by David Berg | Sep 14, 2013 | WCGE Update
FINANCIAL STATUS OF THE COALITION The major expense of the Coalition is the monthly retainer we pay our lobbyist. We’d like to pay her more but our yearly income won’t stretch that far. Three questions you may ask: (1) Why does the Coalition need a...
by David Berg | Sep 6, 2013 | Uncategorized
Services for Highly Capable students are a required part of basic education. As the new school year begins, OSPI has begun implementation of the revised WAC for Highly Capable Programs and regards the 2013-2014 school year as transitional, one in which districts are...
by David Berg | Jun 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
I’m an advocate. So are you. You may not believe it, but I do. Advocacy seems to scare people. Sometimes I think it’s not the actions of being an advocate, it’s the word. Parents tell me all the time that they’re glad there are people like...
by David Berg | Jun 15, 2013 | WCGE Update
The Coalition is pleased to announce that David Berg, Puyallup, and Janis Traven, Seattle, will be co-presidents for the next year. Both sit on the State Gifted Advisory Board and served on the Highly Capable Program Technical Working Group. Both have been active in...
by David Berg | May 6, 2013 | Advocacy, Parent Education, Professional Development
In 2009, Washington State passed legislation that made highly capable programming part of the state’s definition of basic education. The change was part of a package of reforms that were to be phased in between 2009 and 2018. In 2011, the highly capable...
