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Gifted preschoolers can start classes early (The Daily Sentinel)
Highly gifted 4- and 5-year-olds will be allowed to start school a year early thanks to a new policy passed Tuesday by the District 51 board of education.
Read more...Emotional needs key for teaching gifted students (EurekAlert!)
( Dick Jones Communications ) Teachers of gifted students need to pay close attention to the social and emotional needs of their pupils or they are far less likely to reach their potential. This is according to the author of a chapter in a new book about how to teach the gifted.
Read more...Gifted-education program will take applications (The Champaign News-Gazette)
Applications for the University Primary School will be available after Monday. University Primary is an early childhood gifted education program for preschool, kindergarten and first-grade students. Children must be 3 years old on or before July 1 for the preschool class and 5 years old before Sept. 1 for the kindergarten class.
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All elementary and middle schools in Seoul will set up classes for gifted students by 2012, the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education said yesterday.
Read more...Rex asks for an additional $209M - Education superintendent: Cuts, freezes still likely (The Post and Courier)
COLUMBIA — The state's top educator urged legislative budget writers Tuesday to save South Carolina's already struggling public schools by restoring money for instruction instead of cutting it.
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