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TOP STUDENT ACHIEVERS DEFY THE NORM

8.11.09 - (Washington, D.C.) – With mounting concern about U.S. competitiveness and low student achievement in relation to other countries, conventional wisdom leads many to believe that the great inventors, artists and innovators of the future

Pushing the Limits of Science Novelty and Invention

July 1, 2009 - More than 1,500 outstanding high school science students, representing more than 50 countries, exhibited their wide-ranging projects recently at the 2009 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in Reno, Nev.

Gifted High School Tops National List

July 1, 2009 - For the third time in four years, a Dallas gifted and talented magnet school placed first on Newsweek's list of the top 1,500 schools in the United States.

TOP STUDENT ACHIEVERS SHOW U.S. COMPETITIVENESS AND INNOVATION

17 Students Named Davidson Fellows and Receive $50,000, $25,000 and $10,000 Scholarships
(Washington, D.C.) -- With mounting concern about U.S. competitiveness and low student achievement in relation to other countries, conventional wisdom leads many to believe that the great inventors, artists and innovators of the future will come from distant shores.

Gifted High School Tops National List for Second Consecutive Year

For the second consecutive year, a Dallas gifted and talented magnet school placed first on Newsweek's list of the top 1,200 schools in the United Sates. Congratulations to the School for the Talented and Gifted at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center for this impressive accomplishment!

Davidson Institute Spotlights - EdNews.org

A resource for education news from across the country and the world, EdNews.org provides daily summaries to readers worldwide as well as an online database of archived education news articles. Editor-in-Chief Jimmy Kilpatrick scans the top education news stories each morning and compiles items in an e-mail summary distributed to EdNews subscribers free of charge.

Acceleration in School

Research on acceleration or grade skipping has been found to have almost uniformly positive results; acceleration is educationally and socially advantageous for highly gifted learners.