Cranston Schools’ Gifted Program Wins a Tenuous Reprieve Rhode Island, Providence Journal 02/26/08

An Interview with Nicholas Colangelo : A Nation STILL Deceived- Three Years later? "One of the real advantages of acceleration is that it is elegant and cost-effective. For example, you can grade-skip a student at no financial cost—you can subject accelerate at no financial cost. The true cost is in the willingness to let students move at a pace for which they are ready—to deal with advanced material for which they are ready. At the end of the day it is no more complicated than that." Nicholas Colangelo, EdNew.org 01/20/08

Study Recommends Sweeping Changes to Student Advancement, Report: Arizona Students Should Advance by Skill Levels, Not Grade Levels The Arizona Republic 02/07/08

MIT Launches Web Site for High School Students The Web site, Highlights for High School, will provide resources to improve science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) instruction at the high school level.

Parents Check Out School Choices Florida Today 01/13/08

From Feds on Down, AP Students are Being Neglected SeattlePI.com 01/04/08

Young, Gifted and Skipping High School Washington Post 12/02/07

18-Year-Old Kathleen Holtz Passes the California Bar Wall Street Journal Online 11/19/07

The Others Left Behind Baltimore Sun 11/18/07

SPECIAL EDUCATION: Pass or Fail? Smartest students get left out; Gifted-program funding all dried up after ed reform The Patriot Ledger, Massachusetts 11/17/07

Is iTunes U for You? Now that Apple has amassed courses via podcasts from schools around the country, the offerings are uneven. But you can't beat the price. Washington Post Magazine The Education Review 11/04/07

Program to Deter High School Dropouts by Offering College Courses Is Approved New York Times 10/24/07

Dual Enrollment Courses -- Up From Obscurity
Washington Post 10/23/07

Gifted Education: Plenty to Discuss, Plenty to Debate Washington Post (9/13/07)

Future Career Path Of Gifted Youth Can Be Predicted By Age 13 By SAT Science Daily (9/8/07)

Stereotypes Still Keep Girls Out of Math, Sciences
In elementary school, 66% of girls and 68% of boys report liking science, but as they become more aware of stereotypes in later grades, twice as many boys express interest in math and science careers as do girls. Five common myths persist vis-a-vis girls' preferences and strengths when it comes to scientific subject matter, according to the National Science Foundation's Research on Gender in Science and Engineering program. MSNBC/LiveScience (8/27/07)

Opinion: Gifted Children Left Behind
As schools focus on helping struggling students pass standardized tests, the resulting basic lessons and drills destroy gifted students' interest in learning. Those who can afford it are flocking to private schools, which are exempt from testing and can turn away students with special needs. The Washington Post (8/27)

Academics Trumps Social Consideration Every Time The Bulletin, Philadelphia, PA (8/24/07)

Gifted Kentucky Students Get Their Own School Louisville Courier-Journal (8/24/07)

Reno School For Gifted Students Attracts National Attention Las Vegas Sun (8/24/07)

Five Problems with No Child Left Behind Providence Journal (8/21/2007)

Are We Failing Our Geniuses? Time Magazine (8/16/07)

San Diego sticks with small class size for gifted student Exceptionally gifted San Diego students will stay in small classes after parents strongly opposed a district proposal to add an average five students to the 20-student classes. Regular classes can contain more than 30 students. San Diego Union-Tribune (08/15/07)

Wisconsin to Develop Statewide Criteria for Identifying Gifted Frustrated by spotty gifted education and identification, Wisconsin parents and educators convinced the state education...students should be identified. Some, however, had hoped for a more unified approach to gifted education identification rules. (08/11/07)

Acceleration Positive for Gifted Kids The Coloradoan - Fort Collins (8/9/07)

Why are so many women and girls dropping out of sciences and technology careers? eGov monitor - London,UK (7/23/07)

Federal Law Drains Resources for the Gifted The New York Times (2/07)

The Early Enrollment Program
(EEP) at Rhode Island College

The following information on RIC's Early Enrollment Program was found in the April 9, 2007 edition of What's News @ Rhode Island College.

Begun in 1980, the EEP is a high school/RIC partnership that offers high school seniors and select juniors an opportunity to earn college credits while they complete their high school graduation requirements. High school instructors, who are approved by the respective college departments, teach RIC courses during the normal school day. The College is the conduit for earning course credit as there are over 75 colleges and universities from the east to the west coast involved in this partnership of accepting RIC credits. Providing a direct link between Rhode Island secondary schools and the RIC community, the EEP fosters an opportunity for collegial collaboration and has granted thousands of students college credits thus eliminating as much as one full semester of college work. RIC EEP is a member of the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships, which was established in 1999 to support and promote dual enrollment programs throughout the country.

For more information about the Early Enrollment Program, call 401-456-8857 or email: eep@ric.edu.

The Seven Stupid Arguments

An Interview with Frances R. Spielhagen: About Gifted Ed in the New Millennium. According to Spielhagen the seven "stupid arguments" are the reasons people give for not meeting the needs of students who learn faster and understand concepts more deeply than their peers.

May 28, 2008
Meeting of the Minds
Professional Development Workshop

Please join us on Wednesday, May 28, 2008
for Meeting of the Minds,
a professional development workshop
led by Susan Griggs and Jean Dawson.

The “Meeting of the Minds” Workshops were offered in years past. They provided useful information for both enrichment and classroom teachers for challenging the advanced learner. This format is being brought back in order to provide strategies for assuring in-depth learning experiences for the advanced students in your classroom today.

In this workshop, we will look back at differentiated strategies that you are familiar with such as Cubing, Hopscotch, RAFTs and Four Square writing techniques. Then we will ratchet up these strategies and revise them to accommodate the needs of your advanced learners. We will move forward and share the latest practical strategies for differientating the curriculum for the students learning beyond grade level. You will leave the workshop with activities to use in your classroom tomorrow to help your students to keep moving forward!

Location: West Bay Collaborative
144 Bignall Street
Warwick, RI 02888
Telephone: (401)941-8353

Time: 4:00 to 5:30 PM

Advance registration is required.
Registration Deadline MAY 22 - Limited to 35 Attendees
Please email: secretary@riage.org or call (401)474-9848

For a flyer in PDF format click here.

DOOR PRIZES                REFRESHMENTS

Powerpoint Presentation

Advancing Individual Potential -The Gifted Student -Sorting Through Myths and Realities - What Do I Do After That? This presentation highlights the myths and realities of issues related to gifted education in general and information that can be useful in advocating for the needs of the gifted student. To view the presentation click here.

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