Researcher Backs Accelerated Schooling for Students Who are Gifted
Educators may be preventing students who are gifted from advancing to higher grade levels out of misplaced fears about their social welfare, says Australian researcher Miraca Gross.
In a recent study on accelerated learning, Gross argues that the opposite is true. "Kids who are intellectually in advance of their years have social and emotional abilities beyond their age and they tend to gravitate towards older kids for their friendships," she states.
Read full article from the Sydney Morning Herald
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Dates
| Parent Day at the National Convention |
Plan to attend! Parent Day will be held in conjunction with the 59th Annual Convention of the National Association for Gifted Children on Saturday, November 17, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Denver. |
GT Organizations
| Jeffco GT Facts |
Some information and links about Gifted and Talented in Jefferson County Public Schools: |
Advocacy
| The Lobato Case |
On December 9th Judge Sheila Rappaport ruled in favor of the Lobato Trial plaintiffs, finding that Colorado is not complying with the constitutional right of every child to a "thorough and uniform system of free public schools." |
Just for Fun
| The Planet Hunters |
Be a citizen scientist!
Planet Hunters, the latest project from the Zooniverse, is a citizen science project and in a collaboration between Yale University. |
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