by Charlotte Akin, M.Ed. | Jul 6, 2022 | Gifted
July, 2022 IntroductionIn 2001 a federal law commonly called No Child Left Behind (NCLB) was passed. It prioritized getting our lowest students to grade level benchmarks. Districts are evaluated by this. In some districts teachers are evaluated by this. Local...
by Charlotte Akin, M.Ed. | Oct 6, 2021 | Education, Gifted, Gifted Children
By Charlotte A. Akin, M.Ed.October, 2021In 2009 Washington State included highly capable students as part of basic educations, saying that for these students “access to an accelerated pace and enhanced learning” was, in fact, basic education for these students....
by Charlotte Akin, M.Ed. | Aug 3, 2020 | Education, Gifted, Gifted Children
August, 2020 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....
by Charlotte Akin, M.Ed. | Apr 22, 2020 | Gifted
April, 2020 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...
by Charlotte Akin, M.Ed. | Feb 5, 2020 | Education, Gifted
February, 2020 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...
by Charlotte Akin, M.Ed. | May 21, 2019 | Education, Gifted, Gifted Children
May, 2019 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 sometimes it...
