Young Musicians Leave Nest For New Opportunities
The odds of making it in the classical music business are long, but for the past two years, 25-year-old viola player Nathan Schram has received a stipend, health insurance, lots of amazing performance opportunities and a real-world education teaching violin students at an inner-city elementary school in Brooklyn.
NPR Music
June 30, 2012
Frederick County schools to phase out first and second grade magnet classes
Having seen their older daughters thrive in the magnet program for gifted students at North Frederick Elementary, Richard and Connie Frere were hoping that their youngest — who now is 3 — also would have chance to test for the program at an early age.
Maryland Community News
June 29, 2012
Doesn’t add up
Through the common-core curriculum, students would not be allowed to take advanced math classes even though this would fail to challenge gifted students.
News & Observer
June 29, 2012
Suburban visionary for gifted education dies in Florida
Just three weeks ago, Helene Bartz received a standing ovation after delivering the commencement address at Quest Academy in Palatine.
Daily Herald
June 28, 2012
Gifted high school students enjoy volunteer work at SOS village
Ha Noi—A group of gifted high school students have spent time volunteering at the SOS village in Ha Noi.
Viet Nam News
June 28, 2012
Frederick County, Md., phasing out magnet school program for gifted 1st and 2nd grade.
The Frederick County school system is phasing out a magnet-school program for academically gifted first and second graders.
Washington Post
June 28, 2012
NC Governor's School program for gifted students in danger of closing
The NC Governor's School program sees the potential in students and has been helping them excel for fifty years.
News 14
June 27, 2012
Budget Cuts Upset Gifted Students
Association for Bright Children spokesperson Dave Mason of Southampton was shooting from the hip when he chastised Bluewater Board of Education trustees recently for what he calls program cuts affecting gifted students.
Bayshore Broadcasting News Centre
June 27, 2012
The Drama of the Gifted Child
The wisdom that Alice Miller shares with us in her famous book, The Drama of the Gifted Child, is something that every therapist who works with children revisits more often than we would like.
Psychology Today
June 27, 2012
Children's "opportunities are being wasted"
Children in Wales are being " unchallenged and their opportunities are being wasted" that's the finding of the National Association for gifted children and backed up in a report by education watchdog Estyn.
ITV News
June 26, 2012
Byron School District expands gifted program
With the constant pressure for students and teachers to excel in the classroom, Byron School District is expanding its curriculum, adding teachers and programs for special education students, along with those who excel above and beyond academically.
WREX
June 26, 2012
Estyn says more talented pupils in Wales need challenges
Secondary schools in Wales are not doing enough to help more talented pupils, say inspectors.
BBC News
June 26, 2012
Hueneme High School students learn marine science at summer school
Julie Bursek pointed to a PowerPoint slide describing the sooty shearwater, a sea bird that makes a 10,000-mile trek from Chile, along the Pacific Coast, through the Channel Islands and sometimes across to Asia.
Ventura County Star
June 25, 2012
Gifted education: How are children selected and is it uniform across Georgia school districts?
Let’s start off this week with a subject that has a lot of interest: Gifted education.
Atlanta Journal Constitution
June 25, 2012
International participants join locals in three-week Permatapintar programme
The Permatapintar programme marked another milestone by organising an All-Girls Summer Camp participated by Saudi Arabian and Indonesian students at its centre in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia here.
The Star
June 25, 2012
CTY offers summer scholarships for gifted rural students
All kids need a place where they feel like they belong. But when you are smart and living in a rural area, finding classes and cultural opportunities, libraries and labs, and teachers and peers to inspire and engage you can be difficult.
JHU Gazette
June 25, 2012
Game on for gifted kids
A number of creative minds are working overtime this week to master chess challenges, build model villages and zoos and create a stop motion animated movie.
Auckland Now
June 22, 2012
Hands-on work keeps gifted students busy
The students at Cobb Elementary School Wednesday hunched over their tools — straws, plastic beverage lids, card stock and balloons — and cut, folded, taped and blew to create balloon-powered cars.
Anniston Star
June 21, 2012
Gifted, talented but without seats in local schools
More than a dozen families whose kindergartners tested into the district-wide gifted and talented program have found themselves without a placement offer for next fall.
The Riverdale Press
June 20, 2012
Our schools failing gifted students
A 15-month inquiry has found the education provided to gifted students is often inadequate - sometimes with severe and devastating consequences.
Herald Sun
National Affairs
June 21, 2012
Warwick won't cut 'gifted' program
A program for advanced elementary school students will not be cut from Warwick’s school budget next year.
