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PAGE publishes a variety of information for its members. Some are original works, and some are reproductions or summarizations of other sources. PAGE is the single best source of information on gifted education for educators and parents in the state of Pennsylvania. Contact the PAGE UPDATE Editor

 

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Special Publications

PAGE-PSEA Teacher Handbook - Understanding and Challenging the Gifted

An informative booklet aimed at regular education teachers. It discusses how gifted learners are different from most students, and offers strategies for meeting their needs. ** Booklet made possible through the financial generosity of PSEA and by the collaborative efforts of PAGE members and PSEA staff.

 

PAGE-Parent Handbook

 

PAGE Update

PAGE Update is a quarterly newsletter. Here's a representative sample of content:

President's Message - PAGE support for Grassroots Efforts National Organization Releases Study on Grouping in Schools Courses for Parents of Gifted Children Book Review Bringing Out the Best

NAGC Issues Position Paper Inclusion Can Work Affiliate News Excellence for All

* See ‘Member’s Only” area for additional UPDATES and Bulletins

 

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PAGE Bulletins

Bulletins are each devoted to a single topic and authored primarily by Pennsylvania educators who are experts in the subject area. New Bulletins are mailed to members as they become available.

 

• Academic Acceleration
  

• Alternatives to Public Schools for Gifted Students
  

• Brain Research and the Gifted and Talented Student
  

• Challenging the Gifted: Transforming Memory-Based Questions into Higher Level Questions
  

• Chapter 16: Special Education for the Gifted-What Schools and Parents Need to Know and Do
  

• Comprehensive Assessment
  

• Developing Thinking in the Gifted
  

• Dual Exceptionalities
  

• Evaluation of Gifted Programs
  

• Gifted Education and the Law (1997)

• Inclusion
  

• Middle School Programs for Gifted Students
  

• Nurturing Multiple Intelligences
  

• Overcoming Underachievement
  

• Pennsylvania Department of Education Gifted Guidelines at a Glance
  

• A Proposal for Restructuring Secondary Gifted Education
  

• Tracking, Ability Grouping and the Gifted
  

 

Affiliate Handbook Exerpts

Exerpts reflect the knowledge and expertise of our affiliate leaders across the state:



• How to Start An Affiliate Chapter
  

• Goal Setting
  

• Key Issues to Discuss with Administrators
  

• What to do with an Affiliate Chapter

 

Selected Readings

• National Security and Educational Excellence (2005) – This info is for members only, if you'd like to have access to all PAGE documents, please JOIN TODAY!

• A Quiet Crisis is Clouding the Future of R&D (Renzulli, May 2005) – This info is for members only, if you'd like to have access to all PAGE documents, please JOIN TODAY!

• Read Time Magazine’s intriguing “Saving the Smart Kids” Sept. 2004 article regarding the report and acceleration in our schools – This info is for members only, if you'd like to have access to all PAGE documents, please JOIN TODAY!

• Read “A Nation Deceived”

 

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PA School Funding Campaign

• Learn about the critical PA School Funding Campaign

• About the Campaign (Feb. 2010)

• Good Schools Pennsylvania – 10 key questions about the 2010-2011 state education budget.

• PTA Publications

• Gubernatorial Candidate Links

• PA School Funding

• Blueprint doesn't fix No Child Left Behind

   

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