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Accelerate our brightest students

The Coloradoan - Fort Collins
By Gerald P. Benson
March 29, 2006

... Acceleration is a powerful intervention that moves gifted students through the educational program at faster rates or ... Advanced grade placement was an advantage ...
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District 60 says 6 percent of its students are gifted

Pueblo Chieftain - Pueblo,CO,USA
April 20, 2006

... One reason educators are taking greater efforts to identify gifted students is that significant numbers of high school dropouts nationwide turn out to be ...
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Berry Creek kids learned from pros

Vail Daily News - Vail,CO
by Brooke Bates
June 17, 2006

In the Enriched Accelerated Gifted Learning Experiences class, students had an entire semester to design independent projects… Anne Dunlevie, president of the Gifted Education Team of Eagle County, connected 10 of the 33 students with mentors in the community who offered expertise relevant to each project.
http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20060617/NEWS/106170046

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Academy turns work into child's play

Pueblo Chieftain
by John Jaques
October 29, 2006

Patty Aronofsky, a retired teacher who came back to the district this year to coordinate its gifted and talented programs, said the Saturday's Gifted and Talented Students Academy was a huge success with the students.
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Gifted and talented

The Greeley Tribune
by Chris Casey
March 5, 2007

What do students need at school to keep them growing? That's a key question when looking at gifted and talented programs… they need quite a bit, especially more individually tailored programs, more pace and more specially-trained teachers to deliver relevant and challenging lessons…
http://www.greeleytrib.com/article/20070305/EDUCATION/103050109

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Born with a thirst for knowledge

Craig Daily Press - Craig,CO
by John Henry
April 23, 2007

He is one of about 20 Craig Intermediate School students who are at Saturday school as part of the gifted and talented identified enrichment program. ...
http://www.craigdailypress.com/section/education/story/26260

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For piano prodigy, music easy as ABC

Pueblo Chieftain - Pueblo
By KATHLEEN MCGRORY
May 29, 2007

Six-year-old Ethan Bortnick is a classical pianist. Already, he fetches $400 for a 15-minute performance and is recording his own CD.
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Thankfully, providing gifted education is now mandatory in Colorado

Greeley Tribune - Greeley,CO,USA
June 21, 2007

... 6 school board) and the Colorado Association for School Executives, the passing of House Bill 1244 to make gifted education mandatory is now a fact. ...
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Students attack the achievement gap

Vail Daily News - Vail,CO,USA
by Matt Terrell
September 9, 2007

Meanwhile, for gifted and talented students who need a challenge, expeditionary learning would give them a chance to go above and beyond what they would get in a normal classroom setting. The projects are very personal, and they can make them as challenging and extensive as they want to.
http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20070909/NEWS/70907014

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