Word: giftedness
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Frenchman Louis Darquier de Pellepoix beat his wife, abandoned his child and spent the 1920s and '30s avoiding work while cadging money from relatives. But he had one distinguishing vice: anti-Semitism. Darquier fed the flames of hate, and after the Nazi occupation, it paid off. By currying favor with...
I am blessed to have been able to teach sewing throughout my 15-year career in the schools. I have reached the special-needs student, the reluctant learner and the academically gifted, all of whom feel a great sense of accomplishment and confidence as they complete their sewing projects. Some...
1. Oracle Bones Peter Hessler Archaeologists call them "oracle bones," the turtle shells and cattle shoulder blades dating from the 13th and 14th centuries B.C. that bear China's first known writing-mostly prophecies. Hessler, who writes about China for the New Yorker, has fashioned his own oracle bone: a...
Kumon and other similar teaching methods are the best way to ensure that students practice math skills outside the classroom. Mastery is something that takes time and practice even for some of the most gifted students. The government should focus on ways to fund tutoring through schools or through local...
He figured wrong. As class attendance steadily thins, the workload does not. The first few problem sets each take about 40 hours to complete. The work burden is reason enough for many extraordinarily gifted students to drop.