Gifted Atlanta

Whether working on this blog or advocating for my family’s particular needs, thinking about the needs of highly capable children takes up a good bit of my mental real estate.

Even so, sometimes I need an infusion of enthusiasm, something to remind me why gifted education matters so much — to my child, my school, my country. Here are two articles I read recently that have helped me stay fired up.

• Education reform: the problem with helping everyone reach ‘average,’ an opinion piece which appeared in the Christian Science Monitor, penned by the president of the National Association for Gifted Children
• Myths of Science Education, from Science 2.0. This blog post gives a quick overview and links to a video from the Baltimore Public Schools which looks at 10 common myths — one might also call them excuses — about gifted education. The video is a little hokey, so you might opt to go straight to the source: NAGC’s list of Common Myths in Gifted Education.

If these inspire you as they do me, and if you’re wondering what you can do about it, here’s an idea: Mark your calendar for April 29, 2011. That will be when the Georgia Association for Gifted Children puts on Gifted Day at the capitol downtown. I will provide more details on the day as I get them.