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We have asynchronous kids. They do things on their own schedules. Some things happen very fast, and they fly past their same-age peers. Other things take more time. It’s okay. It’s part of the gifted game, and I am learning to accept that. — Read on wonderschooling.net/2017/11/01/kids-dont-skip-stages/

The answer is simple: it’s popular. It is easy to kick-around gifted education. It is easy to make jokes about nerdy and unathletic kids. And it is easy to not worry about gifted kids because… — Read on medium.com/@mere.austin/gifted-education-receives-the-death-penalty-in-texas-f23a530de105

I am speaking in Colorado today to gifted educators from across the state. Although our topic is Giftedness in Poverty, many are also parents of gifted children. I hope I can encourage them to join us as we discover our willingness as parents and as educators to learn and grow in our understanding of Giftedness.Continue reading “The Power of Learning”

https://giftedchallenges.blogspot.com/2019/02/when-your-gifted-child-disappoints.html

I have spent the last couple of days sorting through antique photos from my grandmother, who passed away in 1966. She attended Huntsville Normal College, a teacher college that later turned into Sam Houston State University. Before she married, she taught in little towns like Sherwood, Texas. This photo was a gift to her onContinue reading “A Woman Who is a Mother is a Teacher and a Friend”

Gifted Girls: Let Them Fly – Practical Pedagogs — Read on practicalpedagogs.com/2019/03/03/gifted-girls-let-them-fly/amp/

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