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New York City Overhauling Gifted Programs

Following Florida’s lead, New York City has proposed plans to change eligibility guidelines for Gifted programs in the city’s schools. Right now, standards vary among schools. But the chancellor of schools, Joel Klein, has proposed a standard to be by all schools in evaluating Gifted students. All students who qualify would be guaranteed a spot [...]

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Are Gifted Children also Special Needs Children?

Today, on his blog over at Scienceblogs, Prof. Chad Orzel began a discussion about whether or not gifted children should be grouped with non-gifted “special needs” students in order to get funding for gifted programs. He argues that…

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Changes to NCLB on Horizon?

The effort to change some aspects of the No Child Left Behind law is gaining momentum. I fully expect some changes to be made when a new president is elected next November (if not sooner). Who knows… changes to NCLB could be one of Bush’s last acts as President. Ironically, back in 2001, implementing NCLB [...]

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