School Reform

Links

Blending Gifted Education and School Reform

http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content/Blending_Gifted_Ed.html

Provides a process for assuring that the unique needs of students who are gifted are addressed within the context of systemic reform.

National Excellence: A Case for Developing America's Talent- 1993

http://www.ed.gov/pubs/DevTalent/intro.html

A report on the status of the education of the nation's gifted and talented students, described as the "quiet crisis."

Standards and Gifted Students

http://www.newhorizons.org/spneeds/gifted/hanninen2.htm

Much attention is paid to helping all students to meet educational standards. What happens to students who meet the standards two years in advance?

The Goal is Excellence

http://www.newhorizons.org/strategies/assess/ellison.htm

Launa Ellison,a gifted elementary school teacher, shares how she utilizes best practices, brain research, and learning styles in achieving standards.