Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Gifted Education

I just read two articles on gifted education: one about funding and one about the effects that No Child Left Behind has had on gifted education.

Do you think that Redfield Public has a neglected and needy gifted population? Is a gifted ed program needed to challenge those "bright" and bored students that we have? Or is there another way to address the needs of the gifted as well as those of all the other students?

Saturday, December 12, 2009

Violence in school

This subject is a passion of mine for some reason. The National Dept of Education recently published its 2009 report on violence in America's school. Read the key findings on the first few pages (7-10 or v-viii). They are interesting. What is school safetly? So how safe is our school? How safe are the students and do they really feel safe while in school? What could the school do to make this a safe place to be?