Teachers can use gifted education strategies to reduce the impact of the Texas School Board's widely criticized textbook recommendations.

Apr 11, 2010 – Alex Sharp

When parents reject public schools, gifted education suffers the loss of talented students in the classroom community and the voices of powerful advocates.

Apr 11, 2010 – Alex Sharp

Gifted kids love to debate, and a short unit covering the basics helps build research skills, presentation comfort levels, and an understanding of how to argue.

Apr 1, 2010 – Alex Sharp

People involved in gifted education - whether they are the teachers, the students, the parents, or the administrators - should actively promote gifted programming.

Mar 21, 2010 – Alex Sharp

Teachers and students will enjoy those indoor recess days a lot more when everyone is on the floor playing Quelf and Cranium Wow.

Mar 14, 2010 – Alex Sharp

When gifted kids disrupt class, it might not be an impulse problem. It might be due to frustrations related to pacing and wait time.

Mar 7, 2010 – Alex Sharp

Students and teachers will enjoy these quick flash games that highlight verbal fluency, memory, concentration, and logical reasoning.

Feb 28, 2010 – Alex Sharp

University summer programs for high school students have been catering to interests and talents of bright young students for decades with high levels of academic success.

Feb 26, 2010 – Debra Winstead

Sometimes teachers need to remind students that not only are there multiple views on an issue, but that people can honorably change personal positions.

Feb 21, 2010 – Alex Sharp

The ability to decode handwritten documents from written hundreds of years ago elevates learning. It can be a stand-alone secondary unit or a gifted class activity.

Feb 14, 2010 – Alex Sharp

Lewis Carroll, author of Alice in Wonderland, was also a mathematician and logician. His "Game of Logic" book aimed to teach youths logic in an interesting way.

Feb 12, 2010 – Jennifer Woolf

VanTassel-Baska's ICM design of setting up a curriculum based on big idea concepts, deep idea content, and reasoned products is still ideal model for gifted ed classes.

Feb 7, 2010 – Alex Sharp

Sending home a paper newsletter adds expense, clutter, and paper to the world. Instead of depending on a child as a delivery system, email news to keep parents updated.

Jan 31, 2010 – Alex Sharp

Any study of the Bill of Rights is incomplete without the all-important sixth amendment, which governs criminal prosecutions.

Jan 24, 2010 – Alex Sharp

Going to the dentist is annoying, but playing dentist is appealing. Kids can learn a lot of from two online games geared toward smart kids who are interested teeth.

Jan 17, 2010 – Alex Sharp

An enrichment class can go far beyond the covers when reading Alice in Wonderland, and schools do not need to pay for resources - even Lewis Carroll books are free.

Jan 10, 2010 – Alex Sharp

Sometimes a book is exciting and educational enough to make it worth the trouble and expense of a field trip. The Lightning Thief promises to be one of those movies

Jan 3, 2010 – Alex Sharp

Most students know the phrases "I plead the fifth!" and "Read them their rights." Gifted minds will enjoy learning exactly what those phrases means.

Dec 27, 2009 – Alex Sharp

Teachers can combine Bloom's Taxonomy and Yahoo! Answers to create an opportunity of gifted thinkers to explore, ask, answer, and let their great brains shine.

Dec 20, 2009 – Alex Sharp

Saying goodbye to an enrichment class is hard. Leaving an artistic mark shows incoming students that they are joining a magical, loving class that is hard to leave.

Dec 13, 2009 – Alex Sharp