On Tuesday, November 16th, Gayle Pauley from the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction delivered the recommendations of the State’s Highly Capable Program Technical Working Group to the Quality Education Council. The Washington Coalition for Gifted Education, the political advocacy arm of the Washington gifted community, has links to the text of the proposal [...]
Received from the Washington Coalition for Gifted Education: Highly Capable Program funding is in jeopardy. Highly Capable is a categorical program, and is not a part of basic education so is not protected from budget cuts. We survived the proposed cut in the First Supplemental Budget for 2009-2010. However, we don’t know what will be [...]
ABC has worked with the Washington Coalition for Gifted Education on Gifted Education Day and in their efforts to help reform gifted education in Washington State. A number of students, parents, and grandparents from the Puyallup School District are either currently active, or have worked with the WCGE in the past in their efforts to [...]
Our October 2010 Newsletter is now available on-line. Be sure to check backpacks and folders for your copy today. What would you like to read about in future newsletters?
WAETAG is the Washington Association of Teachers of the Talented and Gifted. Their annual conference this year will be at the Bellevue Hilton on October 15th and 16th. ABC has helped fund Puyallup teachers’ and administrators’ participation at WAETAG for several years. It has been a great learning opportunity for our staff. This year, for [...]
Received today from the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC): Over the last few weeks, Congress has taken significant steps to eliminate the only federal investment focused on high-ability, disadvantaged students, the Jacob Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act. Thankfully, Congressman Courtney (D-CT) and Congressman Gallegly (R-CA) are leading the effort to reinstate Javits [...]
