Just before Thanksgiving, Governor Gregoire made a proposal to the legislature that would eliminate all State highly capable funding for fiscal year 2011, effective retroactively to September 1, 2010. A full listing of her proposed cuts can be read on the website of the Washington Coalition for Gifted Education. In order to make that change, [...]
There are two important ABC events happening this week, and one other highly capable story at the state level that you should know about. Full details are available on our website. ABC Family Night in the Museum District, November 18th from 5;00 to 8:00pm Gift Card Orders Due on November 19th Highly Capable Technical Working Group [...]
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 [...]
Parents, Teachers, and Friends: I hope that your school year is off to a smooth start. There’s a great deal happening for families of the gifted in the very near future, and we hope that you’ll be able to find one or more event that you can participate in. Right now on our website we [...]
Received from the National Association for Gifted Children: Javits Funding in Peril in Senate: Help Needed with Senate Appropriations Committee The Senate appropriations subcommittee that handles education funding allotted $0 for the Javits Gifted & Talented Students Education Act yesterday. We have a chance to recover Senate funding for the Javits program if a few [...]
There are two great opportunities for parents of gifted children coming up this week. On Tuesday, July 27th, the Northwest Gifted Child Association, http://www.nwgca.org, and SENG (Supporting the Emotional Needs of the Gifted), http://www.sengifted.org, are hosting a free presentation, Eleven Key Parenting Issues, with Dr. James Webb, author of A Parent’s Guide to Gifted Children [...]