WPRI
June 19, 2012
Unwrapping the Gifted: A Day in the Life
The day starts early, a little after 7:30 a.m. It's just me and our District's 11 administrators in an Admin Team meeting.
Ed Week - Blog
June 18, 2012
Intervention for Gifted Students
His name was Kevin (a pseudonym).
Edutopia – Blog
June 17, 2012
A school that helps the gifted excel
Spokesperson, David Steakley, explains how the Rainard School challenges students with high IQs
Fox News
June 16, 2012
Wake to accelerate more students to higher math classes
Wake County school administrators announced Thursday that they’re easing back on a change that would have prevented some academically gifted elementary school students from taking harder math courses this fall.
News & Observer
June 14, 2012
Gifted education expert again defends U-46 programs during federal trial
An expert in gifted education and a former employee of Elgin Area School District U-46 took the stand during Wednesday's federal bias trial against the district.
Chicago Daily Herald
June 14, 2012
New Program Provides Opportunity for Gifted Rural Youth
A new scholarship program launched this summer by the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth will give bright, low-income rural students the chance to take part in a challenging summer program at sites across the country.
Ed Week – Blog
June 13, 2012
15-year-old student graduates from Trenton High School
At just 15-years-old, high school student Levi Steadman has walked the graduation stage.
WDIV
June 12, 2012
Guiding Gifted Students
For gifted kids to thrive, they need to be among similar peers and have unlimited academic challenges.
Wall Street Journal
June 11, 2012
State may add schools for gifted
Advocates for gifted students say a new proposal for regional schools would ensure the students have access to more rigorous courses and learning opportunities that keep them challenged and engaged.
Columbus Dispatch
June 11, 2012
Gifted Children Need Help, Too
A gifted child usually understands many things, solves problesms, and commands verbal, mathematical and/or spatial relationships well and easily.
WITF
June 10, 2012
A Gifted and Talented Program Grows in Carroll Gardens
Early this week, as the deadline for the kindergarten registration in the city’s gifted and talented schools approached, many parents across the city said they were relieved to finally know where their children would be going to school in the fall, particularly after so much chatter about the record numbers of students qualifying for limited slots.
NY Times Schoolbook
June 8, 2012
Change in Gifted Class Format at Stanton Middle School
Students in the gifted education program at Stanton Middle School will see a few changes when the new school year starts.
Kent Patch
June 8, 2012
Proposed changes to gifted programs concern Frederick County parents
For parents involved in the Frederick County magnet program for gifted students, the news that school officials are considering restructuring the program and phasing out first and second grade came out of the blue, leading some to be nervous about the future of the program serving some of the most advanced students in the system.
Maryland Gazette
June 7, 2012
College Board Cancels Summer SAT for Select Students, Calling It ‘Inappropriate’
The College Board has canceled plans to offer the SAT exam to gifted students enrolled in a $4,500 summer program, a spokeswoman announced on Tuesday.
New York Times
Los Angeles Times
June 5, 2012
Richard Carreiro: Focused on the future
When 18-year-old Richard Carreiro starts his freshman year at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth this fall, he will be starting the next phase in his focused and dedicated plan.
Fall River Herald
June 4, 2012
Gifted students look to better future
Meet WA's most gifted students our future astronomers, dancers, musicians, linguists and artists and the next generation to be charged with solving the world's problems.
Sunday Times
June 3, 2012
Examiner unleashes firestorm of controversy over exclusive SAT test date
Elizabeth Stone, San Francisco College Admissions Examiner and independent college consultant, unleashed a firestorm of controversy over the special administration of the SAT to an elite group of wealthy high school students participating in two exclusive summer camp programs located on the campus of Amherst College.
Examiner
June 2, 2012
Math, Science Limits
I was struck by two seemingly unrelated articles in the May 29 paper.
News & Observer
June 2, 2012
Common Core Math In North Carolina Would Keep Elementary Students From Taking Middle School Courses
Under new education reforms adopted by North Carolina, gifted elementary school students will no longer be able to take middle school courses formerly available to them.
Huffington Post
June 1, 2012
Going Through Giftedness
Courage and making tough decisions must be instilled in the mind of the parents when it comes in raising a gifted child, this will have an effect that will make or break the child's overall development.
Manila Bulletin
June 1, 2012
High-quality schools target excellent, rich students
The schools compete with state owned schools for the gifted and high-quality state owned schools to attract excellent students.
VietNamNet Bridge
June 1, 2012
Young artist receives the Nicholas Green Distinguished Student Award
Ten-year-old Sana Nadkarni, of Andover, Massachusetts, has been chosen as Massachusetts' winner of the Nicholas Green Distinguished Student Award from the National Association of Gifted Children.
Times of India
June 1, 2012