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		<title>Texas: Ahead or behind other states in gifted education?</title>
		<link>http://coppellgifted.org/2009/11/23/texas-ahead-or-behind-other-states-in-gifted-education/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:12:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite a need for some improvements, a new nationwide survey has found that Texas makes one of the strongest commitments of any state to meet the needs of its estimated 356,000 gifted students.
Two major factors for Texas’ success are state funding to local districts and regional education service centers to support gifted education and teacher [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=coppellgifted.org&blog=6378573&post=3355&subd=coppellgifted&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Concerns about homework in CISD? Don&#8217;t miss &#8220;the discussion&#8221; on Dec 2.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:58:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[December 2, 2009
 12:30-1:30 p.m. or
7:00-8:00 p.m. CHS Lecture Hall
 I. Does More Rigor Mean More Homework?
II. Why Do Kids Need Choice?
CISD wants to include YOU in the discussion&#8230; is the homework your child dealing with too much? just right? not enough?  Do changes in curriculum mean more homework for kids?
Don&#8217;t miss this opportunity [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=coppellgifted.org&blog=6378573&post=3351&subd=coppellgifted&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rocketry: build your own launcher</title>
		<link>http://coppellgifted.org/2009/11/17/rocketry-build-your-own-launcher/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[During our MOSAIC Rocketry classes, the students had the opportunity to build their own air powered rockets.  Model rockets are great &#8212; but air powered rockets also have many advantages.
1. Cost effectiveness
2. Experimentation (kids can try out new wing design, shape, materials, etc) and see the amazing properties of air as a method of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=coppellgifted.org&blog=6378573&post=3347&subd=coppellgifted&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Robotics for 7-12 year olds</title>
		<link>http://coppellgifted.org/2009/11/16/robotics-for-7-12-year-olds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:51:40 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Boys]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the Engineering Expo, is your child begging to start learning about robotics now?
Check out the Early Robotics Competition &#8211; students age 7-12 can learn problem solving, teamwork, creativity and robotics.
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		<title>Camp Invention coming again &#8211; Summer 2010</title>
		<link>http://coppellgifted.org/2009/11/12/camp-invention-coming-again-summer-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[June 21-25, 2010
 and
 July 12-16, 2010
at Lakeside Elementary
Camp Invention is a program produced by the National Inventors Hall of Fame® Foundation (the premier not-for-profit organization in America dedicated to recognizing, honoring and encouraging invention and creativity) in cooperation with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.  This will be the third year in a row for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=coppellgifted.org&blog=6378573&post=3337&subd=coppellgifted&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Toys for Gifted Kids 2009</title>
		<link>http://coppellgifted.org/2009/11/06/toys-for-gifted-kids-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:06:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking for toy ideas for your gifted child?  Check out these recommendations:
NAGC put out its annual list of toys for gifted kids:
Manufacturer Info from 2009 NAGC Toy List (Tools of the Trade: Finding Value in Play):

Patch Products: http://www.patchproducts.com (maker of “Perfect Sense” board game)
FoxMind: http://www.foxmind.com (maker of “Six” strategy game)
Birdcage Press: http://www.birdcagepress.com (maker of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=coppellgifted.org&blog=6378573&post=3284&subd=coppellgifted&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CISD educators and parent journey to &#8220;Gateway to Gifted&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://coppellgifted.org/2009/11/04/cisd-educators-journey-to-gateway-to-gifted/</link>
		<comments>http://coppellgifted.org/2009/11/04/cisd-educators-journey-to-gateway-to-gifted/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:14:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Communications</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Six dedicated educators in CISD will attend the National Association for Gifted Children&#8217;s &#8220;Gateway to Gifted&#8221; annual conference in St. Louis from November 5th through 8th.  Susan Creighton (CHS), Jean Guidry (Austin), Todd Kettler (Director of Advanced Academics), Kari Lockwood (Austin), Gina Peddy (CHS), and Stacie Nickols (Lakeside) will attend the conference thanks to grants from CGA.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=coppellgifted.org&blog=6378573&post=3238&subd=coppellgifted&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Creative Problem Solving &#8212; registration begins Nov 9</title>
		<link>http://coppellgifted.org/2009/11/02/creative-problem-solving-registration-begins-nov-9/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year we had our first MOSAIC Creative Problem Solving event.  Students learned the skills of creative problem solving and tackled a mess involving childhood obesity &#8212; with additional issues of governmental control on monitoring and limiting electronic gaming. The kids came up with creative and innovating solutions to this current problem that seems [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=coppellgifted.org&blog=6378573&post=3279&subd=coppellgifted&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NCLB means gifted kids are learning comparatively less</title>
		<link>http://coppellgifted.org/2009/10/23/nclb-means-gifted-kids-are-learning-comparatively-less/</link>
		<comments>http://coppellgifted.org/2009/10/23/nclb-means-gifted-kids-are-learning-comparatively-less/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:17:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Joan Bush]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I know we have heard a lot of press about NCLB.  However, it can&#8217;t be repeated often enough that creating a world where we want everyone to achieve milestones at exactly the same time hurts gifted kids.
In a recent article in the Star Tribune in Minnesota, a curriculum expert looks at the unintended results [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=coppellgifted.org&blog=6378573&post=3244&subd=coppellgifted&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. gifted education inspires Japanese documentary</title>
		<link>http://coppellgifted.org/2009/10/23/u-s-gifted-education-inspires-japanese-documentary/</link>
		<comments>http://coppellgifted.org/2009/10/23/u-s-gifted-education-inspires-japanese-documentary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:23:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Communications</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A film crew from Japan recently taped footage of gifted education practices at the DaVinci Academy in Elgin, Illinois. The content will be part of a documentary, to be aired in October on a major Japanese network, about U.S. teaching techniques for gifted students. &#8220;The U.S. is far more advanced in terms of gifted education,&#8221; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=coppellgifted.org&blog=6378573&post=3241&subd=coppellgifted&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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