'Difficult to see' improvement from changes in county's gifted program
I'm writing this letter in response to an article in Columbia County's "Educationally Speaking" back-to-school newsletter regarding the "positive" changes to the county's Gifted and Talented Program.
Columbia County News
July 31, 2011
Wealthy suburbs don't have the best gifted programs
Ten years ago my family moved from Overland Park to Kansas City. For one reason: the public schools.
Kansas City Star
July 30, 2011
Let the Gifted Fly
One fundamental myth of gifted education is "you can't put all the smart kids together, because the less-smart need the smarties around to challenge the others".
Science2.0
July 30, 2011
Programs offered for gifted students
Criterion for placement in the gifted program varies from state to state because gifted education programs are not federally mandated.
Ft. Leavenworth Lamp
July 29, 2011
Parenting the gifted child
In order to help a gifted child, parents need to pay attention not only to his potential and interests but also to areas in which he may be lagging behind.
Deccan Herald
July 28, 2011
New Horizons
Gifted pupils in Columbia County's elementary schools no longer will travel to receive specialized instruction.
Columbia County News
July 28, 2011
BCC sweating program for gifted students
One of the few academic programs offered at no cost to students during the summer may be the latest victim of budget cuts.
Florida Today
July 25, 2011
New Study: RI’s Suburban Schools Trail Nation In Advanced Programs
A new analysis of the nation’s schools found that Rhode Island falls below the national average for offering high-level curriculum such as Advanced Placement or talented and gifted programs, particularly in the more suburban districts in the state.
Go Local Prov
July 23, 2011
District To Make Changes To Gifted Program
The Kirkwood School District is making changes to its gifted program in an effort to better identify students with exceptional capabilities and provide more opportunities for them to excel at the elementary and middle school levels.
Kirkwood Times
July 22, 2011
Advocating For The Gifted Student
Connecticut is — according to Brooke Burling, executive director of the Connecticut Association for the Gifted — an "identify, non-serve" state. State law requires school districts to identify gifted children, but does not require them to provide services.
Hartford Courant
July 22, 2011
Gifted students explore creativity
Gifted students in the second through 12th grades are learning new things and expressing themselves through art at the 20th annual Creativity Exploration Workshop at William Carey University.
Hattiesburg American
July 20, 2011
Early Signs Your Child May Be Gifted
Only about 2 to 4% of California's kids will be identified as "gifted."
NBC San Diego Video
July 19, 2011
Give gifted students the tools for success
As the mother of three gifted children and past president of Northampton Pennsylvania Association for Gifted Education, I agree 100 percent with the authors.
Allentown Morning Call
July 18, 2011
Chandler Unified School District to vote on budget tonight
Chandler Unified School District's governing board will consider its budget for the next school year tonight as administrators expect enrollment growth again.
Arizona Republic
July 13, 2011
Gifted School To Open In Hyde Park School
After closing several years ago, an elementary school in Hyde Park may reopen. Hyde Park School has served as a temporary home for other schools that were being renovated.
WKRC
July 12, 2011
Students sign up for RU gifted program
The academically advanced program — or the “gifted student program,” as some call it — was approved earlier this year as Redford Union strives to slow or reverse the trend that has seen the district loose about 1300 students over the last five years.
Home Town Life
July 10, 2011
State delays decision on Governor's School
The State Board of Education will wait until next month to decide the future of the Governor's School, a summer enrichment program for gifted students.
News & Observer
July 8, 2011
Tahoe/Truckee school board OKs $19K in GATE funding
After Gifted and Talented Education funding was lost last year, the school district has unanimously approved a $19,000 program that hopes to identify and educate students deemed by the district as an at-risk population.
Sierra Sun
July 8, 2011
It's all about Discovery for gifted students
Approximately 100 gifted students, kindergarten through sixth grade, recently attended Mississippi University for Women's Summer Discovery program held at Franklin Academy.
The Dispatch
July 8, 2011
Governor's School cuts may end summer program for gifted students
N.C. superintendent will recommend closing Governor's School summer program.
News & Observer
July 7, 2011
Program challenges Kingdom’s gifted students
One hundred, sixty talented male and female high-school students from across the Kingdom will spend their summer at Saudi Aramco learning more about responsibility.
Web Wire
July 6, 2011
Cuts in gifted education hurt kids' potential
"How can we measure the sonata unwritten, the curative drug undiscovered, the absence of political insight?
St. Louis Today
July 6, 2011
Identifying talent
Every school has children with above-average scholastic abilities to go beyond mere rote-learning.
Times of India
July 4, 2011
Nord Anglia Education applies Middle East experience to South East Asian growth
Nord Anglia Education has begun further supporting its growth into South East Asia.
AME
July 4, 2011
Hispanic achievement gap is narrowing in Oregon, study says
Oregon educators’ efforts to help Hispanic students achieve as well as their non-Hispanic peers is working, albeit slowly, a new study shows.
East Oregonian
July 3, 2011
Homework overload: For certain families, enough is enough
At what point do weeknight assignments, weekend work and vacation reading affect family togetherness?
Los Angeles Times
July 2, 2011
Connecticut Schools Failing Gifted Students
This week, Newsweek published its annual list of the best high schools in the country and not a single Connecticut school made it into the top 100. Although this is not necessarily an indictment of our high schools, it is a symptom of a greater problem — Connecticut does not make excellence in education a priority.
Hartford Courant
July 2, 2011