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TIMELINE FILM FRAME

1922

1954

1901

1869

1916

Space Race

Brown vs. the Board of Education

Hereditary Genius

gifted children

Sputnik

intelligence testing

Leta S. Hollingworth

In 1869, Francis Galton’s seminal work, Hereditary Genius, was published, suggesting that intelligence was passed through successive generations.

In 1901, the first special school for gifted children opened in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Moving on to 1916, The Stanford-Binet was published in the United States, forever changing intelligence testing and the face of American education.

Began the Special Opportunity Class at P. S. 165 in New York City for gifted students.

Supreme Court ruling in Brown vs. the Board of Education ended “separate but equal education.”

The Soviet Union launch Sputnik, sparking the United States to reexamine its human capital and the quality of American education, particularly in mathematics and science.

TIMELINE FILM FRAME

1974

1983

1964

1958

1972

1988

National Defense Education Act

Civil Rights Act

Maryland Report

Office of GT

A Nation at Risk

Jacob Javits ACT

In 1958, The National Defense Education Act passed. This was the first large-scale effort in gifted education by the federal government.

The Civil Rights Act passed in 1964, emphasizing equal opportunities including those in education.

The first formal definition was issued encouraging schools to define giftedness broadly.

Housed within the U.S. Office of Education was given official status.

Reported scores of America’s brightest students and their failure to compete with international counterparts.

The Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, establishing funds for research in gifted and talented education.

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Today

2019

1990

1998

2004

System Failure: Access Denied

Texas State Plan

Reflective Question

A Nation Deceived

NAGC

The Education of Gifted/Talented Students was adopted by the Texas State Board of Education that included a commitment to high-level learning opportunities for G/T learners.

Using the data provided to The Office for Civil Rights, this report provided state-by-state report cards on the laws concerning gifted education; access to public schools that identify gifted students; equity in gifted education identification practices; and missingness—those students who could/should have been identified but were not.

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First published Pre-K–Grade 12 Gifted Programming Standards to provide guidance in seven key areas for programs serving gifted and talented students.

A national research-based report on acceleration strategies for advanced learners.