Hi Mark,

My biggest suggestion is to write it as though you were writing an article for a newspaper.

You could also add some of the following information:

* Create separate subsections for the Young Scholars program, the Academy, and other activities run by the DITD.

* I've seen a lot of definitions of "profoundly gifted." You may wish to write an introduction that gives the DITD's definition of the term. I would include IQ levels. Also, are IQ requirements for global/full scale scores or do individual subtest scores count? What about other tests? Which ones are accepted? What are cutoff scores? Are they by age or grade level?

(FYI, this information isn't fully clear to me even now.)

* Make sure you're clear about the definition and that it applies to students who are cognitively gifted. You can sound less "elite" by indicating that the academy doesn't specifically serve students with other types of gifts, such as athletic ability or artistic ability.

For subsections:

* DYS

* Why was the program created?

* Give information about what the DYS program provides.

* Note that the program is free of charge.

* The academy

* When was the academy founded? How many students enrolled originally? How many are enrolled in this academic year?

* Mention that it's a free school.

* Why was the academy founded? This section can be a place for lots of citations of studies addressing the needs of cognitively gifted students (e.g. A Nation Deceived). It can also be a good place to reference state policies that ignore the needs of gifted students or that don't fully address them. How do these policies damage gifted students?

* How are classes structured? What kinds of classes are offered? Mention the fact that students can take courses at the university.

* You may want to mention that the academy allows students to take courses that meet their academic needs while also allowing them to interact with people their own ages, thus also meeting their social needs.

I realize that a lot of this information is already on the DITD website, but the point of the Wikipedia article is to provide the information in another place. People who are interested can go to the website for more information.

Val