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Not so smart
IQ scores are falling in the U.S., especially for young adults, reports Tom Hale in IFLScience. In a newly published study, scores...

Joanne Jacobs
Mar 10, 20231 min read


Open doors to challenging academics
Challenging classes can help many students -- not just the "gifted" -- excel, writes Vincent Dotoli on Fordham's Flypaper. He heads...

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 23, 20231 min read


Skip the smart kids: We're holding back (and boring) high achievers
I was very good at school, but also very bored. I wanted to skip a grade to catch up with my sister, but the district never skipped...

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 23, 20232 min read


Ignoring smart kids isn't a smart strategy
Gifted students deserve an education that fits their needs, argues Brandon Wright on Fordham's Advance newsletter. Acceleration and...

Joanne Jacobs
Dec 8, 20221 min read


Screen-time limits linked to cognitive skills
Limiting kids’ recreational screen time to less than two hours a day boosts their brainpower, concludes a new study, reports Hamza Shaban...

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 30, 20181 min read


From ‘gifted’ classes to ‘enriched studies’
“Gifted” programs are becoming “enriched studies” in Montgomery County, Maryland, reports Dana Goldstein in the New York Times. The goal...

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 20, 20182 min read


Instead of ‘gifted and talented’ …
It’s time to drop the “gifted and talented” label and use personalized, mastery learning to challenge all students, argues Michael Horn....

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 14, 20182 min read


Your brain is not a muscle
Brain training doesn’t work because your brain isn’t a muscle, writes James Thompson on the Unz Review. Improving working memory doesn’t...

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 11, 20181 min read


Not so smart no more
IQ scores are falling, at least for Norwegian men, writes Scottie Andrew in Newsweek. For most of the 20th century, IQ scores have risen...

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 16, 20181 min read


Praising effort may backfire
Praising students’ effort, rather than their intelligence, is supposed to encourage them to try harder, improve and build a “growth...

Joanne Jacobs
Apr 2, 20181 min read


Lost Einsteins: Screen ’em all to close ‘gifted gap’
Screening all children for giftedness could help close the “gifted gap” and reduce inequality, suggests a Fordham report. Only 6.1...

Joanne Jacobs
Feb 5, 20183 min read


Prodigies
Bobby Fischer became the youngest international grand master of chess at the age of 15. Mozart composed a concerto at the age of four. By...

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 13, 20181 min read


How Miami diversifies gifted classes
Gifted classes in Miami schools include a mix of low-income and minority students, reports Claudia Rowe for the Seattle Times. That’s...

Joanne Jacobs
Dec 12, 20171 min read


‘Growth mindset’ predicts learning gains
Students who believe they can get smarter learn more, conclude researchers Susana Claro and Susanna Loeb. They analyzed data from five...

Joanne Jacobs
Nov 17, 20171 min read
Cognitive Privilege
If a certain snowflake gets his/her/its/their way, being intelligent will be the next thing you should feel guilty about: The Daily Iowan...

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 4, 20171 min read


Stress can make kids smarter (in some ways)
Unstable parenting, poverty, a violent environment and other “adverse childhood experiences” contribute to “toxic stress” that impairs...

Joanne Jacobs
Apr 21, 20172 min read
‘Gifted’ vs. happy
Gifted pits a mellow, loving uncle against his cold, controlling mother in a custody battle over a cute little mathematical...

Joanne Jacobs
Apr 8, 20171 min read


Let all kids get a ‘gifted’ education
The U.S. expects less of students than many countries in Asia and Europe, writes Alina Adams on New York School Talk. Why not accelerate...

Joanne Jacobs
Mar 8, 20171 min read


Slower together
Grouping students by ability and accelerating the achievers “can improve school performance for very little cost,” concludes an analysis...

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 17, 20171 min read
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