I wanted to cry when I read about the recent widely publicized report from the Council of Great City Schools about the underachievement of African-American males in our schools. Its findings bear repeating: African-American boys drop out at nearly twice the rate of white boys; their SAT scores are on average 104 points lower; and black men represented just 5 percent of college students in 2008.
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10 great sites for podcast learning
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How to attend Gifted Education Conferences in Second LifeRoya Klingner of The Bavarian Center for Gifted and Talented Children, among the many wonderful things that she does, runs monthly meetings on giftedness in Second Life. These are usually advertised in Mary's Gifted Contacts on Facebook athttp://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_156128687756927 and on Twitter but are also advertised on The Bavarian Center for Gifted and Talented Children website.
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Elkhorn RtI Flowchart for Interventions
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Presentation done by Chris Mursky of Wisconsin DPI. She shares Elkhorn's model of RtI and Gifted
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Driven by the intense focus on accountability, schools and teachers used standardized test scores to help identify and address student weaknesses. Over time, these deficits began to define far too many students so that all we saw were their deficits – particularly for African-American males. As a result, we began losing sight of these young boys’ gifts and, as a consequence, stifled their talents.
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We need to shift from remediation focused on weaknesses to mediation that develops strengths.
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I've been bookmarking sites and sharing them with my Jeffco Teachers group, but neglecting to share them with this group. So, let me catch up: http://www.diigo.com/user/whatsit81/gt I know that ...
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Here are 12 great resources for teaching and learning about health, nutrition and exercise. If you know of other great ones, add them in the comment sections.
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