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Our commitment to pursuing and providing an exceptional learning environment for gifted children is shared by many educators around the globe.  Below are a few articles which highlight the work being done locally, nationally, and internationally to understand and promote the need for quality, focused gifted education.


Local News:

Classroom prospects dim for the best and the brightest
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA
That sentiment is widespread, parents of and advocates for the gifted say. Even schools with strong backing for gifted education struggle to find room in ...

Subtracting a 'gifted' gap in math education
Christian Science Monitor - Boston,MA,USA
Based at the University of Connecticut's Neag Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development, it's designed to nurture math talent in a diverse group of ...



National News:

The Gifted Express, Now Leaving on Track 1
January 23, 2008 by Stephen L. Gessner
Stephen L. Gessner explains how the abandonment of ability grouping has been particularly harmful to highly able students….

Thankfully, providing gifted education is now mandatory in Colorado

Greeley Tribune - Greeley,CO,USA
... 6 school board) and the Colorado Association for School Executives, the passing of House Bill 1244 to make gifted education mandatory is now a fact. ...

Advanced students dig into special projects
Dateline Alabama - Birmingham,AL,USA
Classroom teachers or interns completing studies toward a master's degree or certification in gifted education from UA are teaching most of this summer's ...

New Gifted Program Is Mixed Bag For Kew Kids
Queens Chronicle - Rego Park,NY,USA
"It has the combination of extra space and a principal who has expertise in overseeing gifted education," she added, referring to PS 99's in-house gifted...

Gifted students need attention, officials say
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription) - Milwaukee,WI,USA
These inconsistencies have led parents and others to sound alarms about the state of gifted education, invoking some of the same civil-rights arguments that ...

Leaving Gifted Children Behind
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
"The trends we are seeing that impact gifted education include less time being available for curricular variety and individualization," said Marinak. ...


International News:

Class of bright sparks
Brisbane Times - Brisbane,Queensland,Australia
Dr Miraca Gross, one of Australia's leading researchers in gifted education, argues that teaching these bright children separately is still the ideal ...

Education today is a form of child abuse
Daily Mail - UK
We have created an educational system geared to shielding the least gifted from failure, rather than enabling the ablest or even the average to blossom. ...

We Need Competitive Educational Reforms
Chosun Ilbo - Seoul,South Korea
From the president on down, Korea s education policy dictates, universities shouldn t think about choosing one gifted student out of a thousand, ...

Gifted children falling through the cracks, says education officer
Jamaica Gleaner - Kingston,Jamaica
Mrs. Deokoro is also imploring teachers not to feel threatened to 'leave' the Ministry of Education curriculum and experiment to reach the gifted child, ...

Plans to Establish an Integrated School for Gifted Children
Donga.com - Seoul,South Korea
The Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development announced on Sunday that it is designing a new type of integrated school for gifted children. ...

Meeting the needs of gifted children
Malaysia Star - Petaling Jaya,Malaysia
All children have a right to education but is enough being done to help those who are gifted realise their full potential? ...