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McCluskey, Ken W.; Treffinger, Donald J.; Baker, Philip A.; Lamoureux, Kevin – International Journal for Talent Development and Creativity, 2013
Back in the early 1990s, three Manitoba School districts launched the "Lost Prizes" project to reclaim talented, at-risk high-school dropouts. Despite their unique gifts, these relationship-resistant youth were disenchanted, disillusioned, and disconnected. Many had major substance abuse problems and were engaged in serious criminal…
Descriptors: Creativity, Talent Development, At Risk Students, High School Students
Payne, Alexander – George Washington University Center for Equity and Excellence in Education, 2011
Racial and ethnic disproportionality in gifted education is a persistent and perennial inequity in many school districts. This report describes the root causes of this disproportionality and discusses ways in which this issue can be addressed. Whereas most of the attention has been paid to assessment, specifically the use of nonverbal tests to…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Talent Development, Intellectual Development, Disproportionate Representation