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House bill gives boost to gifted students

Venice Gondolier - Venice,FL
By Bob Fliss
April 18, 2007

A temporary fix for a funding threat to gifted student programs got tacked onto a different education bill by the House Policy & Budget Council Friday. ...
http://www.venicegondolier.com/Newsstory.cfm?pubdate=041807&story=tp4vn8.htm&folder=NewsArchive3

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Even smart kids need some help, group says

St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg,FL,USA
By MARYAN PELLAND
April 19, 2007

Sometimes legislators and even educators miss the need, thinking these kids have no problems - they're just really smart," said Gustafson, PAGES president.
http://www.sptimes.com/2007/04/19/Hernando/Even_smart_kids_need_.shtml

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Schools' gifted programs get reprieve

Orlando Sentinel - Orlando,FL
by Dave Weber
April 24, 2007

Gifted students typically need different and more challenging programs than the general population of the school…"
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/orl-gifted2407apr24,0,7386751.story?coll=orl-home-headlines

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Bright students aren't so 'gifted'

Stuart News
May 24, 2007

Gifted" education in Florida doesn't appear to be a model of intelligence.
http://www.tcpalm.com/tcp/editorials/article/0,2821,TCP_24460_5551831,00.html

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Is district smart enough to save gifted education?

Stuart News
by Kenrick Ward
May 24, 2007

Equally perverse is the new pedagogic notion that the gifted population needs to be "representative" of the district as a whole. The aforementioned "Plan B" is designed to boost minority participation by, among other techniques, devising alternative gateways (read: looser standards) into the gifted program.
http://www.tcpalm.com/tcp/opinion_columnists/article/0,2821,TCP_24463_5551846,00.html

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Gifted education: A call for diversity

Daytona Beach News-Journal - Daytona,FL,USA
June 18, 2007

By CAROL LARSON I am very excited that Florida is looking at changing the laws regulating entrance into gifted education programs. Under the current law, ...
http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/Opinion/Editorials/opnOPN83061807.htm

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Future rocket scientist?

MyFox Tampa Bay - Tampa Bay,FL
July 11, 2007

It is every parent's hope that their child is gifted. But, deciding who is gifted, and how's it's determined, is very controversial.
http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/myfox/pages...TY&pageId=3.2.1

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Treasure Coast schools push gifted students to 'thrive'

Vero Beach Press-Journal (subscription) - Vero Beach,FL
By Colleen Wixon
July 30, 2007

The rest of the time, these students — identified as gifted — are in regular classrooms…Parents say their children are being stifled and not getting the "free and appropriate" education the state promises.
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2007/jul/30/30schools-push-gifted-students-to-thrive/

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Gifted Young Writer's Scholarship Has Come In

TBO.com
By MEGAN HUSSEY
August 12, 2007

Wesley Chapel resident Celeste Lipkes, a graduate of Land O' Lakes High School, is one of 17 young people across the United States to be honored as a 2007 Davidson Fellow.
http://www.tbo.com/pasco/MGBT0AVK85F.html

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Gifted students have new option

St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg,FL,USA
By JEFFREY S. SOLOCHEK
August 27, 2007

Five Pasco elementary schools - Marlowe, Oakstead, Sand Pine, Seven Oaks and Trinity - are now offering gifted services in-house, to serve the families that don't want to leave.
http://www.sptimes.com/2007/08/27/Pasco/Gifted_students_have_.shtml

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