*This week was a bit hectic, hence May 17th’s resources being posted on the 19th. Thanks for your patience.
Each week we round up and highlight various articles, blog posts and links relating to or of interest to gifted children and/or education. Some of these may pertain to a specific region, others will be on a national or international level. We hope you find value in each of them. Please let us know of any relevant articles/blog posts you find by contacting us.
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Exceptionally Gifted Children Documentary
via The Daimon Institute for the Highly Gifted
(note: I had the privilege of watching this last year at the SENG12 Conference. The Daimon Institute is preparing to film a second documentary on giftedness and they are requesting donations.)
This documentary is being created to dispel prevalent myths about profoundly gifted people, especially school-age children. By supporting and donating to this documentary you support education and help further knowledge of an oft-ignored minority of people whose way of living is fundamentally distinct from the norm and whose potential and drive to contribute to society is truly boundless. We would sincerely appreciate any donations you have to offer!
Legal Tussle Could Delay New York City’s Gifted-and-Talented Offer Process
via The Wall Street Journal
The city Department of Education can continue to prepare gifted-and-talented admissions offers but can’t issue any while a legal challenge is pending, a judge said Friday.
The Gifted Foundation Unites Atlanta Business Leaders To Support Low-Income Students
via BuzzFeed
Atlanta business leaders and prominent education professionals gathered at the request of Gifted Founder Anthony Flynn to discuss the future of low-income students.
Parents upset with Dist. 25 report on gifted education
via Daily Herald (Chicago)
Parents and some board members at Arlington Heights Elementary District 25 had negative reactions to a report from a committee that has been studying advanced learning in the district for the past three years.
The committee’s recommendations, presented to the board on Thursday by Dale Truding, assistant superintendent for student learning, include eliminating the district’s gifted program, Odyssey, after the 2013-14 school year.
Reading, Writing, Algorithms: Should IT Classes Be Required?
via Spiegel Online
Education experts in Germany are pushing to modernize the country’s basic curriculum by making instruction in computer science mandatory. But opponents say it doesn’t deserve the same status as subjects like math, Latin and biology.
What You Need to Know about the City’s Gifted and Talented Programs
via The Wall Street Journal
More than 36,000 children took tests earlier this year to determine whether they were eligible for the city’s gifted-and-talented program. But the scoring of the exams has come under intense scrutiny after errors were discovered in scoring and some critics called into question the statistical approach used for determining eligibility. And Thursday, a group of parents filed a lawsuit to halt the admissions process and force change to the admissions policy. Here are answers to common questions about the gifted-and-talented program.
Washington County Association for Gifted Children organizing
via SaintGeorge.com (Utah)
A group of concerned adults, parents, and teachers have been working for months to organize the Washington County Association for Gifted Children and affiliate it with the Utah Association for Gifted Children. Anyone interested in participating, helping the cause, or just listening and learning is invited to join in on the meeting Thursday, May 16 at 5 p.m. in the St. George Public Library: Community Room A.
New York City Gifted-and-Talented Program’s Math Is Questioned
via The Wall Street Journal
New York City’s method of determining eligibility for its gifted-and-talented program this year has come under new scrutiny by a group of critics who argue a fundamental flaw in the city’s math meant too many children qualified for the competitive program.
Why Gifted Education Is Relevant
via Venspired
Throughout my professional development, certification, and experience, I was studying differentiation. I was learning about learning. I was understanding just how teaching gifted kids really isn’t about giving kids more work. It’s about adjusting the work so it is right. Flow. Depth. It was about making learning work for kids that were truly starving to learn something new. It’s about the way STEM incorporates ALL of that. It’s about kids who out-think me in a beautiful way on a continual basis, and embracing that. An area of education that few will address, try to understand, and are so quick to argue about, they are missing the point… the kids.
