Spotlight on Gifted Education

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On Gifted Education


The Education Week Spotlight on Gifted Education is a collection of articles hand-picked by our editors including insights on:

  • The challenges of categorizing gifted learners
  • Meeting the needs of high-potential students
  • Math and science academies for gifted students
  • Acceleration and grade skipping
  • Twice exceptional students

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Challenging Programs Cater to the Profoundly Gifted
Students can work alongside similarly gifted peers and nurture their talents in ways generally unavailable in American schools.
June 9, 2009 - Education Week

'Gifted' Label Said to Miss Dynamic Nature of Talent
For years, academically gifted children were thought to fit neatly into a category. But developmental psychologists are learning that people who are gifted are not categorized quite so neatly.
October 14, 2008 - Education Week

Gifted Black Pupils Found Pressured to Underperform
Gifted black students who underperform in school may do so because of peer pressure to “act black,” according to new research published this month in the journal Urban Education.
March 17, 2008 - Education Week

Math, Science Academies Favored to Challenge Top-Tier Students
Yearlong research projects. Courses in quantum mechanics and vector calculus. These may sound like staples of the college experience, but such demands are also the norm at a particular brand of high school around the country: math and science academies, which offer students with superior talent in those subjects a demanding, highly concentrated academic environment.
December 5, 2006 - Education Week

Commentary
Nurturing Talent: How the U.S. Succeeds
Francis K. Schrag looks at the institutions beyond school that help develop scientific and artistic gifts, but he warns that students must have the time to participate.
March 16, 2010 - Education Week

Commentary
Racing to Aid Students Already at the Top
Focusing on failing students at the expense of the gifted and talented will ultimately result in long-term negative consequences for our nation, writes Ann Robinson.
November 23, 2009 - Education Week

Commentary
What Ever Happened to Grade Skipping?
"Nurturing gifted students and saving money don't have to be at odds," write Laura Vanderkam and Richard Whitmire.
August 11, 2009 - Education Week

Commentary
Justin's Genius
Gifted children have unique intellectual and emotional needs that demand respect both for their adult-like mental abilities and for their inherent fragility as children, according to James R. Delisle, an education professor and gifted education teacher.
May 1, 2002 - Education Week

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