These five issues of the serial "Communicator" published during 1993 discuss various aspects of gifted education, focusing, respectively, on mathematics and science, middle school gifted, parenting the gifted, talent development, and high school gifted. Articles include: "Our Most Important Investment for the Future: The Education of Our Youth" (Marian C. Diamond); "Making Math and Science Accessible and Meaningful to Girls: An Economic Imperative" (Mary Thomas-Vallens); "Mathematical Thinking at Its Best" (Marcy Cook); "Math in Motion: A Hands-On Creative Approach to Teaching Mathematics in Elementary Schools Using Origami" (Barbara Pearl); "Accelerating in Mathematics: Academic and Social-Emotional Impact" (Terry A. Thomas); "Fast-Paced High School Science for the Academically Talented: A Six-Year Perspective" (Sharon J. Lynch); "Middle School Madness" (Terry A. Thomas); "Developing Leadership during the Middle School Years" (Margaret Gosfield); "Middle School Survey Report: Impact on Gifted Students (Executive Summary)" (Mary Ruth Coleman and James J. Gallegher); "Parenting the Middle School Gifted Child" (Sharon Freitas); "In Search of the Owner's Manual" (Terrie Gray); "Talent Development in Education" (John F. Feldhusen); "Schools Are Places for Talent Development: New Directions for the Schoolwide Enrichment Model" (Joseph S. Renzulli); "The Development of Academic Talent" (Joyce VanTassel-Baska); "Dealing with the Challenges of Reform and Restructuring: Will Gifted Education Survive?" (Donald J. Treffinger); and "Summer Seminar '93--California in the 21st Century" (Janis Van Dreal). Issues also contain editorials, poetry, and columns. (JDD)