Sentences with phrase «encourages gifted and talented students»

The school strives to provide a more rigorous overall curriculum than the average school and encourages gifted and talented students to apply.

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Despite all the emphasis on reading programs and encouraging students to read, many children, especially minority students, still do not read with a high level of comprehension and fluency, independently, or for fun, according to Dr. Sally M. Reis, a professor and the department head of the educational psychology department at the University of Connecticut where she also serves as principal investigator of the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented.

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This encourages schools to ignore their high - flyers, which is particularly problematic for low - income high - achieving students, who tend to lack access to «gifted and talented» programs and similar initiatives.