Corralitos woman honored for helping gifted students
Ann Wyckoff Carlos paused when asked why she's dedicated years of her life to helping immigrant children go to college.
Santa Cruz Sentinel
October 31, 2010
Southcoast Student Honored
Seven SouthCoast students were honored at a statewide awards ceremony for gifted children held by The Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth (CTY) at College of the Holy Cross campus on October 17.
Southcoast Today
October 30, 2010
60% of UAE schools equipped to educate gifted students by 2013
Sixty percent of schools in the UAE are expected to become more competent and better qualified to educate gifted and talented students by 2013 according to His Excellency Humaid Mohammad Obaid Al Qattami, UAE Minister of Education during his keynote address at the opening of the first 'International Conference on Special Education.’
Zawya
October 30, 2010
Poor, gifted kids in need of support
Why is it so hard for smart, low-income children to get ahead?
Sun Sentinel
October 29, 2010
Four gifted siblings between ages 10 and 16 enrolled at the UI
Today is Gohar Manzar’s 16th birthday.
The Daily Iowan
October 28, 2010
PS 24 principal answers questions, shares her vision
Recently, PS 24 Principal Donna Connelly sat down with The Press for a question and answer session.
The Riverdale Press
October 27, 2010
Admins, Advocates Ask for Education Funding
School superintendents, early childhood education advocates and special education coordinators on Wednesday called for state administrators to maintain education funding in light of the state's budget troubles.
Fox Illinois
October 27, 2010
Montgomery overhauls gifted-student program
Montgomery County is overhauling the way it recommends students for its advanced "gifted and talented" program, saying the current method fails to place recommended minority students in the courses.
The Examiner
October 26, 2010
Ashland University Education Professor Selected as Distinguished Scholar
Dr. Jane Piirto, trustees’ distinguished professor in the Dwight Schar College of Education at Ashland University, has been selected as the 2010 NAGC Distinguished Scholar by the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC).
PR Release
October 26, 2010
Gifted high school student contributes to Fermilab experiment
Many 16-year-olds learn important life skills at their first summer jobs – the value of a dollar or how to deal with the public. Natalie Harrison learned detector modeling, particle astrophysics and C++.
Symmetry Magazine
October 26, 2010
Needs of Gifted Students Take Centre Stage
Improving the needs of gifted and talented students through the development of a tailored curriculum will be the main focus of the 'International Conference on Special Education', the first academic event of its kind.
Zawya News
October 26, 2010
Gifted program needs more money
The Culpeper County School Board is expected to hear another request for money during tonight’s work session.
Star Exponent
October 25, 2010
A hero for smartest students
Why should we have to fight to let our gifted kids excel?
Denver Post
October 23, 2010
LHS Scholars Comment On Their Success
Four Lakewood High School seniors scored in the top one percent of U.S. high school seniors in the National Merit Scholarship competition and earned recognition as National Merit Semi-finalists for 2011.
The Lakewood Observer
October 21, 2010
Gifted programs dealing with budget cuts
Emma McDougal loves school, loves to learn. The bright Cape Girardeau second-grader is a big reader and fond of working math problems in her spare time at home.
Southeast Missourian
October 21, 2010
Texas schools face ‘perfect storm’
Texas school districts are facing a "perfect storm" of rising expectation and decreasing financial assistance, Superintendent of Schools Dennis Hill told the district Site Based Decision Making committee Thursday evening.
The Llano News
October 20, 2010
Creativity isn't just for the gifted
Is creativity just for geniuses like Einstein or Monet, or at least, for "gifted” people?
NewsOK
October 20, 2010
Ethnic imbalances persist in gifted programs
Georgia O'Keefe's paintings of animal skulls flash on an overhead projector at Polaris at Ebert, the only stand-alone magnet school for gifted students in the Denver Public Schools.
9 News
October 20, 2010
The Hudson School announces Saturday and Summer programs for gifted students
The Hudson School, a private school in Hoboken, has just announced that it will be holding Saturday and Summer programs for talented students in conjunction with Summer Institute for the Gifted (SIG).
Jersey Journal
October 19, 2010
Parents say gifted kids need school
Alma Collins-Orr wants her daughter, a first-grader at Longmont Estates Elementary School, to have a better school experience than she did.
Times Call
October 19, 2010
Applications surge for highly gifted program
Applications for Denver Public Schools’ Highly Gifted and Talented magnet program have surged, doubling the last two years over previous years.
Colorado School news
October 19, 2010
Danbury’s Gifted to Get New Program
With the popular Summit program a casualty of budget cuts, Danbury school officials are pushing hard to install a program for gifted students.
News Times
October 18, 2010
'High IQ Society' gets on a young brain wave
When Ada Brown went to her first Dallas Mensa meeting, she half expected it to be full of slightly awkward geniuses with pocket protectors.
Wausau Daily Herald
October 17, 2010
Gifted students' needs must be met, too
The author of Tuesday's letter "Wrong time for more gifted student classes" must be unfamiliar with the local resources in place for children with special needs and those with accelerated needs.
Wisconsin State Journal
October 16, 2010
Gifted teachers set an example for everyone
More than 100 teachers from around the state attended this week’s gifted conference at Rim Country Middle School, which attracted education experts from around the nation — and one from Canada.
Payson Roundup
October 16, 2010
'School within a school' proposed for gifted elementary students in Rochester
Gifted and talented students in the Rochester school district might get a school of their own next September, a specialized program for third- through fifth-graders proposed as a "school within a school" at Sunset Terrace Elementary.
