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Beyond recitals and refrigerator art: Encouraging your young artist

December 2, 2016
A version of THE HIGH FLYER post by Dr. Hope E. Wilson, associate professor at the University of North Florida and past chair of the NAGC Arts Network, and Dr. Clar M. Baldusm a clinical associate professor at the University of Iowa and chair of the NAGC Arts Network, appeared in Parenting for High Potential (December 2016)

Teacher’s Corner: Incorporate Social & Emotional Issues Into and Outside of the Classroom

Jeff Danielian
December 2, 2016
Recently I was treated to an outstanding theatrical performance of A Christmas Carol, during which I was inspired to write about the three spirits of gifted education, past, present, and future, and the messages they would relay to the Scroogish general education community that has long “replaced” talent development with the “idol” of testing.

A victory for high achievers in the ESSA regulations

November 30, 2016
THE HIGH FLYER post is by Brandon L. Wright, Editorial Director of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute.

Intelligence theory bolsters our understanding of high-ability students

November 22, 2016
THE HIGH FLYER post by Russell Warne highlights the Gifted Child Quarterly article, “Five Reasons to Put the g Back into Giftedness: An Argument for Applying the Cattell-Horn-Carroll Theory of Intelligence to Gifted Education Research and Practice."

All high school students count, not just low performers

November 16, 2016
THE HIGH FLYER post is by Chester E. Finn, Jr., a Distinguished Senior Fellow and President Emeritus of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute.

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