Gifted education policies vary across the United States. Previous studies have demonstrated a disconnect between these policies at state and district levels, but alignment of school-level practices with state and/or district policies is unknown. To further examine these relationships, we examined via qualitative document analysis state and…

The gifted remain an often misunderstood and underserved population. In this interview, Dr. Pfeiffer discusses these concerns and provides practitioners with timely information on who exactly the gifted are and the various ways in which they are unique. In this reflective conversation, Dr. Pfeiffer, a noted authority on gifted and talented…

In this reflective conversation, Ugur Sak discusses the current "state of the art" of gifted education in Turkey. He reviews the use of enrichment, discusses acceleration and reviews curricular procedures in Turkey. He responds to questions about the identification of gifted students and discusses the age old debate of talent versus…

A study explored gifted education in Slovenia and found the following positive developments: new school legislation that provides pupils with the possibility of acceleration, pedagogically important international expert scientific conferences on giftedness, introduction of financially supported additional classes for gifted elementary students,…

The paper discusses the concept of giftedness and outlines adaptation strategies in Nigeria to meet the needs of gifted students at the primary and junior secondary levels, senior secondary level, and university level. Adaptations include use of a mental age requirement for school admission, curriculum enrichment, acceleration, and special…

This paper examines possibilities in allowing accelerated progression of talented students in the New South Wales (Australia) education system. The concept of acceleration is supported by a review of the research evidence showing that accelerated students have usually been more successful than nonaccelerated peers. (DB)