RiShawn Biddle’s editorial board, who cover the reform of American public education in blog Dropout Nation, compiled three excerpts about the difficulty of trying to meet students’ advanced learning needs without exascerbating race- and class-driven acheivement gaps. The piece is called – The Power of Challenging Young Minds. Excerpt authors are: Sara Mead of Bellwether Education [...]
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May 12th, 2012
An article titled “‘Why Don’t We Have Any White Kids?’”, by N. R. Kleinfield, takes an in-depth look at the trend toward resegregation in the public school systems of cities across the US, despite efforts to counter it. The author interviews an advanced middle-school student who struggles to fit in with her peer group. Here’s an excerpt:
April 20th, 2012
This week’s Freakonomics blog says: “A disheartening new study by Catherine Riegle-Crumb and Melissa Humphries finds that teachers discount the math skills of white females, even when girls’ grades and test scores indicate a comparable level of skill.” The blog post is here, and the research paper, Exploring Bias in Math Teachers’ Perceptions of Students’ [...] April 15th, 2012
In this Washington Post opinion column, – I went to some of D.C.’s better schools. I was still unprepared for college. — Georgetown University freshman Darryl Robinson talks candidly about how his public charter school experience failed him in some crucial ways. Here’s an excerpt: Entering my freshman year at Georgetown University, I should [...] April 14th, 2012
The practice of basing entry into advanced learning programs on a single aptitude test — taken by pre-kindergartners – creates very high stakes, and broadens the opportunity gap between parents who can afford expensive tutoring, and those who can’t. Karson Yiu and Edward Lovett report on this phenomenon in “Parents Spend Thousands on Test-Prep to Get Kids into ‘Gifted’ [...] April 4th, 2012
With last night’s voting in of the Cambridge Public School’s annual budget, it became official that the district will hire an Academic Challenge and Enrichment Support Program Manager to oversee support and services for advanced learners in grades K-8. The new job position was created after months of advocacy by parents from CALA, the Cambridge [...] March 9th, 2012
Jordan Weissmann wrote recently about the poverty gap in the Atlantic — “Occupy Kindergarten: The Rich-Poor Divide Starts With Education”. Here’s an excerpt: Economic class is increasingly becoming the great dividing line of American education. The New York Times has published a roundup of recent research showing the growing academic achievement gap [...] February 29th, 2012
Bill Turque, the Washington Post’s “Schools Insider” columnist, wrote this piece recently about an enrichment program being rolled out at two middle schools which serve mainly children of color. “DCPS to pilot gifted-and-talented program”. Here’s an excerpt: DCPS will pilot its first gifted-and-talented program at Kelly Miller and Hardy middle schools this fall. No [...] January 25th, 2012
Last week Cambridge Superintendent Jeffrey Young published his administration’s Academic Challenge Plan, which will be voted on by the School Committee on February 7th. Last night the Committee hosted a hearing for public comment on the Plan. More than 70 people attended, including several CALA members, many parents and students from the ISP community, and three City Councilors. [...] January 5th, 2012
Here’s a thorough Huffington Post article about the way in which advanced learners are currently assessed in the US, including a historical overview of assessment, present-day practices, and implications for school psychologists. Included is a look at definitions of “giftedness” as legally defined by 48 of the 50 US states. The article, posted January 5th, 2012, is titled Who Is Currently [...] |
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