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SAGE Academy a model for school for gifted students
Monday, Dec. 21, 2009 | 2 a.m.
Regarding the Las Vegas Sun’s Wednesday story, “Jump-starting a proposed academy for the county’s top students”:
Congratulations to the Clark County School District for receiving the grant to develop year-round classes for gifted students. Increased attention to our best and brightest students is very much needed in the Las Vegas Valley.
What should also be mentioned is that a potential model exists between the Clark County School District and UNLV: The Summer Advanced Gifted Education (SAGE) Academy at UNLV’s Honors College has offered summer classes for Clark County gifted students since 2005. Both college and high school credit is offered, classes are taught by our faculty, and more than 300 students have attended.
The writer is director of UNLV Honors College’s SAGE Academy.
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Just because a kid takes some classes at a third-rate college doesn't mean much. The fact that they're earning college credit for these classes is a sign of the standards of the college. As a teacher, I see a real need for better instruction for kids who are truly gifted, vs kids whose parents simply think their kids are gifted. I don't know about your program, but I'm suspicious that this is more for the latter than the former. If I'm wrong, please lay out the real requirements to attend this program beyond paying for it and getting inflated grades from CCSD.
Sorry if I sound jaded, but I'm really sick of the clueless, delusional attitude of many of my students who think they're way higher than they are, and think education is way easier than it is.