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Stanford-Binet Test Published
Forever changed the conception of intellect with the introduction of a mental age. Limited and misused, but quite significant. -
Terman publishes Genetic Studies of Genius
The beginning of a long series of detailed efforts to truly define giftedness -
Hollingworth publishes Gifted Children: Their Nature and Nurture
In my opinion, the first in a long line of true efforts to move beyond identification to maximizing the learning potential of gifted students -
Sputnik Launched
Perhaps the "Pearl Harbor" of US gifted education, truly served to light a fire under the educational establishment about the needs of gifted students. -
National Defense Education Act passes (and PSSC)
The start of a concerted effort to improve US education, Physics education benefited directly from the growth in the PSSC pedagogy. -
Marland Report
From where California and other states truly started to develop and fund gifted programs, such as those championed by Richard Feynman (and his subsequently named and emulated school concepts) -
A Nation at Risk published
Report Realization that actual research-based pedagogy, and the beginnings of belief in what Renzulli was championing about the nature of challenge, not bury, those gifted learners! President Reagan was a chief proponent of this phase of educational reform -
National Excellence : The Case for Developing America's Talent published
an interesting look at that state of the effect of educational reforms, but perhaps too early and with suspect data. I believe that this process need to continue...! -
A Nation Deceived: How Schools Hold Back America’s Brightest Students
Hmmm, perhaps just throwing money at the problem doesn't solve it, a more informed and comprehensive approach is necessary to fully optimize education, especially for the gifted.
