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Achieving the Goals: Goal 4 Teacher Professional Development - August 1996

Gifted and Talented Programs

* - designates programs that have a particular usefulness at the school or school district level

Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Grant Program (Demonstration)*

Provides demonstration grants for personnel training and other activities to build a nationwide capability to meet the special educational needs of gifted and talented students in elementary and secondary schools; to encourage the development of rich and challenging curricula for all students; and to supplement and make more effective the expenditure of state and local funds on gifted and talented education. The program focuses on students who may not be identified through traditional assessment methods (including economically disadvantaged individuals, individuals of limited English proficiency, and individuals with disabilities) and on programs designed to develop or improve the capability of schools in an entire state or region. State and local education agencies, institutions of higher education, may apply, as well as public and private agencies, Indian tribes and tribal organizations as defined by the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, and native Hawaiian organizations.

Patricia O'Connell Ross
Office of Educational Research and Improvement
U.S. Department of Education
Room 506D Capital Place
555 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20202
(202) 219-2169
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