by Charlotte Akin | Aug 3, 2020 | Education, Gifted, Gifted Children
For the past few years I have advocated with the Washington Coalition for Gifted Education on an equity bill for “highly capable” programs. The bill mandates universal screening in districts for gifted learners and strengthens teacher preparation. It...
by Charlotte Akin | Apr 22, 2020 | Gifted
First Steps: One School District Begins to Serve Its Gifted Students with Asperger Syndrome Introduction: Recently I picked up NeuroTribes by Steve Silberman, one in a long list of books I’ve been meaning to read. It reminded me of work I did when I was an...
by Charlotte Akin | Feb 5, 2020 | Education, Gifted
Imagine one and only one option for program services for all special needs students. That would include blind students, deaf students, learning impaired students, children with Asperger’s Syndrome and so forth. What single school program or service would educate all...
by Charlotte Akin | Sep 18, 2019 | Other Gifts
Working with extraordinary students is hardly new to me, but this summer was punctuated by the arrival of two boys I will call Daboud, a Palestinian from Gaza, and Ely, an Israeli. Jerusalem Peace Builders is affiliated with a successful peace-building program once...
by Charlotte Akin | May 21, 2019 | Education, Gifted, Gifted Children
By Charlotte A. Akin Back when I was a teacher, I would occasionally have the problem student whose mother came in for a conference. When I expressed the problem and spent real time going over possible solutions, sometimes it would result in positive change. But...
by Charlotte Akin | Jan 28, 2019 | Gifted
My November 2018 blog laid out a number of indicators of gifted children being treated differently in America’s schools. When compared to special education students, for example, the referral and assessment processes – and services – are widely different. That...
