These two newsletters of The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented (NRC/GT) present articles concerned with research on the education of gifted and talented students. The articles include: "NRC/GT: Making Decisions and Determining Next Steps" (E. Jean Gubbins); "Free Summer Programs for Talented Teens" (D. Betsy McCoach); "High End Learning in the Diverse Middle School: Investigating the Possibilities" (Catherine Brighton and Holly Hertberg); "Gender Issues in Gifted Education" (Lynn Rose); "NRC/GT through the Year 2000" (E. Jean Gubbins); "What's in a Word?" (Susan T. Dinnocenti); "Inventive Differentiation" (Julie Rossbach); "Mentorship at Its Best" (Nancy Lashaway-Bokina); "Extraordinary Gifts Often Come in Plain Brown Wrappers" (Fred A. Bonner, II); and"Curriculum Compacting: A Necessity for Academic Advancement." (Each article contains references.) (DB)