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Jane McDonald says gifted and talented students are the most misunderstood and underserved students in schools across the nation. As coordinator for the Helena Public Schools gifted-education program, McDonald says these students need special challenges and help that often isn’t available in a regular classroom. But some parents say activities organized through the program, called often PEAK, such as river rafting, cooking and movie making, are far from challenging and might be more accurately described as enrichment or simply fun. PEAK stands for Promoting Enriching Activities for Kids, a name carried over from an afterschool and summer program started years ago.
Tough enough?
Britain’s biggest teaching unions have set a collision course with the Government after voting for further industrial action including strikes which could hit schools this summer. The National Union of Teachers will seek a one-day national strike before the end of June, while the NASUWT agreed that intensifying its own campaign was “essential” in the face of a “vicious and unjustified assault on teachers”. Continued industrial action was “the best means of protecting and safeguarding the interests of teachers and state education until the next general election,” said the NASUWT. Their vote raises the prospect of strikes in the autumn term.
Universities need to have access to our most gifted students | John Denham - Times Online
When Katherine Gavin taught algebra to seventh-graders with advanced math skills, she found it was almost too late to tap into their potential. Accustomed to math coming easily, they sometimes resented the work. The key, she decided, is to grab kids when they still believe "the fun part of math is the challenge ... and persisting [until] you get that 'aha!'
Subtracting a 'gifted' gap in math education | csmonitor.com
