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Criteria for Excellence
MSDE Gifted and Talented Program Guidelines |
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Maryland Coalition of Gifted and Talented Education (MCGATE)
MCGATE is a gifted education advocacy group made up of educators, parents, students, and other interested persons or groups that focuses on public policy and educational practices that may affect the successful education of gifted, talented, and highly able students in Pre-K through grade 12 including those students who may be identified as gifted with special learning needs. |
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Center for Gifted Education at the College of William & Mary
The Center for Gifted Education is a learning community that
values and fosters the talent development process of
individuals over the lifespan. |
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The National Association for Gifted
Children (NAGC)
The association is an organization of parents, educators,
other professionals and community leaders who unite to
address the unique needs of children and youth with
demonstrated gifts and talents as well as those children who
may be able to develop their talent potential with
appropriate educational experiences.
NAGC Brochure: Is My Child Gifted? |
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Johns Hopkins Univ. Center for
Talented Youth: Recommendations for Gifted and Talented
Education in Maryland
In September 1993, the Maryland State Superintendent of
Schools established the Maryland Task Force on Gifted and
Talented Education. The charge to the task force was "to
study the current status of gifted and talented education
across the State of Maryland and make appropriate
recommendations." This is their report, complete with
recommendation, published in 1994. |
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Center for Talent Development @ Northwest University
Center for Talent Development (CTD), housed at Northwestern University’s School of Education and Social Policy, is an accredited learning center and research facility that has been taking families’ notions of what learning is and introducing them to what learning should be for nearly 30 years. |
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Individual Differences in Learning
Association, Inc.
The group provides information and support for the parents
and teachers of gifted children with learning disabilities
(including ADHD). |
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The National Research Center on the
Gifted and Talented
The NRC plans and conducts theory-driven quantitative and
qualitative research that is problem-based,
practice-relevant, and consumer-oriented. Our mission
includes a broad-based dissemination function, and the
formation of a nationwide cooperative of researchers,
practitioners, policy makers, and other persons and groups
that have a stake in the psychology and education of
high-potential youth from preschool through post-secondary
levels. |
