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Need Your Support for Javits Gifted and Talented Education Act! |
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FISCAL YEAR 2011: YOUR ASSISTANCE NEEDED THIS WEEK
As the fiscal year (FY) 2011 process kicks off in Congress, NAGC asks your assistance this week to garner support for the Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act.
Long-time gifted and talented education supporters in Congress are circulating “Dear Colleague” letters, requesting Representatives (or Senators) to join them on a letter to the Appropriations Committee subcommittees that fund education programs. Our ability to gather co-signers is an important indication of support for the program. As you know, the Javits Act is the only federal program specifically focused on the needs of America’s 3 million academically gifted students
Please contact your Representative and Senators in support of the program. The House deadline is this week, so those calls should be made first.
For more information, click here.
New national study finds equity and opportunity threatened by growing national “excellence gap”
Mind the (Other) Gap!: The Growing Excellence Gap in K-12 Education, a new report from the Indiana University Center for Evaluation and Education Policy, finds that the achievement gaps among high-ability students from different economic, racial and linguistic backgrounds in the U.S. are large and growing.
The comprehensive study of NAEP longitudinal and state data indicate that at the current pace of achievement, even improving gaps could take more than a century to close. In praising the report, NAGC executive director Nancy Green said, "the ever-widening excellence gap is a tragedy-in-waiting that can only be addressed by devoting attention and resources to meet the unique learning needs of high-potential students.”
Download a copy of the report.
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