At the risk of being labeled Elite, here is an opinion piece from The New York Times on the use of the terms Elite and Elitist, by columnist Susan Jacoby, from May 30.
Tamara Fisher, author of Intelligent Life in the Classroom, posts a blog on Gifted Education; this link is to part one of a two part blog on Seeking Teachers for Gifted Children. Her blogs are great reads for parents and educators alike.
http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/unwrapping_the_gifted/2008/05/seeking_teachers_for_gifted_ch.html
Think Again: Men and Women Share Cognitive Skills
Research debunks myths about cognitive difference, from Psychology Matters
http://www.psychologymatters.org/thinkagain.html
The Spellings Report on Higher Education has been causing a stir among educators at the college and university level, especially in light of the proposed reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act. The first link is to the report itself; the second is a collection of viewpoints on the report, from the Chronicle of Higher Education, April 2006 (it's old but has just come to our attention)
http://www.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/hiedfuture/reports/pre-pub-report.pdf
http://www.highereducation.org/crosstalk/ct0406/Spellings.pdf
Washington Post column by Susan Jacoby on The Dumbing of America, from 2/17/08. An opinion piece, that may well find resonance among AGATE members.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/15/AR2008021502901_pf.html
Social and Emotional Learning: Educating the Whole Child, an article on SEL from 1/29/08, from the Southern Illinoisan newspaper.
http://www.southernillinoisan.com/articles/2008/01/29/lifestyles/mind_and_body/23106916.txt
Dr. Stephen Gessner, Director of the Summer Institute for the Gifted at Stamford, provides a good overview of variious needs of the gifted student (mostly academic) and options for parents.
http://www.nsgt.org/pdf/gessner_article_meeting_needs.pdf
This article, from 1/17/08, outlines the effect of NCLB on the Seattle Schools and their ability to educate the gifted, in light of the upcoming bid to reauthorize the Act.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/347632_educationwa17.html
The argument for ability grouping in education is outlined in this Education Week article from 1/23/08.
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2008/01/23/20gessner.h27.html?print=1
Brock and Fernette Eide's article about the structure of gifted brains makes an argument for a different way of thinking about training the Executive and Creative aspects of the brain to work together. See our links page for more from the Eides, at New Horizons for Learning.
http://www.newhorizons.org/spneeds/gifted/eide.htm
A list of many articles on giftedness (grouped by subject) hosted by the Davidson Institute for Talent Development on their website about Genius Denied, the book by Jan & Bob Davidson and Laura Vanderkam.
http://www.geniusdenied.com/Articles.aspx?ArticleID=25&NavID=2_4
A thought-provoking talk by Ken Robinson the 2006 TED conference. He talks about how our education system (globally) is too narrowly focussed and that it educates children out of creativity, rather than fostering it. And that this is not a system that can sustain us for the future. The video is about 20 minutes long.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9CE55wbtY (video)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Robinson_(British_author) (more on Ken Robinson)
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer's 1/4/08 article on the debate over AP courses.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/346155_focuseducation06.html?source=mypi
Time Magazine article entitled "Are We Failing Our Geniuses?" 8/17/07
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1653653,00.html
NYC's teacher's union article on the new Gifted Education policy in the NYC schools, from 11/20/07
http://www.uft.org/news/teacher/general/talented_policy/
Advice from Supporting the Emotional Needs of the Gifted Director DeVries on how parents can make the most of parent-teacher conferences.
http://www.sengifted.org/articles_directorscorner/DeVries_Oct05.shtml
The role of race in Gifted Education, from The Free Library, 3/22/05
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+role+of+race+in+gifted+education-a0132675478
Article entitled: "He Called Me a Geeky Nerd! Bullying & Gifted Students" from Northwestern U's Center for Talent Development
http://www.ctd.northwestern.edu/resources/socemoachieve/peterson.htm
Helping gifted kids manage stress, from the Council for Exceptional Children
http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content/stress_management.html
Pennsylvania Association for Gifed Education: President's address
http://www.penngifted.org/presmsg-spr2002.cfm
the Templeton National Report on Acceleration: A Nation Deceived, How Schools Hold Back America's Brightest Students
http://www.nationdeceived.org/
A collection of articles on Gifted Education from the Mount Diabolo Unified School District, in California
http://www.mdusd.k12.ca.us/mdusd/c_and_i/gate/gatearticle.html
An article on how Delaware faces the challenge of educating the Gifted, from the News Journal, Wilmington, 12/20/07
http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071220/NEWS/712200356