Gifted all day long: implementing new state standards that require gifted and talented education services to be an integral part of the core curriculum will result in improved teaching and learning for everyone

References

Clark, B. (2002) Growing up gifted: Developing the potential of children at home and at school (6th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill Prentice Hall.

Diamond, M. & Hopson, J. (1999). Magic trees of the mind: How to nurture your child's intelligence, creativity, and healthy emotions from birth through adolescence. New York: Penguin.

Margaret Gosfield served as a classroom teacher and district coordinator for gifted education programs for the Ventura Unified School District. She is a past president and current journal editor for the California Association for the Gifted. She can be reached at gosfield@cox.net.

FIND OUT MORE

California's GATE standards may be found on the CDE Web site at http://www.cde.ca.gov/ cilbranch/gate or through the CAG Web site at http://www.cagifted.org.

To further assist education leaders, the California Association for the Gifted has prepared a technical manual specifically aligned to the standards with a rationale as well as suggestions for implementation for each standard and its components. Information regarding this manual is available by calling (562) 789-9933 or by e-mail at CAGoffice@aol.com.

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