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Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2023
For far too long, the United States has neglected and wasted an enormous amount of human potential--much of it among groups that have never been given the opportunities they deserve. We're talking about bright students, advanced learners, striving pupils, and those with high but untapped potential--especially those who are Black, Hispanic, Native…
Descriptors: Advanced Students, Advanced Courses, Human Capital, Talent Development
Office of Science and Technology Policy, Washington, DC. – 1992
This report examines the relationship between the federal government and research intensive universities (RIUs) in light of loss of public confidence, changes in the economy, and international challenges. In reviewing the health of the nation's research intensive universities and their relationship with the federal government the report looks at…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Accountability, Educational Trends, Federal Aid
Demmon-Berger, Debbie – Updating School Board Policies, 1985
Although 70 percent of the 1,600 schools responding to a survey by the Sid Richardson Foundation in Forth Worth, Texas provides some sort of program for the gifted, this was often found to be only "enrichment." An example of a school system that has gone beyond enrichment is that of Frederick County, Maryland. The system provides an…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Acceleration (Education), Advanced Placement Programs, Community Attitudes
Illinois Univ., Urbana. Inst. for Child Behavior and Development. – 1985
The Bringing Out Head Start Talents (BOHST) project modified existing materials and procedures from the Retrieval and Acceleration of Promising Young Handicapped and Talented (RAPYHT) model in order to train Head Start personnel, parents, and volunteers to identify and program for Head Start children who are functionally or potentially…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Gifted, Outcomes of Education, Parent Participation