Post Bulliten
October 15, 2010
Danbury's gifted to get new program
City school officials are pushing hard to put in place some type of gifted program for students after cancelling the popular Summit program at the end of last year because of budget cuts.|
News-Times
October 15, 2010
DPI to audit Madison's 'talented and gifted' programming
The state’s Department of Public Instruction will conduct an audit of the “talented and gifted” programming offered to students in Madison Public Schools.
Madison News
October 15, 2010
CMS critics vow to fight on
Opponents of westside school closings and other changes plan to march uptown on Saturday.
Charlotte Observer
October 15, 2010
Teacher's Gifted Program in Sync With New Texas Law
Envision®, a popular teacher-created program for gifted and talented (GT) students now used in 22 states, gives Texas educators an affordable turnkey solution to comply with a new state law mandating GT standards for each school district.
PR News
October 15, 2010
Waiting — and Wait-Listing — for Superman
My daughter just started Kindergarten at a New York City public school.
WIRED
October 14, 2010
Leadership academy accepting applications
The Texas Academy of Leadership in the Humanities, a residential honors program housed at Lamar University in Beaumont, will accept applications from high school sophomores.
The Graham Leader
October 14, 2010
Wrong time for more gifted student classes
Recent stories about the availability of programs for talented and gifted students and those who are demanding more remind me of the debate over the tax cuts.
Wisconsin State Journal
October 12, 2010
Suburban prodigies carve own paths
Val Markovska knew her daughter, Jenna, was different from the other kids when she picked a random book off the library shelf and started reading aloud — a couple months past her second birthday.
Daily Herald
October 12, 2010
How to Prep Kids for Stanford-Binet IQ Test is Subject of New Handbook
Parents Are Shown ‘Insider Secrets’ in Stanford-Binet Hanbook Book Developed by New York City Tutoring Facility.
PR Web
October 11, 2010
West lawsuit points to flaw in nation’s school system
I remember being an impressionable young seventh grader at Maplewood Middle School.
The Badger Herald
October 10, 2010
Plano Prodigy: From Jasper High School to Washington, D.C.
Sahil Khetpal is a recent graduate of the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science in Denton and is now attending the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business, where he plans to double major in business and chemical engineering.
Star Local News
October 10, 2010
Students Can Find a Web of Opportunity at KVHS
Regular readers of this column know I consistently criticize Kentucky’s faltering education system, always hoping for dramatic change — any change — so students get the tools they need to succeed.
Surf Hopkins
October 10, 2010
AG student honored by Johns Hopkins
Joshua Lester of Arroyo Grande was recently honored at a statewide awards ceremony for gifted children held by The Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth (CTY).
Santa Maria Times
October 9, 2010
Young, gifted and likely to suffer for it
Psychologist Joan Freeman explodes the myth about children with high IQ scores.
The Guardian
October 9, 2010
Parents file lawsuit against West High School
The Madison Metropolitan School District is under scrutiny after a group of parents filed a complaint saying West High School is in violation of state law by not allowing students access to gifted and talented programs.
The Badger Herald
October 7, 2010
Mary Baldwin offers new early college program
Building on its Program for the Exceptionally Gifted, Mary Baldwin College is honing its efforts to offer higher education alternatives to bright and accomplished teens.
The News Leader
October 7, 2010
Help all kids reach potential
Like a window cleaner who left a smudge and needs to return to clear it up, I'd like to return to Sunday's column and apply a cleanser.
San Antonio Express
October 7, 2010
Parents file complaint over ‘talented and gifted’ school programming
A group of 50 parents in the West High School attendance area has asked state education officials to investigate whether the Madison School District is violating state law by denying high-achieving students access to the "talented and gifted" programming parents say they deserve.
Wisconsin State Journal
October 5, 2010
Living with children
One of the differences between parents of the 1950s and today's is that the former did not care what grades their children made in school.
Kansas City Star
October 5, 2010
Madison School Board Wants To Challenge Gifted Kids
Madison Metropolitan School District's Board of Education members are trying to fight a perception that the school district doesn't pay enough attention to the city's brightest students.
WTDY
October 4, 2010
Local teacher awarded scholarship for gifted conference
Kelly Troe, the gifted and talented coordinator at Prairie Elementary in Worthington, is one of 12 educators from Title I schools selected by the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) for its fourth annual class of Javits-Frasier Teacher Scholars.
Worthington Daily Globe
October 4, 2010
‘Gifted’ Carlow school children learn in a virtual world
A group of "exceptionally able" students in a Carlow primary school have been selected to use a new virtual world technology that enables them to learn in a 3D online environment.
Silicon Republic
October 4, 2010
Gifted children deserve the chance to excel
WHAT are we to do with gifted children?
Yorkshire Post
October 3, 2010
A Slower Approach to Math
In a front-page article Friday, we show how Singapore math is taking hold in schools throughout the country.
NY Times
October 1, 2010
C.N. v. NESHANNOCK TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT
In November 2008, CN, a student in the School District, was identified as gifted when testing revealed her to have an intelligence quotient of 136.
Leagle News
October 1, 2010
Resisting the cookie-cutter approach to education
Let’s face it, once NCLB mandated state tests became the norm, it was just a matter of time before teachers felt compelled to devote classroom time addressing the test.
Examiner – DC
October 1, 2010