars and end-of-program performances, the scholars in the Texas Governor's School are kept busy morning, noon and night.
Lamar University
August 3, 2010
Algonquin boy, 14, earns college credit with THINK
Before his 15th birthday, Jack Aylesworth already will have a semester’s worth of college credit under his belt.
Northwest Herald
August 2, 2010
More NYC Parents Now Embrace Brain Academy’s Effective Preparation for Private School and Gifted Program Admissions Tests
Private schools open so many doors and there is so much at stake during the admissions process, it’s necessary to prepare children for the highly competitive admissions tests to help them perform at their best.
PR Web
August 2, 2010
Brace for dwindling state ed aid
The prospect of funding cuts to programs for gifted students in public schools probably has been greeted with dismay in many households.
Journal Star
August 2, 2010
When 81% Passing Suddenly Becomes 18%
LINDA L. SINGER, the principal of Public School 255 in Gravesend, Brooklyn, has some phone calls she is dreading to make.
New York Times
August 1, 2010
Bright minds
Many parents think their child is pretty smart, but what if you have an inkling that your child is doing things that are intellectually leaps-and-bounds above what his peers can do?
North Jersey News
August 1, 2010