by David Berg | Apr 10, 2013 | Advocacy, URGENT
The Washington Coalition for Gifted Education represents all Highly Capable children in Washington. We are calling for an increase in funding to 5%, as recommended by the Quality Education Council, so that all districts can identify and support every Highly Capable...
by David Berg | Mar 28, 2013 | URGENT
Gifted Education Advocates, We must convince legislators to increase funding for Highly Capable Education, and need your immediate action. Thank you in advance for your advocacy. Please do the following TODAY or TOMORROW. Please have students leave messages as well!...
by David Berg | Jan 18, 2011 | Legislative Outlook, URGENT
This is an urgent message deserving of your immediate attention. Today the House Ways & Means committee heard proposed substitute house bill 1086 and has fast tracked it for executive session on Thursday, January 19, at 3:30 pm. This bill provides no funding to...
by David Berg | Dec 15, 2010 | Legislative Outlook, URGENT
“Failure to help the gifted child is a societal tragedy, the extent of which is difficult to measure, but which is surely great. How can we measure the sonata unwritten, the curative drug undiscovered, the absence of political insight? They are the difference between...
by David Berg | Dec 7, 2010 | Legislative Outlook, URGENT, WCGE Update
There is a face-off going on down in Olympia. The Governor v. the Legislature. The Governor v. her own Democrats. The Democrats v. the Republicans. The House v. the Senate. And caught right in the middle is funding for Highly Capable Programs in the supplemental...
by David Berg | Dec 7, 2010 | Legislative Outlook, URGENT
Several parents from Seattle have sent the attached letter to Governor Gregoire, Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown, Speaker of the House Frank Chopp, and members of the Seattle Legislative Delegation. They’ve also created an on-line petition that you...
