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Friends: Yesterday, I received a copy of the Court Order, dated August 9, granting the petition of Portland TAG parents for a summary judgement in the case concerning Talented and Gifted services in

Friends: A very nice story about Karsten and Karensa Gimre aired on Oregon Public Radio this evening. The story included comments by Jan Davidson (Karsten has just received a Davidson grant). You can

Friends: My husband has informed me that NASA has an Aerospace Education Services Program that will provide a specialist to speak in your classroom. To schedule a program and/or workshop, send a

August 11, 2005 Student achievement shows real gains in elementary, middle and high schools; Portland Public Schools students outgain state on most tests NEWS RELEASE Contact: Sarah Carlin Ames,

Friends: This comes from the Superintendent's Pipeline. Margaret Two outstanding Oregon high school students will be selected to spend a week in Washington, D.C. observing the federal government in

Friends: This came from the Superintentent's Pipeline Margaret 2006 Oregon Teacher of the Year It’s that time again when the Oregon Department of Education begins to look ahead to the Oregon Teacher

Friends: This is from the Superintendent's Pipeline Margaret English/Language Arts Instructional Materials The Department of Education will be establishing recommendations for state-adopted

NEWS ADVISORY, Contact: Sarah Carlin Ames, Portland Public Schools, 503-916-3212 NOTE: Please publicize these meetings as appropriate in your community calendars or websites. Portland, Ore. Everyone

Friends: Below is an update from Jane Clarenbach, the NAGC lobbyist. Sen. Wyden was a signatory of the letter she mentions (from Sen. Grassley); Sen. Smith was not. As I will be out of town soon, if

SB 1071, which creates Oregon Virtual School District within Department of Education to provide on-line courses to public school students, was moved out of Senate Special Committee on Budget with a

Friends: This item came from our State Superintendent of Education's newsletter. Some groups prefer to use the term "growth models" instead of Value-Added Assessment. One disadvantage of many growth

Friends: This item came from the newsletter of our State Superintendent of Public Instruction Margaret DeLacy Military Enlists Marketer to Get Data on Students for Recruiters By Mark Mazzetti, Los

Friends: I am forwarding the message below with permission from Meredith who asked me to add that the proposed 300.309 (a)(1) changes "age and ability" to "age" - again to the detriment of gifted

Subject: House non-vote Good morning, Due to some parliamentary maneuvering, the Kirk amendment to restore funding for the Javits program was NOT considered by the House of Representatives today.

[From Jane Clarenbach, the NAGC lobbyist] Greetings, Thank you to everyone who called their Representative(s) in support of the Javits program on the eve of the House Appropriations Committee vote. As

Hi, Rik: It's nice to know that someone is reading my website and using the links! The Homeschooling faqs moved to http://www.ode.state.or.us/teachlearn/specialty/home/faqguidelines.pdf while I wasn't

Hi Margaret, I noticed some dead links while looking http://www.tagpdx.org/#Homeschooling_in_Oregon refers to http://www.ode.state.or.us/pcs/homesch/faqguidelines.pdf which is 404 Oops: I forgot the

Friends: Below is an excerpt from an article that appeared in the School Administrator. For more on Value-Added (or "progress assessment") you can go to http://www.tagpdx.org/tvaas.htm I was

THE THIRD BIENNIAL BELIN-BLANK ADVANCED LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE Acceleration: What America Needs to Know July 7-8, 2005 Sponsored by: The Belin-Blank Center for Gifted Education The College of Education,