By Jonathan Plucker, Ph.D. December 07, 2016 If you have any friends concerned with gifted education—or educational excellence in general—you saw them doing cartwheels last week, and for good reason: The final Every Student Succeeds Act accountability regulations were released, Read More …
When (and how) should gifted education teachers apply general teaching principles vs specialized instruction in their gifted education classrooms? In what circumstances are gifted learners like all others in classrooms around the world and when are they uniquely different? Read More …
Jonathan Plucker, Ph.D. (February 01, 2018) The new Fordham Institute report, Is There a Gifted Gap?, gave me a lot of food for thought this week. Let’s start with some important positives: Although gifted education research is in many ways Read More …
by Jonathan Plucker and Scott J. Peters on January 9,2017 Katie and Susan are both precocious nine year-olds attending the same elementary school. Both have grown up in the same town, and both are considered proficient according to grade-level standards. Read More …
As I travel the country, working with educators and policymakers on narrowing gaps in advanced performance among groups of students (“excellence gaps”), I’m usually struck by two themes, one encouraging and the other worrisome. On the positive side, people are Read More …
Draft ESSA regulations: A mixed bag for educational excellence Jonathan Plucker, Ph.D. Brandon L. Wright April 11, 2016 The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requires a “negotiated rulemaking” process whenever the Department of Education issues regulations under parts of the Read More …
Poverty, Ed Reform, and the Most Important Foundation You’ve Probably Never Heard Of (December 5, 2014) On Poverty, Ed Reform, and the Most Important Foundation You’ve Probably Never Heard Of By Guest Blogger on December 5, 2014 8:27 AM Note: Read More …
International tests highlight achievement gap (February 22, 2013), Two education professors weigh in on why Coloradans need to continue to embrace school reform by modernizing the way schools are funded. As Colorado enters the homestretch of its efforts to overhaul Read More …
What Matters is What’s Measured – Not Who Measures It. With David and Leslie Rutkowski (December 2. 2014), What matters is what’s measured — not who measures it 12.02.14 | Learning on the EDge | 1 Comment By David Rutkowski, Read More …
The Common Core Can Be Great for Gifted Students … But That’s Not Guaranteed (December 5, 2014) From Where I Sit: We Need to Work Together to Make the Common Core Work for Gifted Students (December 11, 2014), both Read More …