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The Movie Gifted, NC State Schools Chief, Angel Harris, and Backyard Brains Co-Founder Tim Marzullo Among Headliners at NAGC17

November 14, 2017
A look back at the NAGC 64th Annual Convention (NAGC17) that got off to a roaring start with a student event at the NASCAR Hall of Fame and crossed the finish line with legends in the field of gifted education.

A Tribute to Alexinia Young Baldwin (1925 - 2017)

November 12, 2017
Alex started the first gifted program in the nation for African American students in the then-segregated schools in Alabama. Her experience in this ground breaking program was the basis of her research and the development of the Baldwin Identification Matrix.  

Kendall Hunt Publishing President Chad Chandlee Presents the 2017 Master’s & Specialist Award to Heather Vaughn

November 10, 2017
“Gifted education is so much more than providing strong resources in order to challenge today’s high-ability learners,” said Chad Chandlee, president of Kendall Hunt Publishing Company. 

NAGC17 Starts Up with STEM Learning at NASCAR Museum

November 7, 2017
The day before the NAGC 64th Annual Convention starts up, veteran NASCAR Crew Chief Doug Richert, who as a 19-year-old served as Dale Earnhardt’s chief during Earnhardt’s 1980 title season, joined NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver Austin Cindric at a special event at the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

Speaking from Experience: A Radically Accelerated Gifted Student

November 2, 2017
THE HIGH FLYER post is by Noel Jett who completed her B.S. in Psychology at Texas A&M University in 2015 at the age of 16, and she is in the third year of her Ph.D. program at the University of North Texas focusing in Gifted and Talented Education.  

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