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What We’re Reading | Oct 22nd, 2025
How Brilliant Toddlers Became the Center of Attention in New York's Mayoral Race Mamdani’s proposal to scale back gifted-and-talented program sparks controversy in America’s largest school district by Owen Tucker-Smith Oct. 22, 2025 6:30 pm ET
Remembering Dr. Jim Delisle
I want to extend sincere gratitude and deep respect to Dr. Jim Delisle. For 40 years, Dr. Delisle's scholarship and advocacy helped countless parents and teachers across the country understand that gifted learners are whole people—brimming with ability, curiosity, and...
Accelerated Learning and Enhanced Instruction, by Austina De Bonte
Washington state’s laws around highly capable programs are deceptively open-ended. Unlike in other states, there are no explicit qualification criteria, no mandated tests, and districts have quite a bit of latitude in designing a program that meets their students’...
OSPI Report to the Legislature | Update: Highly Capable Students 2023
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE UPDATE: Highly Capable Students 2023 Authorizing Legislation: RCW 28A.185.050 Jon Ram Mishra, Ed.D. Assistant Superintendent of Elementary, Early Learning, and Federal Programs (EELFP) Prepared...
2023 WAETAG Poyneer Advocacy Award Recipient: Marcia Holland
We are pleased to share that Marcia Holland, a longtime advocate and member of the Washington Coalition for Gifted Education, has received the 2023 WAETAG Barbara Poyneer Advocacy Award. Her tireless, effective, and inspiring advocacy has helped shape Highly Capable...
An interview with Austina De Bonte
The Fordham Institute's Brandon L. Wright interviews WaCoalition Board of Directors President Austina De Bonte about the passage of Washington State's new Universal Screening for Highly Capable bill SB5072. Read full article.