Hi everyone -

I just wanted to make sure everybody saw this section on Gifted State Policy from the December eNews-Update (http://news.ditd.org/December_09/eNews_December_09_web.htm) that we just sent out:

NAGC Report Finds Wide Disparities in Gifted Education
The National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) recently released the latest version of their biennial report on state gifted legislation, the 2008-2009 State of the States in Gifted Education. The report breaks down information on individual states' approaches toward identification, funding, acceleration and more. The State of the States also describes how gifted funding and policy can vary greatly between different school districts, even in the same state. The report also explains that most of federal money has gone toward helping low-performing, poor and minority students achieve basic proficiency while largely failing to help gifted students reach their full potential.

Gifted Education State Policy Map Recently Updated!
The Davidson Institute's Gifted Education State Policy Map was recently updated to reflect much of the new information in the State of the States report. The color status of 12 states changed: Alabama, Alaska, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. Click on your state to view the state's definition of giftedness, key personnel, statistics and legislative information. More updates to the individual state pages will be coming over the next few weeks, so please check back often.


Please be sure to click the link to the newsletter I posted above, as you can access a number of links from the newsletter, including the entire State of the States report.

Thank you - enjoy the holiday season!

Mark