Articles from the popular press on issues related to academic excellence and achievement

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• School districts struggling to support gifted students, Bridgewater Courier News, January 28, 2008 - In New Jersey, a lack of funding or guidelines lead to inconsistencies in programs.
• Experts: Giftedness harder to identify in kids from low-income families, Asbury Park Press, January 27, 2008 -
• The gifted express now leaving on track 1, Education Week, January 23, 2008 - An argument for meeting the needs of all students, realizing that not everyone should be traveling at the same speed.
  
• NCLB Seen as Curbing Low, High Achievers’ Gains, Education Week, July 16, 2007 - " A new study of Chicago students suggests that the federal No Child Left Behind Act may indeed be leaving behind students at the far ends of the academic ability spectrum—the least able students and those who are gifted."
• Law lacks direction for gifted students, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 28, 2007 - "Programs for gifted and talented students vary so widely that parents and educators fear the brightest are left behind"
• Classroom prospects dim for the best and the brightest, The Boston Globe, May 24, 2007 - "Massachusetts is one of only 11 states that does not mandate specific programs for the gifted, according to the Davis Institute for Talent Development, and in a spring that has seen many local school districts tightening their belts, programs for academically advanced students are being treated as dispensable."
• Is district smart enough to save gifted education?, TCPalm, May 24, 2007 - opinion piece from Kendric Ward
• Einsteins need to be nurtured, Scottsman, May 4, 2007 - Opinion piece by Dr. Stephen Tommis, director of the NAGC, on the ocassion of the UK's first Gifted and Talented Awareness Day.
• Subtracting a 'gifted' gap in math education. Christian Science Monitor, April 5, 2007 - Project M3: Mentoring Mathematical Minds steers often-overlooked students from low income and minority backgrounds into advanced math classes.
• We all benefit when education maximizes gifted students' talents, Sarasota Herald Tribune, February 19, 2007 - an opinion piece by former Assistant Secretary of Education, Ed Martin
• Federal Law Drains Resources for the Gifted, New York Times, February 7, 2007
• The Children Neglected by No Child Left Behind, Duke University press release, February 1, 2007 - " ... gifted and talented students struggle because they sit in our classrooms and wait. They wait for rigorous curriculum. They wait for opportunities to be challenged. ...And, as they wait, these students lose interest in their passions, become frustrated and unmotivated from the lack of challenge their school curricula provides them. As a result, they become our lost talent."
• Schools seek new ways to find gifted kids, Stockton Record, January, 22, 2007 - San Joaquin County school districts are expanding their evaluation methods to qualify larger, more-diverse groups of children for gifted education.
• Talented Students On Hold, The News Observer, January 30, 2007
• Gifted Student Feels Left Behind, Lawrence Journal World, January 30, 2007
• Educators target inbalances in Nashua's gifted and talented program, Nashua Telegraph, January 28, 2007 - Hispanic students and students from low-income families are falling under the radar when it comes to being identified for the school district’s gifted and talented program.
• Why AP Matters Newsweek, May 8 2006 - "Large studies in Texas and California done over the past two years indicate that good grades on AP tests significantly increase chances of earning college degrees."
• What Makes a High School Great? Newsweek, May 8 2006 - The answer depends on the school, and the student.
• America's best high schools; the complete list, Newsweek, May 8, 2006 - as you look at the list, you'll see that you can have very successful schools even with a large population of students receiving free and reduced lunch. Madison Memorial ranks 925.
• Last minute changes save music, technology, gifted-and-talented programs Waukesha School District. School board members approve competitive advantage proposal, GM Today, March 10, 2006
• IB + IQ = Success, Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter, February 9, 2006 - news article about the impelentation of an International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme at Lincoln High School in Manitowoc.
• Advanced classes open doors for minorities, Green Bay Post Gazette, February 7, 2006 - What one district is doing to increase participation of minority students in advanced placement classes
• Stupid in America, ABC News, January 13, 2006 - a 20/20 report on how our schools fail to educate students, as well as a look at some schools that succeed.
• Beautiful minds: An innovative math program helps change the face of gifted and talented education, NEA Today, January 2006 - math program that increases diversity in G/T classes.
• The Gap According to Black: Simpson Street Free Press, January 2006 - For many local kids, the academic achievement gap is very personal
• Parents want schools to offer more advanced programming, Associated Press, December 2, 2005 - Story on Todd Palmer's petition to DPI asking that they establish benchmarks that districts in the state must meet for the delivery of services to talented and gifted students.
• Ed Lite: Middle schools stress social adjustment at the expense of academic achievement, Isthmus, November 2005
• How to Build a Better High School, Newsweek, May, 16, 2005 - The measure is controversial, but students who take AP exams—even if they don't do well—are better prepared than those who don't.
• The top 100 best high schools in America, Newsweek, May 16, 2005 - as you look at the list, you'll see that you can have very successful schools even with a large population of students receiving free and reduced lunch.
• Neenah schools add staff to special ed, gifted-talented program. The Post Crescent, April 13, 2005
• Author: Schools need to stop wasting gifted students' time. The Post Crescent, April 11, 2005
• Gifted kids have special needs, too. The Post Crescent, March 13, 2005
• Don't Be a Statistic: Fight the Achievement Gap. Simpson Street Free Press, March 2005
• When Every Child Is Good Enough. New York Times, Nov 21, 2004
• Gifted-and-Talented Students. A Resource Wisconsin Can't Afford To Lose. Business Watch, November, 2004
• Online learning: A smart way to nurture gifted kids. USA Today, September 27, 2004
• Saving the Smart Kids. Are schools leaving the most gifted children behind if they don't allow them to skip ahead? Time, September 20, 2004
• The 'No Child' Law's Biggest Victims? An Answer That May Surprise, Education Week, June 23, 2004
• Gifted students losing lifeline. Parents, advocates decry budget cuts, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 20, 2004
• Boosting Minorities In Gifted Programs Poses Dilemmas; Nontraditional Criteria Lift Admissions of Blacks, Poor; Fear of Diluting Programs; New Focus on the Very Top, Wall Street Journal, Apr 7, 2004.
• Schools facing tight budgets, leave gifted programs behind, The New York Times, March 2, 2004
• Don't punish gifted students to aid those struggling , Peoria Journal Star, Jan. 12, 2004
• Brain Drain: Initiative to Leave No Child Behind Leaves Out Gifted; Educators Divert Resources From Classes for Smartest To Focus on Basic Literacy; Blow to Bright Minority Kids, Wall Street Journal, Dec. 29, 2003
• Gifted Minority Student Left Behind, Cleveland Plain Dealer, February 8, 2000 - an article that details some of the factors that play a role in the underrepresentation of minority students in gifted and talented programing.
• Disadvantaging the advantaged, Forbes, Nov. 21, 1994 - Criticizes the lack of funding for educating gifted children and argues that it does not make sense for the government to spend 70 percent of federal money on the disadvantaged and the handicapped.