Online classes create new options for students
High-speed Internet connections, faster computers and other technological upgrades are changing the way some classes are offered in Independent School District 196.
Rosemount Town Pages
June 30, 2011
Gifted studies center marks 30th anniversary
From an interest meeting involving a few people to the headquarters of the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children, the Center for Gifted Studies has grown into an internationally known organization now celebrating its 30th anniversary.
Bowling Green Daily News
June 30, 2011
Nevada students take fewer advanced classes than national average
Nevada students don't pursue advanced placement classes as frequently as students nationwide, according to nonprofit journalism organization ProPublica.
Las Vegas Sun
June 30, 2011
Plainfield schools look at reinventing gifted programs
Instead of sending a gifted third grader to the middle school for math, Plainfield School District is looking at other options, such as an online video connection.
The Herald News
June 29, 2011
Educating a gifted child
I climb into the driver's seat of my car and find my son in the passenger seat, door ajar, leaning over so he can see the door mechanism.
Denver Post
June 29, 2011
Is it OK to be clever?
Norwegian schools must understand that gifted children are a national resource. They are not an elite, but a group that may have problems if they do not get support to realize their potential, researcher Ella Cosmovici says.
Psych Org
June 28, 2011
Educated children key to Florida's economy
One of the critical components of my seven-step plan to create 700,000 jobs in seven years and turn Florida's economy around is to make sure our state has the best-educated work force, ready to work in our 21st-century economy.
Orlando Sentinel
June 27, 2011
New Haven revises ID process for gifted students
Two years ago, New Haven school district officials set out to make their Gifted and Talented Education program more equitable.
Oakland Tribune
June 27, 2011
Find Out What Motivates Your Kids
A Farmington-area parent educator says parents should not be 'homework police'.
West Bloomfield Patch
June 27, 2011
First year at MISD a success for students, teachers, staff
As he approaches his one-year anniversary with Midland Independent School District, Superintendent Ryder Warren said he couldn't have asked for better efforts from those around him.
My West Texas
June 26, 2011
A sad goodbye, with fond memories, for a neighborhood school in Providence
Two dozen 5-year-olds toss their pint-sized mortar boards into the air before the admiring gazes of parents and teachers.
Providence Journal
June 25, 2011
The many definitions of giftedness
Gifted children are those whose abilities or potential exceed that of their peers or what is considered to be normal for their age.
Deccan Herald
June 23, 2011
Future of N.C. Governor's School in doubt; Asheville parents upset
State budget cuts have left the future of a decades-old summer program for gifted students in doubt.
Citizen Times
June 22, 2011
Pre-AP courses offered to 5th and 6th graders
Students entering the Blytheville Intermediate School will have new class choices this fall.
KAIT
June 22, 2011
Spasms of gifted program reflect broader school leadership void
Greenwich Public Schools should be a case history at every teaching college and post-graduate education program in the country.
Greenwich Time
June 21, 2011
Parents of Gifted Children Say Schools Could Do More
Katie Augustyn, whose gifted son went through the Westport Public Schools, told the Board of Education Monday night that the school system has “a deep misunderstanding of the needs of gifted children.”
Westport Now
June 21, 2011
Waiting for Superman isn’t time well spent
The proposed Nashua school budget illustrates the problem with funding public education.
Nashua Telegraph
June 20, 2011
Gifted boy seeks to learn, but where?
Tanishq Abraham sat in a classroom at American River College's Natomas campus listening intently to a lecture on astronomy.
Sacramento Bee
June 20, 2011
Temple ISD plans to open GATE Center
Elementary gifted and talented students in TISD will experience a change of scenery one day a week this school year when Travis Science Academy opens three classrooms for a Gifted and Talented Education Center.
Temple Daily Telegram
June 20, 2011
USC Teacher-in-Space Finalist Attends Endeavour’s Last Launch
On an overcast June day in Cape Canaveral, Florida, Upper St. Clair High School and Fort Couch Middle School gifted education coordinator Pat Palazzolo got to watch the last launch of the space shuttle Endeavour.
St. Claire Patch
June 19, 2011
New Portola Principal Tackles Challenges with Collaboration
Matthew Burnham, who is moving from vice principal to principal at Portola Middle School, draws support from parents and teachers.
El Cerrito Patch
June 19, 2011
Greenwich parents voice concerns about reductions in gifted students program
Casting a wary eye toward the school district's ongoing review of the Advanced Learning Program, some Greenwich parents are worried that the town's best and brightest students may soon be neglected.
Greenwich Time
June 18, 2011
Schools have an obligation to gifted students
In the era of No Child Left Behind, our state is not only home to the largest achievement gap in the nation, but is seriously failing its brightest learners as well.
CT Post
June 18, 2011
Gifted kids need attention, too
The phrase usually applies to sports, but it works for gifted education as well: If you build it, they will come.
Austin Post-Bulletin
June 17, 2011
Glenn Hills High School teachers trained to teach gifted students
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Gamut News
June 17, 2011
Differentiated Instruction Committee Presents Findings
The Garden City Board of Education and a handful of residents welcomed a new day as the June 14th school board meeting continued past midnight, in large part due to a comprehensive presentation given by the district’s differentiated instruction committee.
Garden City News
June 17, 2011
More Students Eligible For Gifted Program, But Highest Percentile Declines
The number of students in kindergarten through third grade who are eligible for the gifted and talented program increased from last year, but the number of those who scored in the highest percentile went down.
