History of Gifted Education

By RobinB22

  • First effort to educate gifted students in public school.

    First effort to educate gifted students in public school.
    William Torrey Harris, institutes the earliest systematic efforts to educate gifted students in public schools

  • Lewis Terman publishes Stanford-Binet.

    Lewis Terman publishes Stanford-Binet.
    Lewis Terman, the father of the gifted education movement, publishes the Stanford-Binet,changing intelligence testing and American education.

  • Leta Hollingsworth publishes Gifted Children, their Nature and Nurture.

    Leta Hollingsworth publishes Gifted Children, their Nature and Nurture.
    Leta Hollingsworth publishes the first textbook on gifted education.

  • National Association of Gifted Children is founded

    National Association of Gifted Children is founded
    The National Association of Gifted Children is founded under the leadership of Ann Isaacs.

  • A Nation at Risk

    A Nation at Risk
    A Nation at Risk reports American's brightest students can't compete with their international counterparts. Policies and practices are instituted for gifted education to promote appropriate curriculum for gifted learners.

  • A Nation Deceived: How Schools Hold Back America's Brightest Students

    A Nation Deceived: How Schools Hold Back America's Brightest Students
    A Nation Deceived: How Schools Hold Back America's Brightest Students, publishes strategies for acceleration for advanced learners and is published by the Belin-Blank Center at the University of Iowa.

  • NAGC publishes standards for gifted education teachers.

    NAGC publishes standards for gifted education teachers.
    NAGC publishes national standards for gifted education teachers for knowledge and skills in teaching gifted education.