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Educational Options: Dual Enrollment

• Educational Options: Acceleration

  Meeting the needs of the gifted in rural areas through acceleration

  This article discusses different ways rural areas can educate their gifted students. Acceleration is suggested as an option that rural schools can easily use. Options and explanations are offered throughout the article. Authored by Camilla Benbow, Teresa Argo and Lynn Glass.

• Educational Options: Early College

  Davidson Academy Opening Ceremony - U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings' Speech

  U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings delivered this speech on August 22, 2006 during the opening ceremony of The Davidson Academy of Nevada. Topics included: No Child Left Behind, the necessity for customized education plans, and the opportunities that the first class of Davidson Academy students will receive.

  Dual Enrollment: The Right Challenge
  

  This article by Gera Witte discusses the option of dual enrollment in college for gifted and talented students once they have exhausted all of the options available at their high school.

  Dual-Enrollment Programs: Legislation Helps High School Students Enroll in College Courses

  This article describes how dual enrollment can work as an educational option. For the student ready for the challenge and independence of college, dual enrollment provides the luxury of acclimating to new college roles while remaining within the security of home, school, and friends.

• Educational Options: Tips for Teachers

  Educational Options for Gifted Learners

  This article by the Davidson Institute for Talent Development discusses some of the educational options for gifted learners that have proven effective for exceptionally bright young people. Some of these options include acceleration, credit by examination, compacting, independent study, ability grouping, dual enrollment, early college entry, and more. Ideally, parents and educators are willing to collaborate and implement an educational plan that takes into account the child's intellectual precocity and emotional development.

• Parenting: Tips for Parents

  Tips for Parents: Advanced credit and placement opportunities for secondary students

  This Tips for Parents article is from a seminar hosted by Joyce VanTassel-Baska. She provides insight on academic planning for students at the secondary level and beyond.