Only 1.8 percent of West Virginia public school students are identified "gifted," or having intellectual abilities higher than average. That's well below the national average of 6 percent, according to the National Association ...
Education
Oct 30, 2019
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Da'Kuawn Johnson's third-grade teacher knew the boy was special.
Social Sciences
Feb 5, 2019
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The beginning of the 2019 school year will be a time of planning and crystal-gazing. Teachers will plan their instructional agenda in a general way. Students will think about another year at school. Parents will reflect on ...
Social Sciences
Jan 22, 2019
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Education policy is of topmost interest to Jurée Capers, an assistant professor of public management and policy in the Andrew Young School. Her research puts a different spin on the subject, though, by examining the structures ...
Social Sciences
Jul 17, 2017
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African-American children are three times as likely to be placed in gifted-education programs if they have a black teacher rather than a white teacher, according to research conducted by faculty members at the Indiana University ...
Social Sciences
May 10, 2016
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Researchers from the University of Alberta's Faculty of Education looking to improve programs for gifted elementary school students have instead called into question the way gifted children are identified, evaluated and taught ...
Social Sciences
Apr 19, 2016
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Gifted students could be given the choice of accelerating their education so they don't get bored and drop out of school, according to a University academic.
Social Sciences
Jan 13, 2016
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The report A Nation Deceived: How Schools Hold Back America's Brightest Students changed the conversation about academic acceleration in this country's schools when it was published 10 years ago.
Social Sciences
Apr 13, 2015
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With holiday gift-giving season ramping up, let's consider the art of giftwrapping: Is the effort behind those precise folds, elaborate bows and tiny ornaments really worth it? Yes – research says it is.
Social Sciences
Dec 16, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Gifted children are likely to be the next generation's innovators and leaders—yet the exceptionally smart are often invisible in the classroom, lacking the curricula, teacher input and external motivation ...
Social Sciences
Jan 7, 2014
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