September Linkzine: Are Academically Gifted Children Being Left Behind?
If you have a gifted child, you may have already experienced the frustration of keeping him or her engaged in academics. Does this quote from “Losing Our Minds: Gifted Children Left Behind” from author Deborah L. Ruf, interviewed by Education Week, resonate with you?
"The way I see it, depending on how gifted, a gifted child these days will waste literally anywhere from two to six years waiting for new and interesting material to show up in school. Sadly, it generally isn't until some of these children start to win scholarships and awards late in high school that their schools fully appreciate them. Unless gifted children have very compliant personalities, they can be a real pain in the neck to their schools for the first six to eight years they are there. We lose a lot of gifted children this way---the ones people later describe as, "He may have been a smart kid, but he sure didn't amount to anything!"
If that hits home, this month’s Linkzine is for you---and your gifted child.
An Interview with Deborah L. Ruf: About Gifted Children Being Left Behind
Education News
Gifted Student Feels Left Behind
Lawrence Journal-World & News
Gifted Myths and Misconceptions
www.giftedkids.ie
Unwrapping the Gifted
Teacher Magazine
What Do You Say to Gifted Children?
Duke Gifted Letter
Who are the “Gifted” Children—and How Should Schools Handle Them?
Education World
Minority Gifted Kids Left Behind
MySanAntonio.com
Why Many Gifted Children Misbehave
Helium
Getting Smart About Gifted Kids
Boston College
Homeschooling Gifted Children
National Home Education Network
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"The way I see it, depending on how gifted, a gifted child these days will waste literally anywhere from two to six years waiting for new and interesting material to show up in school. Sadly, it generally isn't until some of these children start to win scholarships and awards late in high school that their schools fully appreciate them. Unless gifted children have very compliant personalities, they can be a real pain in the neck to their schools for the first six to eight years they are there. We lose a lot of gifted children this way---the ones people later describe as, "He may have been a smart kid, but he sure didn't amount to anything!"
If that hits home, this month’s Linkzine is for you---and your gifted child.
An Interview with Deborah L. Ruf: About Gifted Children Being Left Behind
Education News
Gifted Student Feels Left Behind
Lawrence Journal-World & News
Gifted Myths and Misconceptions
www.giftedkids.ie
Unwrapping the Gifted
Teacher Magazine
What Do You Say to Gifted Children?
Duke Gifted Letter
Who are the “Gifted” Children—and How Should Schools Handle Them?
Education World
Minority Gifted Kids Left Behind
MySanAntonio.com
Why Many Gifted Children Misbehave
Helium
Getting Smart About Gifted Kids
Boston College
Homeschooling Gifted Children
National Home Education Network
Return to Linkzine home.
Return to Triangle TRACKS home.
Last updated by Elizabeth Shugg Sep. 10, 2008.
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