Center for Gifted Education Policy (CGEP)

The Center's mission is to generate public awareness, advocacy, clinical applications, and cutting-edge research ideas that will enhance the achievement and performance of children and adolescents with special gifts and talents in all domains, including the academic disciplines, the performing arts, sports, and the professions.

• CATALYST Project
  Catalyst is a year-long mentorship program for high school juniors and seniors to work alongside Masters in the fields of chemistry and art. The program, funded by the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, focuses on providing top-notch research experience, guidance and peer support for talented students with a demonstrated interest in these fields. For more information, please visit the Catalyst Project page.

• 2009 Catalyst Participants

• 2008 Catalyst Participants

• 2007 Catalyst Participants

• Study of the Impact of Specialized Public High Schools of Science, Math, and Technology
  Funded by the National Science Foundation, this research study will analyze the contributions made by specialized high schools to the pipeline of scientific research as compared to conventional high schools.

• Pinnacle Model
  The Pinnacle Model is the model upon which CGEP services for gifted students is based. The Pinnacle Model brings together developed and developing talent in seven important disciplines. This project's summit brings together established masters in the arts and sciences, outstanding researchers and professionals beginning careers (for each discipline), and extraordinarily talented high school students (one in each of the disciplines).

• CGEP listserv
  The CGEP listserv® is a forum of over 400 subscribers from around the world that encourages communication among researchers in gifted studies and education.

CGEP in Print

The Development of Giftedness and Talent Across the Life Span Edited by Frances Degen Horowitz, Rena F. Subotnik, and Dona J. Matthews

In this volume, renowned developmental psychologists and experts in gifted education come together to explore giftedness from early childhood through the elder years. Focusing on the practical implications of emerging theoretical perspectives and empirical findings, contributors examine prediction and measurement, diversity issues, and psychosocial factors as they relate to developing talent in different domains.

Gifted Youth of the 1939 World's Fair
Documentary of the IBM research facility for gifted youth in the sciences that grew out of the 1939 World's Fair. Many of these youth became nobel scientists, business leaders and mentors to gifted youth.

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