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Sevan G. Terzian; Hannah Williams – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2024
In 1972, the United States Office of Education (USOE) released a lengthy and unprecedented report about gifted education in response to a Congressional mandate. Both Congress and the USOE lamented the inadequate state of gifted programmes in American schools and urged that gifted education should become a greater national priority. In this essay,…
Descriptors: Educational History, United States History, Disadvantaged, Children
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Jolly, Jennifer L. – Gifted Child Today, 2013
Nearly 70 years ago, The Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, better known as the GI Bill of Rights (GI standing for "Government Issue"), altered the social and economic terrain of American society. The Bill's basic tenets provided unemployment pay, home loans, and education and training for returning World War II veterans. When the…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Veterans, History, Talent Development
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Sanchez, Erin N.; Aujla, Imogen J.; Nordin-Bates, Sanna – Research in Dance Education, 2013
This study is a qualitative enquiry into cultural background variables--social support, values, race/ethnicity and economic means--in the process of dance talent development. Seven urban dance students in pre-vocational training, aged 15-19, participated in semi-structured interviews. Interviews were inductively analysed using QSR International…
Descriptors: Dance Education, Qualitative Research, Cultural Differences, Social Support Groups