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Early Systematic Efforts
William Torrey Harris is the first person to try and figure out a good, systematic way to educate gifted students. Harris was the superintendent of public schools for St. Louis, MO. -
Father of GE Movement
http://lifecourse.web.unc.edu/research_projects/terman/Lewis Terman, the man who was later termed "The Father of the Gifted Education Movement", published the Standord-Binet report that changes the way America viewed education and looked at intelligence testing. -
Leta Hollingsworth
Leta Hollingworth holds a class at PS 165 in NYC for gifted students. She calls it "The Special Opportunity Class". Her initiative sparked curiosity about what it means to be gifted and broadened awareness. This is so intriguing to me that even though she was from Nebraska, she chose to make her strides in New York - which, is understandable - but then never returned to replicate those strides in Nebraska. How much faster the concept of gifted education could have been more widespread! -
NAGC Founded
The National Associated of Gifted Children (NAGC) is founded!
NAGC promotes identifying gifted students to foster their talents, especially within the context of a diverse, complex educational world. https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/the-national-association-for-gifted-children-founded-1954-as-a-non-J8JJGNWh9O -
Sputnik
The US looks closer at schooling, especially math and science education. Money was poured into finding the brightest and most talented students. -
A Nation at Risk
A Nation at RiskPresident Ronald Reagan has his National Commission on Excellence in Education compile a report explaining "the educational foundations of our society are presently being eroded by a rising tide of mediocrity that threatens our very future." This report spurs more appropriate curriculum for all learners, including those gifted in math, science, or other! Nation at Risk -
No Child Left Behind
A clear education historical moment, NCLB impacted all areas of education, gifted included. Many arguments exist that NCLB stiffled the growth and opportunity of our most promising and intellectual students because costs were being spent to get everyone up to grade level. The goal is to accelerate everyone, in the minds of teachers, not just those who are below grade level. Inadvertently, Newton's Law applied and people started wondering about the opposite side of the pendulum, the gifted.
