<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Hi Mark,</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br><span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>NAGC has done a lot of work on this. The link below includes NAGC's statement on the CCSS and gifted learners as well as research:</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.nagc.org/CommonCoreStateStandards.aspx">http://www.nagc.org/CommonCoreStateStandards.aspx</a><br><span></span></div><div
class="yui_3_7_2_33_1369577245899_118" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Of course, better research opportunities become available only after CCSS are implemented.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br><span></span></div><div class="yui_3_7_2_33_1369577245899_54" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>As usual, the statement's language is a huge understatement when it comes to highly, exceptionally, and profoundly gifted learners.</span></div><div class="yui_3_7_2_33_1369577245899_54" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color:
transparent; font-style: normal;"><br><span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Anne</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div class="y_msg_container"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> "Bohland, Mark" <mbohland@mvcsd.us><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br></span></b></font>I must wonder aloud if the gifted community as a whole has
any sense of what “common core” actually means for the education of gifted students. I'm not sure I do.<br><br>Has there been state or national discussion/debate of the issue? Have I just missed it? Has there been something scholarly published that addressed the question?<br></div> </div> </div> </blockquote></div> </div></body></html>