Excellence & Equity
Blog of the Gifted Education Family Network
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By Clint Von Gundy In his posthumously published novel The Garden of Eden, Ernest Hemingway wrote, “Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.” The notion that gifted people are more emotionally fragile, more socially maladjusted, more prone to mental illness, or just generally more miserable than their non-gifted peers–what’s also known as…
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by Jaret Hodges, Ph.D. Identifying students as twice exceptional is hard work. A big reason why this is the case is due to the fact that this group of students constitutes a nonlinearly separable one. In other words, percentages, thresholds, and checklists don’t cut it. These students would need a set of tests nuanced and…
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by Jaret Hodges, Ph.D. Academics have many terms with which to describe why identifying students as twice exceptional is difficult: non-linear decision surfaces; non-convex class separation, and (one of my favorites) non-linear discriminant structures. All these are fancy ways of saying that the traits of twice-exceptional students overlap with the traits of gifted students and…
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Getting Beyond “Nothing” and “Fine” Around the Dinner Table with Depth and Complexity By Clint Von Gundy Merry Back to School to all who celebrate! After a few years away, wandering in the desert of corporate consulting, I made the decision to return to the public school classroom. I will, for the first time, be…
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By Selcuk Acar, University of North Texas Research Title: Great expectations: The parental pursuit of optimal gifted programming. Researchers: Celeste D. C. Sodergren, Todd Kettler, & Jessica McKamie. Parents of gifted children often notice their kids’ exceptional talents early on. Whether it’s a knack for math, an interest in reading above their grade level, or…
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Advocacy for public education and GT education has become more important than ever. Multiple bills have been filed that could impact Texas GT students, and as a parent or educator of GT students, your voice is needed this spring. Please read on for news and easy action steps every GT parent can take right now…
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On Being a Father of a Gifted High-Achieving Millennial Boy An analysis of the article “Paternal Influence on Gifted High-Achieving Millennial Males” By Thomas P. Hébert (published in Journal for the Education of the Gifted) by Dr. Selcuk Acar PhD Parenting gifted youth is attracting increasing attention from researchers, and some of these studies provide valuable…
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By Clint Von Gundy Regardless of how one feels about the results of the most recent election, whether rage, elation, or simple ennui, one has to admit that the American political landscape has shifted dramatically. As a nation, we are entering into truly unknown territory. Given the gravity of our current situation, many reading this…
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