Have you ever sat through a professional development training, in which you were familiar with all the information being presented? Remember the intense feelings of boredom and/or frustration (come on, be honest here), the yearning to learn something new, something challenging, something you could use in your classroom?

Many gifted children experience these feelings on a regular basis due to what Dr. Tracy Cross, executive director for the Center of Gifted Education at the College of...

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Earlier this year, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan called on each state to identify and implement specific strategies to ensure equitable distribution of our best nation’s best teachers. The thinking was there are real, actionable steps states can take to ensure high-quality teachers are the norm, not the exception, in our high-need schools.

In response to this call, Woodrow Wilson Foundation President Arthur Levine...

"Effects of socio-economic status on educational outcomes can be mitigated, and this can be done on a whole-school and system-wide basis by the very people and the same schools where low performance was once the norm. It was, in Ontario, the product of attention to research, and committed collaboration by educators focused on improved instruction and precision in meeting student needs." 

--  Mary Jean Gallagher

In 2003, the provincial...