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Enough is Enough -- Pearson Education Fails the Test Again and Again

Alan Singer | Posted 04.24.2013 | Politics
Read More: Minnesota, Jeb Bush, Wyoming, New York City, Fairtest, Texas, Education, Pearson Education, Dennis Walcott, South Carolina, Standardized Testing, Florida, Gifted and Talented Programs, Education Reform, Pearson, Bill Deblasio, Politics News
Alan Singer

The relationship between New York City, New York State, and Pearson Education must end. Other states and municipalities should reconsider their relationship with Pearson as well. This company and its testing regime have not earned the right to work in American schools.

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Leave the Kids Out of the Picture

Amanda Kraus | Posted 03.27.2013 | Home
Read More: Gifted and Talented Programs, Doe, New York Times, Nyc Public Schools, NYC Schools, Nyc Gifted and Talented Programs, Home News
Amanda Kraus

In his NYT piece, Al Baker highlights one of the most problematic components of this issue: the glaring disparity between the racial breakdown of general education classes and G&T classes.

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Why Does New York Have "Specialized" High Schools?

Alan Singer | Posted 12.30.2012 | New York
Read More: Stuyvesant High School, Bronx High School of Science, Gifted and Talented Programs, New York Education Reform, New York Specialized Schools, New York Education, New York News
Alan Singer

Why does New York City have these special schools where the teaching and curriculum are just not that special?

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High School Principles

Glenn C. Altschuler | Posted 12.17.2012 | Books
Read More: No Child Left Behind, Exam Schools, Public Schools, Selective Schools, Education Reform, Public Education Reform, Gifted and Talented Programs, Books News
Glenn C. Altschuler

What we need the most is a comprehensive reform of public education that is attentive to raising the ceiling but that does not accomplish this worthy goal by making it even more likely that we will leave many a child behind.

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The Global Search for Education: Racing to the Top at Four

C. M. Rubin | Posted 07.01.2012 | Home
Read More: Gifted and Talented Programs, Education Reform, Bracken Test, Tutoring, Home News
C. M. Rubin

"We believe that tutoring at such a young age should be done by the parents, not with a hired tutor." -- Michael McCurdy Put down your teddy bear!...

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Helping Kids Whose "Brains Are on Fire"

Tom Allon | Posted 05.26.2012 | New York
Read More: Speyer Legacy School, Education Reform, Ny Public Schools, New York Public Schools, Gifted and Talented Programs, Magnet Schools, New York Education, Gifted Education, New York News
Tom Allon

The minds we waste each day in substandard public education could be the next Albert Einstein or Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg. Our children can't wait.

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Educating for Democracy: "Gifted and Talented?"

Joel Shatzky | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: NYC Specialized High Schools, Iq Tests, Gifted and Talented Programs, New York News
Joel Shatzky

Since New York's Gifted and Talented programs act as "pipelines" to the more prestigious high schools in the City, I wonder how valid an "entrance exams for infants" can be.

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Gifted and At-Risk

Seth Freeman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
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Seth Freeman

Although it might seem surprising, some of our very brightest, most talented kids have great difficulty in school, and many actually drop out, living dysfunctional lives on the edge of society.

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Being Gifted Means You Get All the Gifts

Alan Singer | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Gifted-and-Talented-Programs, Racism, Bronx High School of Science, Elite, Segregation, New York News
Alan Singer

I think justifying a fundamentally unequal distribution of resources is the primary purpose of most school "gifted programs."

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