Beyond Gifted: Rethinking High-Achieving Students in Today’s Classroom With Dr. Alicia Schroeder-Schock

About this episode

The episode features a discussion on high-achieving students and how schools can better challenge them, with insights from Dr. Alicia Schroeder-Schock.

The "gifted" Stunt Brothers start today's episode with giant zucchini stories and Stars Wars tangents before agreeing that a field trip to North Dakota would be a great chance to get an out of country perspective on high ability learners. Episode 68 of After The Bell heads south to the Peace Garden State for a lively, thought-provoking, and laugh-filled conversation about gifted learners, high-achieving students, and what schools can do to truly challenge every child. Roy and Mart...

People in this episode

Hosts: Roy, Mart

Guest: Dr. Alicia Schroeder-Schock

Topics covered

• gifted learners
• high-achieving students
• education challenges
• field trips
• classroom strategies
• student engagement

Keywords

• gifted education
• high ability learners
• classroom challenges
• student perspectives
• educational strategies

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: After The Bell

Places: North Dakota, Peace Garden State

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