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Lakin, Joni M.; Stambaugh, Tamra; Ihrig, Lori M.; Mahatmya, Duhita; Assouline, Susan G. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2022
Rural schools, especially smaller ones, offer enormous opportunities for teachers to get to know their students and to cultivate their academic talents. However, students with potential in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) face specific obstacles to having their talents fully realized in rural schools. Joni Lakin, Tamra…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Talent Development, STEM Education, Barriers
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Assouline, Susan – Gifted Child Today, 2021
The invitation to write a brief summary highlighting Belin-Blank Center partnerships that support talent development in youth led my mind to channel the 1946 Frank Capra movie, "It's a Wonderful Life." The existential storyline from that classic film reveals the merit of relationships when considered from the vantage of nonexistence. The…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Talent Development, Partnerships in Education, Advocacy
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Henshon, Suzanna E. – Roeper Review, 2011
This article presents an interview with Camilla P. Benbow, the Patricia and Rodes Hart Dean of Education and Human Development at Vanderbilt University's Peabody College, a position she has held since 1998. Benbow began her academic career at Johns Hopkins University and subsequently taught at Iowa State University, where she was named…
Descriptors: Gifted, Talent Identification, Educational Experience, Department Heads
Croft, Laurie – Understanding Our Gifted, 2004
This article features the Connie Belin & Jacqueline N. Blank International Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development, and describes how the University of Iowa College of Education offers teacher education through the Belin-Blank dynamic model of professional development. As a part of the University of Iowa College of Education, the…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Academically Gifted, Talent, Professional Development
Epstein, Alicia; Eddy, Brenda; Williams, Michael; Socha, Julia – National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET), University of Minnesota, 2006
Years of youth development research have yielded consensus by researchers, practitioners, and government representatives regarding what young people need for healthy development. Both environmental and social factors are now seen as critical elements for youth development programs. Addressing these factors creates a foundation for the development…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Youth Programs, Environmental Influences, Social Influences