NY1
June 16, 2011
Gifting Children Falling Through The Cracks
Gifted children in New Zealand are falling through the cracks and without the proper support these potential New Zealand leaders may use their intelligence for the worse as opposed to the better.
Voxy
June 16, 2011
2011 Arkansas Governor's School Is Underway In Conway
Some 400 high school students from across the state are in Conway for the 32nd annual edition of Arkansas Governor's School, a residential program for gifted and talented teens on the campus of Hendrix College.
KUAR
June 16, 2011
Gifted Programs?
Parents hear that a lot from their children, especially about school. Is it learning that is boring or is it school that is boring?
The Lakewood Observer
June 15, 2011
NT School Board Restores Some Programs, Classes
School board members in North Tonawanda voted to restore modified sports, some jobs, and classes Tuesday night after unions made concessions to put money back into the budget.
WGRZ
June 15, 2011
Study Finds Few Learning Gains from Gifted Services
As educators and lawmakers struggle to define the evolving role of education for the nation’s gifted students, a new study suggests that some aspects of gifted education that have been appropriated to improve the achievement of a broader population of students may provide less of a boost than commonly thought.
Ed Week
June 13, 2011
Why Some Kids Derail Themselves.
Why are so many young people willing to self-sabotage every aspect of their potential future?
Our Kids
June 13, 2011
Failing bright kids
Only in print: Connecticut schools struggle to retain gifted-student programs.
CT Post
June 12, 2011
District Losing Almost 4,000 Years of Experience
Parents worry about quality of programs as district replaces experienced staff and rumors fly about potential program changes.
Waukesha Patch
June 11, 2011
Gifted and Talented Symposium starts Sunday
There’s going to be intelligent discussion going on next week in Austin on, well, intelligence.
Austin Daily Herald
June 10, 2011
Institutionalize arts at grassroots level!
It is common knowledge that people are born with various talents.
The Zimbabwean
June 10, 2011
Watchung students soar at Council meeting
Eighth grade students from the Gifted and Talented class at Valley View School on June 9 presented the Borough Council with a lively presentation modeled after The Apprentice television show.
Independent Press
June 10, 2011
Horry County teachers embark on program to reach potential of students
Angela Collins, who teaches gifted and talented math, said she hopes the program will help bridge some of the socioeconomic gaps at the schools. She said some students think they know what leadership means, but their idea of the concept is not always
Sun News
June 9, 2011
District expands program for gifted students in city
Gifted intermediate students in Burnaby schools will have more chances to meet with their intellectual peers now that the district is expanding a program for advanced learners.
Burnaby Now
June 9, 2011
Changing how gifted students think
The Loudoun Academy of Science, a six-year-old public magnet school in Sterling inspired in part by the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, already matches that famous school in one vital statistic: Like Jefferson, the Academy of Science each year rejects about 85 percent of applicants.
Washington Post
June 9, 2011
Talented students head for US to further their goals
Megan Sutcliffe, 12, has no small goals for her future: she wants to be either a Queen’s Counsel or the Prime Minister of Britain.
The Royal Gazette
June 9, 2011
Roeper Community Celebrates Life of School Founder
Commemoration embraces the "Roeper philosophy" with student speeches, performances.
Birmingham Patch
June 7, 2011
Gifted? TN can take Cue from U.S.
At a time when academicians, private schools and the state government are busy debating over the implementation of uniform schooling system, several countries like Singapore and USA have implemented ‘Gifted Education Programme’ (GEP) which provides flexibility in the teaching-learning process according to the skill set of the student.
Deccan Chronicle
June 7, 2011
To Fix the Schools, Let the Ideas Bloom
In “Waiting for a School Miracle” (Op-Ed, June 1), Diane Ravitch rightly points out that the quick-fix “miracles” that seem to dramatically improve learning for the most disadvantaged students are usually mirages, not miracles.
NY Times
June 6, 2011
Educators Find New Hope for Struggling Students
This August, as children head back to schools which have reduced budgets, National Children's Vision & Learning Month takes on new meaning.
PR Newswire
June 6, 2011
The Ellison Experience
Pioneer in education for high-ability students retires from School City
South Bend Tribune
June 6, 2011
With no state mandate, Ohio's gifted children may see services cut
Rayne Wilson hid behind his mom on the couch, scared to talk to the company in the room.
Marion Star
June 5, 2011
Ruling on charter panel won't hurt many schools
Teachers use so-called gifted teaching strategies for all students, not just those labeled gifted, and emphasize music and other performing arts in their teaching.
Online Athens
June 5, 2011
Parents seek better gifted student classes
Payson Unified School District should make improving programs for gifted students a top priority, the school board agreed recently after hearing a pitch from a newly organized parents group.
Payson Roundup
June 4, 2011
Help for the best students
As the traditional-calendar school year wraps up in North Carolina, education policy is heating up in Washington.
News & Observer
June 4, 2011
Highland Park's Annandale Elementary Pegged as 'School for Advanced Studies'
With this distinction, Annandale will be able to enroll students from across the entirety of LAUSD.
Highland Patch
June 2, 2011
There's bright, and then there's gifted
Your son's elementary school has labeled him gifted. Should you tell him?
Detroit Free PressJune 1, 2011