For Parents of Gifted Children
Stephen is a 13-year-old math whiz. He’s also a good all-around student, energetic, and curious. He sometimes drives his parents to distraction with his questions and ideas, and he has alienated more than one neighborhood friend with his information...
A love of reading is one of the best gifts that you can give your child. We hope that the “Connections” and “Consultant’s Corner” columns in this issue of DGL provide you with useful guidance in this area. However,...
Gifted learners who are avid readers tend to read not only for the simple joy of it but to cope in a world that does not understand giftedness and is sometimes openly hostile to the intellectually gifted. These students...
My 12-year-old child is reading at an advanced level. Many of the books at her reading level do not present appropriate content. How can I find reading material for her that is appropriate both in challenge and in content? You...
Our 15-year-old son, Tyler, was identified as highly gifted shortly before his fifth birthday. Since then he has attended both private and public schools in three different states. As parents, our biggest challenges have been selecting the right schools,...
When I conjure up the image of a bully, Popeye’s nemesis, Brutus, comes to mind. Arrogant, large, overbearing, and dumb, Brutus uses might and bluster to intimidate Popeye, especially in quest of their common love, Olive Oyl. Of course,...
Delisle, James R. Social-Emotional Issues The Emotional Edge
For parents interested in teaching their children the complexities of the stock market, two popular board games, Bull Market, by the Great Canadian Game Company Inc., and Stock Market Tycoon, by Vida Games LLC, are good ventures. Bull Market,...
The No Child Left Behind Act may be leaving out the nation’s gifted students. A recent Wall Street Journal article reports that, to ensure that all of their students are proficient in reading and math by 2014, the public...
Want to step into the world of your middle schooler? Not Much, Just Chillin’: The Hidden Lives of Middle Schoolers, a new book by Linda Perlstein, will give you that opportunity. Perlstein, a staff writer for the Washington Post,...
Can gifted students receive appropriate instruction in a regular classroom, or do they need to be grouped together for their curricular needs to be met? A recent article in Educational Leadership (vol. 61, no. 2) explores various researchers’ views. There...
Are students who are bullied at greater risk of developing depression? Researchers from Wichita State University observed 266 elementary school students from the beginning of kindergarten through the end of the first grade. Their findings reveal that, on average,...
A growing number of students are looking for alternatives to traditional education. Many online or virtual schools have emerged to meet the demand, and business is booming. Nationwide, about 50,000 students took virtual courses in 2002. Such a learning...