
Coppell Gifted Association Tod Farrell and CISD Engineering students taught K-3rd graders how to build and launch water rockets.

Coppell Gifted Association Wow...really impressed with The Center for Talent Development's online learning presentation at NAGC. Great resource just a click away!

Coppell Gifted Association After the mornings intake of information and speakers at NAGC, feeling very fortunate to be in a district with a progressive and open attitude towards creating great experiences for our children.

Coppell Gifted Association Opening session of NAGC last night with Josh Waitzkin, perhaps most well-known from being the subject of The Search for Bobby Fisher. Waitzkin shared his story about his passion for learning and his journey. He even touched on his loss of love for the game of chess for several years because of the way a teacher tried to force him to play, rather than the way he loved to play.

Coppell Gifted Association Bret Brummitt (Austin Parent), Susan Creighton (CHS), Jean Guidry (Austin), Todd Kettler (Director of Advanced Academics), Kari Lockwood (Austin), Gina Peddy (CHS), and Stacie Nickols (Lakeside) are headed to NAGC tomorrow! Encourage them if you see them today!

Sixdedicated educators in CISD will attend the National Association for Gifted Children’s “Gateway to Gifted” annual conferencein St. Louis from November 5th through 8th. Susa...

Last year we had our first MOSAIC Creative Problem Solving event. Students learned the skills of creative problem solving and tackled a mess involving childhood obesity — with additional issues of governmental control on monitoring and limiting electronic gaming. ...

Coppell Gifted Association Tod Farrell and CISD Engineering students taught K-3rd graders how to build and launch water rockets.

Coppell Gifted Association Anyone read Outliers and have thoughts on it related to gifted kids? Really reinforces how important it is that we give our children the opportunity to succeed.

I know we have heard a lot of press about NCLB. However, it can’t be repeated often enough that creating a world where we want everyone to achieve milestones at exactly the same time hurts gifted kids. ...

A film crew from Japan recently taped footage of gifted education practices at the DaVinci Academy in Elgin, Illinois. The content will be part of a documentary, to be aired in October on a major Japanese network, about U.S. teaching techniques for gifted students. “The U.S. ...




















