Sentences with phrase «talented kids in these schools»

«We believe that even given those factors, there are very talented kids in these schools and we need to go find them,» she says.

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MSU started recruiting him before any other school did, and the talented kid went from a 3 star to a 5 star recruit according to most services in a short time frame.

By increasing the number of gifted and talented programs in our neighborhoods and increasing the number of public charter school seats to 200,000 citywide, we can give thousands more kids in the Bronx the chance to participate in a program or attend a school that could change their lives.

Still, I worry that, in the current policy environment, most schools serving poor kids have little incentive to offer gifted - and - talented programs and other mechanisms whereby to boost the prospects of poor but brilliant kids.

Mary Karl, the coordinator for gifted and talented students at Forest Glen Elementary School, in Green Bay, Wisconsin, has her class write math games for other kids using MicroWorlds software.

While this school boldly proclaims it's interest in gifted kids, they encourage the academically talented ones while often leaving those that struggle with their challenging but stale curriculum in distress.

Even though, as NPR reports, in some classes as many as over 50 % of children are performing above grade level, unofficially, school principals and superintendents tell parents that if their kids are bored, that's what Gifted and Talented programs are for.

In fact, the school district says Savage Elementary did better than some schools that have only gifted and talented kids.

In New York City in 2013, almost 12,000 kids qualified for the school system's 2,700 «gifted and talented» openingIn New York City in 2013, almost 12,000 kids qualified for the school system's 2,700 «gifted and talented» openingin 2013, almost 12,000 kids qualified for the school system's 2,700 «gifted and talented» openings.