How do educators support high achievement of low-income, high ability students? A new report and upcoming webinar shine a spotlight on this important issue and provide valuable insights.
Paula Olszweski-Kubilius, CTD Director and National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) President, and Jane Clarenbach, Director of Public Education at NAGC recently co-authored a paper titled
Unlocking Emergent Talent: Supporting High Achievement of Low-Income, High-Ability Students. This groundbreaking piece presents a summary of the major issues that impede progress and provides programming and practice suggestions.
As the Executive Summary states, “Unlocking Emergent Talent sets the stage for major strides in both understanding and action, by spotlighting strong evidence-based program models that produce performance results for low-income, high-ability learners, recommending educational best practices, and identifying both research and public policy gaps that, if filled, could achieve significant results for the future.”
Learn more by participating in a free webinar, hosted by NAGC, on Wednesday, January 30.
FREE WEBINAR - January 30, 2013, 7-8:00 PM Eastern
Unlocking Emergent Talent: Supporting High Achievement of Low-Income, High-Ability Students
Presenters: Paula Olszewski-Kubilius, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, and President, NAGC; Carol Horn, Fairfax County Public Schools, Fairfax, VA
Hear compelling findings from a hot off-the-press white paper that focuses on both a research and practice agenda for the field and the needs of promising learners living in poverty. The co-authors share findings from the white paper including:
- How low income and culturally and linguistically diverse gifted students currently fare and are served in our nation's schools;
- Key barriers to these students’ educational achievement and talent development;
- Successful within and outside-of-school program models and effective practices that develop their talents;
- The unique psychosocial issues that these students face and the cultivation of skills needed to deal with them;
- Key actions to be taken by teachers, administrators and policy makers to insure the fruition of emergent talent.
Come away with additional insight about success factors and recommended best practices for serving these gifted students.
To participate, log in 30 minutes prior to the event at
http://eventcenter.commpartners.com/se/Rd/Mt.aspx?308565.
