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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Thanks so much for sharing this!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Just an FYI: Jonathan Plucker was on faculty at the University of Indiana (you can read more about him at
<a href="http://portal.education.indiana.edu/ProfilePlaceHolder/tabid/6210/Default.aspx?u=jplucker">
http://portal.education.indiana.edu/ProfilePlaceHolder/tabid/6210/Default.aspx?u=jplucker</a>) when he wrote the original report entitled
<i>Mind the [Other] Gap</i>; that report is available at <a href="https://www.iub.edu/~ceep/Gap/excellence/ExcellenceGapBrief.pdf">
https://www.iub.edu/~ceep/Gap/excellence/ExcellenceGapBrief.pdf</a>. There is additional information available at
<a href="https://www.iub.edu/~ceep/Gap/">https://www.iub.edu/~ceep/Gap/</a>! <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Laurie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Laurie J. Croft, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy">Advisor, College of Education Honors Opportunity Program<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy">Administrator, Professional Development<br>
The Connie Belin & Jacqueline N. Blank International Center <br>
for Gifted Education and Talent Development<br>
600 Blank Honors Center<br>
The University of Iowa<br>
Iowa City, IA 52242-0454<br>
319/335-6148 800/336-6463<br>
Fax 319/335-5151<br>
e-mail: </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:laurie-croft@uiowa.edu"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">laurie-croft@uiowa.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.education.uiowa.edu/belinblank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">http://www.education.uiowa.edu/belinblank</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#00436E">Nurturing
</span></i><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";color:#00436E">Potential</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00436E"> |
</span><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#00436E">Inspiring</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00436E">
</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";color:#00436E">Excellence</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> ohiogift-bounces@lists.service.ohio-state.edu [mailto:ohiogift-bounces@lists.service.ohio-state.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Art Snyder<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 23, 2013 2:49 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Ohiogift@lists.service.ohio-state.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Ohiogift] "Talent on the Sidelines" report<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">Friends:<br>
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A new blog installment has been posted on a report from UConn that addresses education excellence, and it has some compelling points and recommendations that connect with gifted ed issues. The blog piece is<b><i>
</i>Talent on the Sidelines: The Widening Gap in Excellence</b>, by Scott Barry Kaufman. The full report is by a UConn professor, Jonathan Plucker, entitled
<b>Talent on the Sidelines: Excellence Gaps and the Persistence of America’s Permanent Talent Underclass</b>. It examines and references NAEP data. Links are below.<br>
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Best wishes,<br>
Art Snyder</span><br>
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<b><i><u>Overview story here</u>:</i></b><br>
<a href="http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/beautiful-minds/2013/10/22/talent-on-the-sidelines-the-widening-gap-in-excellence/?print=true">http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/beautiful-minds/2013/10/22/talent-on-the-sidelines-the-widening-gap-in-excellence/?print=true</a><br>
<b><i><u>Full downloadable report here</u>:</i></b><br>
<a href="http://cepa.uconn.edu/mindthegap/">http://cepa.uconn.edu/mindthegap/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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