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Swanson, Julie Dingle; Van Tassel-Baska, Joyce; Feng, Annie; Chandler, Kimberley – Understanding Our Gifted, 2007
Through a longitudinal study focused on identification policy that is inclusive of underrepresented gifted students (Van Tassel-Baska & Feng, 2003; Van Tassel-Baska, Feng, & deBrux, under review; Van Tassel-Baska, Feng, & Evans, in press; Van Tassel-Baska, Johnson, & Avery, 2002), a team of researchers developed case studies of special needs…
Descriptors: Economic Status, Academically Gifted, Low Income, Gifted Disadvantaged
Sisk, Dorothy – Understanding Our Gifted, 2006
This article describes Success Express, a program planned and implemented as part of a collaborative 1990 Javits project for gifted students between Lamar University and Texas A & M. The program has been continued by Lamar and Beaumont Independent School District as a two week summer program to identify high-potential, low-income 4-5 year olds…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Summer Programs, Academically Gifted, Talent
Hollingsworth, Patricia – Understanding Our Gifted, 2001
This project describes Project SAIL (Schools for Active Interdisciplinary Learning), a federally funded project providing in-depth staff development during a 3-week summer program for teachers, parents, and their gifted/talented economically disadvantaged students. The program theme, "Searching for Patterns in History," has been used with students…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted Disadvantaged, History, Inservice Teacher Education
Hutchinson, Debra – Understanding Our Gifted, 2004
The Universal High School Program (UHS) is a pilot secondary program in the St. Vrain Valley School District in Longmont, Colorado. It is designed to address the needs of a small niche educational group: highly able students who do not fit well into the mainstream of the educational system. These students are at risk educationally, but not for the…
Descriptors: School Activities, Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Gifted Disadvantaged