Inspired by a TEDx talk, this thread was initiated to invite interested posters to contribute to building a collection of gifted ed success stories which parents could tap into and leverage as needed.

The TEDx talk by social scientist Jeni Cross on the subject of Creating Change (
)shares the strong positive influence of presenting societal norms which model the desired behavior, on impacting the results achieved when advocating for change.

This suggests that parents interested in broadening pro-gifted education behavior and attitudes, may wish to find and focus on gifted ed success stories. When advocating, relevant selections from the collected success stories in this thread can be presented as social norms, examples of modeling the desired behavior.

By sharing and referring to these success stories we may help model positive examples of effectively serving the gifted, and transform gifted ed.

The information is out there! It may be scattered in many places; Gathering it together in one place may make it convenient to easily select the most pertinent examples, encouraging more parents to try this form of advocacy based on presenting a positive social norm.

Here's an invitation to Teachers, Parents, Administrators... please share success stories on acceleration, compacting, cluster grouping, and more! Personal experience, anecdotal evidence, success demonstrated by polls & surveys, research studies, schools serving the gifted... all positive information is welcome.

Before posting, please watch the TEDx talk by Jeni Cross, especially noticing the points she opens with at the beginning (00:54 - 01:46) and closes with at the end (16:00 - 17:14).

PS: This thread is an offshoot of post http://giftedissues.davidsongifted.org/BB/ubbthreads.php/topics/169461.html#Post169461