The Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts
The Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts

Author: Dr. Bill Ebarb

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2015-12-16

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13: 1504961358

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The Louisiana School was created by state law to challenge academically and artistically gifted high school students from throughout Louisiana. It was the second such residential school in the nation and served as a model for the creation of similar schools in other states. This is the story of the students, instructors, staff, and others who created and have continued the school against tough odds and continuing budget cuts. It presents the chronological history, a summary of many of the accomplishments that led to international recognition, and a look into the culture that can only be found at the Louisiana School.

The Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts
The Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts

Author: Dr Bill Ebarb

Publisher:

Published: 2015-12-16

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 9781504961332

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The Louisiana School was created by state law to challenge academically and artistically gifted high school students from throughout Louisiana. It was the second such residential school in the nation and served as a model for the creation of similar schools in other states. This is the story of the students, instructors, staff, and others who created and have continued the school against tough odds and continuing budget cuts. It presents the chronological history, a summary of many of the accomplishments that led to international recognition, and a look into the culture that can only be found at the Louisiana School.

A Nation Empowered, Volume 2
A Nation Empowered, Volume 2

Author: Susan G. Assouline

Publisher: University of Iowa Press

Published: 2015-10-05

Total Pages: 665

ISBN-13: 0996160329

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This new report, A Nation Empowered: Evidence Trumps the Excuses Holding Back America's Brightest Students builds on the momentum of the 2004 report, A Nation Deceived: How Schools Hold Back America's Brightest Students. A Nation Deceived initiated a critical dialogue about academic acceleration, an under-used intervention. A Nation Deceived exposed to the nation the inconsistencies between research and practice and brought acceleration to prominence in the field. Volume 1 and 2 of A Nation Empowered: Evidence Trumps the Excuses Holding Back America's Brightest Students equips students, families, and educators with facts to refute biased excuses. A Nation Empowered shifts the impetus from conversation to action. Empowerement galvanizes determination with evidence. Volume 1 portrays the determination of students, educators, and parents to strive for excellence. Volume 2 reveals the evidence that trumps the excuses that hold bright students back.

Exam Schools
Exam Schools

Author: Chester E. Finn

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2012-09-16

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 0691156670

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In this book the authors discuss academically selective public high schools as a way to give exceptionally able and high achieving youngsters the best education possible, while strengthening the United States' future intellectually leadership, economic vitality, and scientific prowess without sacrificing equal opportunity.

Building Louisiana
Building Louisiana

Author: Robert D. Leighninger Jr.

Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi

Published: 2009-09-18

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 1604731540

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Robert D. Leighninger Jr. believes there may be a model for municipal building projects everywhere in the ambitious and artful structures erected in Louisiana by the Public Works Administration. In the 1930s, the PWA built a tremendous amount of infrastructure in a very short time. Most of the edifices are still in use, yet few people recognize how these schools, courthouses, and other great structures came about. Building Louisiana documents the projects one New Deal agency erected in one southern state and places these in social and political context. Based on extensive research in the National Archives and substantial field work within the state, Leighninger has gathered the story of the establishment of the PWA and the feverish building activity that ensued. He also recounts early tussles with Huey Long and the scandals involving public works discovered during the late New Deal. The book includes looks at individual projects of particular interest—“Big Charity” hospital, the Carville leprosy center, the Shreveport incinerator, and the LSU sugar plant. A concluding chapter draws lessons from the PWA's history that might be applied to current political concerns. Also included is an annotated inventory of every PWA project in the state. Finally, this composite picture honors those workers and policymakers who, in a time of despair, expressed hope for the future with this enduring investment.

Accelerating The Learning Of All Students
Accelerating The Learning Of All Students

Author: Christine Finnan

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-03-05

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 0429982208

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Accelerated learning, isn't that just for gifted students? Accelerating the Learning of All Students: Cultivating Culture Change in Schools, Classrooms, and Individuals answers that question while providing a vivid description of what happens at the school, classroom, and individual levels when people attempt to extend efforts to accelerate learning to all students. The book begins with a definition of accelerated learning and provides a vivid description of efforts to accelerate the learning of three populations of students: those identified as gifted, those identified as low-achieving, and all students. The book then examines the assumptions shaping school, classroom, and individual efforts to accelerate the learning of all students. Written by a pair of educators, one trained in gifted and talented education and the other in cultura anthropology, this book provides teachers, parents, administrators, and researchers with insight into why we continue to fail so many students and how we can cultivate change in schools, classrooms, and individuals so that all students receive the enriched, challenging learning experiences typically reserved only for students identified as gifted.