CAGT is a state affiliate of the National Association of Gifted Children (NAGC) as we share resources,
advocate for gifted programming, provide feedback and continue to be an active voice at the federal level.
Not exact matches
She was a hairdresser who owned her own salon, called
Gifted Hanz, on the South Side of Chicago, and she worked part - time as a mentor
for a group called Youth
Advocate Programs, which had been hired by the Chicago schools department to provide intensive mentoring services to students who had been identified as being most at risk of committing or being a victim of gun violence.
Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, in partnership with ORGANIZE — a non-
for-profit organization based in New York which leverages health data to end the organ donor shortage by applying smarter technologies, utilizing social media, building more creative partnerships, and
advocating for data - driven policies — The Bridgespan Group — a global nonprofit organization that collaborates with mission - driven leaders, organizations, and philanthropists to break cycles of poverty and dramatically improve the quality of life
for those in need — and
Gift of Life Donor
Program — an OPO which serves the eastern half of Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, and Delaware — evaluated the metrics and criteria used to measure OPOs across the country, and found significant discrepancies in how potential donors are evaluated and identified.
Addressing the large audience of New England - area teachers and parent - activists attending the meeting at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, the speakers nevertheless urged
advocates of education
programs for the
gifted to lobby local and state officials
for the expansion of
gifted - education
programs.
Uniquely
Gifted This site is devoted to providing resources and meeting the needs of twice - exceptional students — those with special needs such as learning disabilities, ADHD, Asperger Syndrome, etc. http://www.uniquelygifted.org National Center
for Learning Disabilities NCLD provides essential information to parents, professionals and individuals with learning disabilities, promotes research and
programs to foster effective learning, and
advocates for policies to protect and strengthen educational rights and opportunities.
Be a consistent
advocate of appropriate
programs and services
for gifted students (
advocating from the role of a parent);
Advocate for impoverished children by speaking up about which students are tracked into general courses versus
gifted programs or advanced classes.
The New Orleans
Advocate: Lusher Charter School's
program for gifted students gets OPSB scrutiny http://bit.ly/2ddoqFs
Monica continues to
advocate for changes to better meet the needs of
gifted students both in the HG
program and throughout the school.
CAGT
advocates for families of
gifted children through policies and legislation resulting in
programming that may have a social, emotional or financial benefit.
They also
advocated for additional research to better explain how these gaps continue and to examine the retention rates of minorities in
gifted programs.
She is a fierce
advocate for high - rigor,
gifted & talented
programs, and independent learning.
Parents like Jordan's who
advocate actively
for their child's involvement in enrichment and
gifted education tend to believe that those
programs are based on merit and that they need to make sure that school staff know how worthy their child is and how much the
program would benefit from their inclusion.
The people
advocating the loudest
for gifted - education
programs are typically middle - class white and Asian parents seeking to maximize advantages
for their kids and others like them — which renders the whole project suspect
for many
advocates of the disadvantaged.
School
advocates may also take note of a proposal to ax state funding
for the Governor's School of North Carolina, a popular summer
program for gifted high school students.