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Culture, Not Biology, Underpins Math Gender Gap - ScienceDaily (June 2, 2009) — For more than a century, the notion that females are innately less capable than males at doing mathematics, especially at the highest levels, has persisted in even the loftiest circles.
Poor, Bright Suffer from R.I.’s Neglect (PDF file) - Year after year, Rhode Island lags far behind other states in supporting high-ability learners. Our
state’s gifted-education policy was last revised in 1982, requires no specialized instruction for
gifted students and — perhaps most telling— dedicates not a single dollar to gifted education.
Teachers are not required to have any training in gifted education, and even the part-time state
position focused on gifted has sat vacant for more than a year.
As of the most recent state report card issued by the National Association for Gifted Children,
Rhode Island ranks at the bottom in nearly all categories, earning the state the dubious label of
“most in need” with regard to critical indicators of quality gifted-education. Diana Reeves, Providence Journal 6/09/08
A one-size-fits-all approach to learning doesn't suit today's classrooms
- It is our duty to nurture and celebrate potential in gifted and talented children, says Jane Maguire. The Guardian, 9/30/08
Brightness at Risk - As students throughout the region settle into the new school year, heading back to school is a largely meaningless exercise for our highest-performing students. Sally M. Reis 09/14/08
Gifted Children: How to Bring Out Their Potential - Contrary to what many people believe, highly intelligent children are not necessarily destined for academic success. In fact, so-called gifted students may fail to do well because they are unusually smart. Ensuring that a gifted child reaches his or her potential requires an understanding of what can go wrong and how to satisfy the unusual learning requirements of extremely bright young people. Scientific American, 9/8/08
New D.C.-area private school to adopt home-schooling model
Social-studies teacher Alan M. Shusterman, 43, will launch a new private middle school next fall where teachers will help students design their own lessons and projects to help them gain 21st-century skills. "The model is inspired by the success of home-schoolers," Shusterman said. At the School for Tomorrow, as it has been dubbed, students will also set the pace of their own learning and class schedules. The Washington Post, 07/17/08
Resources Run Short For Gifted Students
- Being a gifted young learner should not mean you lose your right to a quality education. Del Siegle, Hartford Courant, 07/01/08
Efforts to close achievement gap may hurt best students, report says - 06/19/08, The intense efforts of No Child Left Behind to bring the performance of the nation’s worst students from unacceptable to adequate may be the same force stopping the movement of its brightest students from excellent to extraordinary, according to a report released Wednesday by a Washington-based educational research group. For the original report in PDF format click here.
Brainology: Transforming Students’ Motivation to Learn Carol S. Dweck, Winter 2008 Issue of Independent School Magazine
06/12/08
Cranston Enrichment Program Avoids Cut Rhode Island, Providence Journal 06/06/08
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) |
