Sentences with phrase «gifted pupils»

But if the new exams provide more challenge for the most gifted pupils, he says the impact at the average and lower ability end remains uncertain.

How about its success (or lack thereof) with gifted pupils?

It is a vehicle for guiding gifted pupils on the road to life long learning and achievement.

But the truly gifted need something that most schools can not give them — extremely highly qualified teaching, a very demanding curriculum that stretches them permanently and not just occasionally, university level coaching and access, and perhaps most importantly, other gifted pupils that they can work with.

While most students are relieved to have a break from school on Saturday, 90 K - 12 gifted pupils in Arlington Heights, Ill., choose to spend the day learning about such subjects as drama, Japanese culture, personal development, Spanish language, and science.

And let's see some other kinds of innovating, too: some Catholic schools that focus on gifted pupils and some that focus on special - needs students.

It has also set up Aspire, a group for exceptionally gifted pupils, and, as it doesn't have a sixth form, takes students on university visits where suitable.

Measures to expand provision of all - day activities and care with the aim of increasing opportunities for education and support, with particular regard to pupils with educational deficits and to especially gifted pupils.

The Davidson Academy is a third type of public school (not a charter school), called a «university school for profoundly gifted pupils» created by the Nevada State Legislature in 2005 (Nevada Revised Statute 388C).

The identified need was that gifted pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds were not being prepared for 11 + entry tests to selective senior schools, thus making it harder for them to access the bursaries that their natural ability might make them eligible for.

Ms Vorderman's team concluded that the GCSE curriculum leans towards advanced topics needed by those who will study maths at A-level, which puts off less gifted pupils.

And some criteria are clearly aligned with the schools» singular missions and student bodies (e.g., PhD in biology, training in AP instruction, ability to work with gifted pupils).

Among those who did were three of Lin Fengmian's most gifted pupils, Zhao Wuji (Zao Wou - Ki, 1920 — 2013), Zhu Dechun (Chu Teh - Chun, 1920 — 2014), and Wu Guanzhong (1919 — 2010).

At the secondary level, a handful of gymnasia (high schools) offer terrific «fast - track» options for gifted pupils, but their scale is small for so large a country and entry into them relies more on IQ - type testing than on children's past performance or other evidence of potential.

It is wrong for academically - gifted pupils to be held back in a comprehensive system, or made to feel guilty just for being bright.

Extending boundaries Children of all levels of musical ability, from gifted pupils to those with special educational needs, can have access to music through technology from a young age.

Located in Reno, Nev., the Davidson Academy is a third type of public school (not a charter school) called a «university school for profoundly gifted pupils» created by the Nevada State Legislature in 2005 (Nevada Revised Statute 388C).

In 2006, the Davidson Academy opened as a third type of free public school called a «university school for profoundly gifted pupils,» thanks to legislation passed by the Nevada State Legislature (Nevada Revised Statute 388C).