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Gifted education

Posted inJill Barshay

PROOF POINTS: How do you find a gifted child?

Avatar photo by Jill Barshay May 31, 2022May 26, 2022

At one elementary school in rural Appalachia, most of the children are white and poor; 90 percent qualify for free or reduced priced lunch. Guess how many of the 800 students are gifted? The answer: three. At least, that’s the determination of a widely-used national intelligence test, on which few students living in poverty score […]

Posted inJill Barshay

PROOF POINTS: What research tells us about gifted education

Avatar photo by Jill Barshay October 18, 2021October 25, 2021
Posted inCoronavirus and Education

After-school programs have either been abandoned or overworked

Amadou Diallo is a journalist, playwright and photographer whose writing has appeared in The New York Times, Wirecutter, The Atlantic, Al Jazeera America and The Christian Science Monitor. He has been a regular contributor to The Hechinger Report since 2017. A former musician and composer, he is a graduate of New York University and is always happy to weigh in on just which of Miles Davis’ classic quintets was the best. by Amadou Diallo April 19, 2021April 19, 2021
Posted inJill Barshay

PROOF POINTS: Gifted programs provide little to no academic boost, new study says

Avatar photo by Jill Barshay April 19, 2021April 16, 2021
Posted inGifted Education’s Race Problem

Getting rid of gifted programs: Trying to teach students at all levels together in one class

by Rachel Blustain October 14, 2020October 16, 2020
Posted inGifted Education’s Race Problem

Should we screen kids’ genes to ‘predict’ how successful they’ll be in school?

Avatar photo by Daisy Yuhas October 14, 2020October 13, 2020
highly capable program
Posted inElementary to High School

Don’t get rid of gifted and talented programs in the name of integration. Integrate them.

Avatar photo by Andre Perry March 4, 2020March 30, 2020
gifted students
Posted inNews

Up to 3.6 million students should be labeled gifted, but aren’t

by Danielle Dreilinger November 26, 2019March 30, 2020
twice exceptional students
Posted inNews

Twice exceptional, doubly disadvantaged? How schools struggle to serve gifted students with disabilities

by Rachel Blustain May 6, 2019April 1, 2021
Richard Carranza
Posted inNews

STUDENT VOICES: NYC’s schools chief Richard Carranza promised us he’ll keep pushing for racial integration

Avatar photo by Yasmine Chokrane and Zoe Markman March 6, 2019March 31, 2021

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