Sentences with phrase «than a gifted student»

Some even have the potential of becoming a better reader than a gifted student with poor educational experiences and lack of practice.

Not exact matches

At Chicago, «Ted» Snyder oversaw the move to the school's new Hyde Park campus, brought in the largest donation to any business school in the world — a $ 300 million gift from alumnus David Booth and his family — tripled scholarship assistance to students, and more than doubled the school's endowment.

Now he must teach, and preach, and express what he had so far been able only to set down in the margins of his textbooks, or give to his students, or express informally to his brethren, who were not always either interested or in agreement, though never less than aware of his gifts.

Still, while more costly than buying a box of cereal at the supermarket, this is a wonderfully creative gift for a cherished healthy eater, cereal lover, or always - happy - to - get - some - free - food college student in your life.

I've taught nearly 500 students and we as educators constantly hear parents talk about how their child is gifted but the implication they make is that their child is gifted over others, well guess what... every child's ability isn't better than another although each is uniquely gifted.

BRONX, NY — State Senator Jeff Klein (D - Bronx / Westchester), joined by Miss USA 2015 Olivia Jordan and students from local schools, donated more than 500 Valentine's Day cards and gift bags to veterans at the 21st annual «Valentine's for Veterans» celebration held at the James J. Peters VA Medical Center on Wednesday.

and students from local schools, donated more than 500 Valentine's Day cards and gift bags to veterans at the 21

Right now, 12,700 Bronx families are still on waiting lists for seats in public charter schools, and the Bronx has fewer gifted and talented programs than any of the other boroughs, with less than four seats for every 1,000 students.Two of our school districts — District 7 in the South Bronx and District 12 in the central Bronx — don't have a single gifted and talented program, and together they educate more than 45,000 students.

The research also finds that black students are 54 percent less likely than white students to be identified as eligible for gifted - education services after adjusting for the students» previous scores on standardized tests, demographic factors, and school and teacher characteristics.

Rather than focusing solely on students who are gifted and talented, these schools recruit a broad swath of students who choose to attend a STEM high school.

«Scholarships give our students the gift of freedom: to make career choices based on purpose and passion, rather than the price of education; to use time to study, explore science, and volunteer to help others, rather than working to make ends meet; and to succeed because someone who never met them saw enough potential to invest in their dreams,» said Catherine Lucey, MD, vice dean for education at UCSF's School of Medicine.

What a better gift to give to a traveling student than a fun game that opens their eyes to the world around them.

I work with one elementary student, who performs high or higher than most of my gifted students.

Gifted students in LUSD are far less likely to be economically disadvantaged and more likely to be white or Asian than other students in the district.

A $ 5.5 million gift will allow KIPP to more than double the number of students enrolled in its schools in DC (to 3400 students) by 2015.

Normally, research studies focus on scores for No Child Left Behind assessments, rather than on how much or little academically gifted students are learning.

While 12.4 percent of students in low - poverty schools with gifted programs take part in those programs, that's true of less than half as many (6.1 percent) in high - poverty schools.

American schools already have achievement data for every child starting in third grade — and universal screening yields a more diverse population of «gifted» students than waiting for teacher recommendations and pushy parents.

On the other hand, research suggests teachers trained in gifted education, for instance, preservice teachers with practicum and fieldwork experiences working with gifted students, are more aware of their needs than peers without this training.

It was courtesy of the 2011 Class Gift campaign, through which graduating students raised more than $ 25,000 for unrestricted financial aid for the next class.

Even if that's the case, this remains larger than the citywide gifted and talented programs - we haven't adjusted for their own huge selection issues - and places an average third grade student nearly on par with fifth grade students at schools with similar economic needs.

«But,» he writes, «schools serving more students of color are less likely to offer advanced courses and gifted and talented programs than schools serving mostly white populations, and students of color are less likely than their white peers to be enrolled in those courses and programs within schools that have those offerings.»

Black students taught by white teachers are less likely to be identified for gifted programs than black students taught by black teachers, for example.

Black and Hispanic students are much less likely to be identified as «gifted» than their white and Asian counterparts — a disparity found in Oklahoma that mirrors national statistics on gifted and talented education.

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Nevertheless, identifying gifted students remains more of an art than a science — after years working with this population, I still occasionally get it wrong.

«Gifted» refers to students who achieve, or have the ability to achieve, significantly above average compared with other students in their year group in one or more National Curriculum subjects other than art, performing arts or physical education.

A career with LUMIN Schools is more than going to a job; it enables you to share your gifts and faith in Christ and prepare students for a lifetime of success.

The consequence for the gifted student of a non-involved parent is that they go through their elementary and secondary education drifting rather than moving purposefully.

The recalculated scale places a much greater emphasis on special needs students than it does, for example, on gifted programs or even poor students.

City students will benefit from the generous gift of more than 500 books from eight churches, thanks to a drive by Church Women United.

In the meantime, NYC charter schools cumulatively report over 40,000 students on their waiting lists, with the Success Academy network, which regularly outscores even some citywide and district Gifted & Talented programs, desperately seeking permission to expand after receiving more than 17,000 applications for only 3,000 + available seats.

Gifted students are, by definition, able to proceed through the curriculum at a faster pace, with greater comprehension and greater depth than other students.

This might be no problem for an average student, or even a moderately gifted student, but the gifted student sometimes reads more into the questions than intended.

«We show that minority students have lower achievement scores than white students with the same cognitive ability, and that placement in a [gifted] class effectively closes this minority underachievement gap,» the authors wrote.

It includes longer reading passages than MAP, but can't test a gifted student's upper limit or show how far behind a struggling student is.

While these courses may often provide a more challenging curriculum than the basic level courses, AP courses are NOT designed for gifted students, nor does the College Board claim they are.

This gift will enable TEAM Schools to grow from four schools, serving 1,500 students, to ten schools serving more than 4,500 students, which is more than 10 % of all Newark Public School students.

Early college attendance can be an effective educational option for highly gifted students who are eager for more challenging coursework than their regular school environments can provide.

Significant differences were also noted between the scores of the average ability and moderately gifted students, with the moderately gifted scoring at levels which suggested that they had progressed further through Selman's hierarchy of friendship conceptions than had their average ability age - peers.

Repetition is a part of learning, parents and educators agree, but research shows gifted children need far less repetition than most students.

R. THOMAS DEWING has spent more than 35 years in public education as an elementary and middle school teacher, principal, instructional coordinator, and educator of gifted students.

Rather than putting gifted students, average students, and special - needs students in separate classrooms, school administrators may divide students into classes with a relatively even distribution of abilities and needs.

As the numbers of students scoring in the very high ranges of APTS were, naturally, significantly smaller than those scoring in the mid and low ranges, the sample size was expanded by the inclusion of highly gifted students who had been tested at GERRIC's clinic, which specializes in the assessment of intellectually gifted children and adolescents.

Some gifted students are drawn to the most selective colleges and universities, schools that receive more than 10 applications for every freshman vacancy.

Moderately gifted students were viewed both by themselves and by their age - peers as being more popular, more socially active and more socially valued than were the extremely gifted students.

Being new to gifted education, we were hoping to get more than just busy / extra school work... Mrs. Donaldson does just that in her classes — she has creative projects, exciting field trips and most importantly is genuinely interested in the welfare of her students.

Thomas Dewing has spent more than 35 years in public education as an elementary and middle school teacher, principal, instructional coordinator, and educator of gifted students.

R. Thomas Dewing, EdD, has spent more than 35 years in public education as an elementary and middle school teacher, principal, instructional coordinator, and educator of gifted students.

On average, however, the schools continued to have a smaller percentage of gifted students than the state as a whole.