Comments on: Two Significant Hurdles Cleared http://www.questabc.org/blog/2009/03/31/two-significant-hurdles-cleared/ for Highly Capable Families, by Highly Capable Families Sun, 18 Sep 2011 02:03:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: David Berg http://www.questabc.org/blog/2009/03/31/two-significant-hurdles-cleared/comment-page-1/#comment-3 David Berg Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:47:46 +0000 http://www.questabc.org/blog/?p=137#comment-3 I’ve just returned from Olympia. Here’s the testimony I delivered to the Senate: I am David Berg, Vice-President of the Academic Booster Club of Puyallup. I represent the nearly 100,000 highly capable students of Washington, their parents and teachers, and the advocates across the state who support them. I also speak for the Washington Coalition for Gifted Education, Northwest Gifted Child Association, Washington Association of Teachers of the Talented and Gifted, parent groups like mine, and for the arts and science programs at Centrum at Fort Warden and the academic competitions, Future Problem Solving and Destination ImagiNation. On behalf of my children, and children across the state like them, thank you. The level of funding provided for highly capable programs in this budget proposal shows you recognize that for gifted students, curriculum and instruction that matches their academic needs is basic education. Thank you. I’ve just returned from Olympia. Here’s the testimony I delivered to the Senate:

I am David Berg, Vice-President of the Academic Booster Club of Puyallup. I represent the nearly 100,000 highly capable students of Washington, their parents and teachers, and the advocates across the state who support them. I also speak for the Washington Coalition for Gifted Education, Northwest Gifted Child Association, Washington Association of Teachers of the Talented and Gifted, parent groups like mine, and for the arts and science programs at Centrum at Fort Warden and the academic competitions, Future Problem Solving and Destination ImagiNation. On behalf of my children, and children across the state like them, thank you. The level of funding provided for highly capable programs in this budget proposal shows you recognize that for gifted students, curriculum and instruction that matches their academic needs is basic education. Thank you.

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