"A Nation Deceived. How Schools Hold Back America's Brightest Students" Check out this comprehensive and thorough report about ACCELERATION.

TIME Magazine. Sept 27, 2004 Issue. "Saving the Smart Kids."

Update your edu-lingo, and check out Susan Allan's staff development workshop in Carroll Intermediate SD, Texas on 8/13/03

Q & A from authors of New Yorker article, "Nerd Camp" Discuss ability groups, intelligence, outcomes, Johns Hopkins/Midwest Talent Search.

Wall Street Journal-"In Era of Scores, Schools Fight Over Gifted Kids" by Daniel Golden

Brain Drain: Initiative to Leave No Child Behind Leaves Out Gifted. Educators Divert Resources From Classes for Smartest To Focus on Basic Literacy By Daniel Golden

Our Gifted Online Conference is pleased to announce its first conference for 2005. It will be March 22-27 with guest expert, Sally M. Becker, EdD. She will guide us in the following: Organizing Your School Community in Support of Differentiation for the Gifted Learner

Ability Grouping Research Reviews--Susan Allan

Michigan Alliance for Gifted Ed

Register for the Midwest Talent Search ON-LINE!

Example of a Guide to Navigating a High School with a 6 period schedule. How to do the math so students make requirements and still have challenge.

Wanted! Volunteer to write how to navigate Grosse Pointe Schools. Send us an e-mail. gpagemichigan@lycos.com

Grosse Pointe Association for Gifted Education provides support for families and advocates for gifted education.















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Renew your membership with the Michigan Alliance directly. GPAGE has maintained affiliation status.







Attend a regional event to learn more about advocating and raising gifted students.







How are YOU supporting the children you work with--parents with teachers and vice versa? We can enrich our children's lives SO much more if we work TOGETHER. Math clubs, drama clubs, science clubs, parents sharing their 'expertise and interests' with the classrooms. We can complement each others efforts and the KIDS BENEFIT! Need ideas for your school or parent group? Call on the Michigan Alliance for Gifted Education--at our website, www.migiftedchild.org or just 'reply' to Marie Brucker, VP for Affiliates, m.brucker@comcast.net
Also at the Alliance website, you can plan ahead--sign up for the Karen Rogers' workshop in April for Differentiation on a shoe string! Parents can sign up too--learn what options are out there and how you can help. (Participants at Karen's first workshop & parent presentation said they were VERY helpful.)




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