Unless we haveexcellent education

for both our

plumbers and

philosophers,

neither our pipes

nor our ideas will

hold water.

—John Gardner

45% of new U.S. patents are granted now

(Education Week “A Quiet Crisis is Clouding the Future of R&D” May 25, 2005)

to foreigners.

(Education Week “A Quiet Crisis is Clouding the Future of R&D” May 25, 2005)

88% of high school

dropouts had passing grades,

(Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: “The Silent Epidemic” March 2006)

but dropped out due to boredom. 

(Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: “The Silent Epidemic” March 2006)

Gifted students need coaches and mentors.

Often begin the year with 50% of the material mastered.

Dangers are boredom, frustration, despondency, low-achievement, poor work-habits

Role Models

Just as gifted athletes need a different type of training, so

gifted academics need a different type of training.

MentorsIntellectual Peers

Gifted students sometimes have learning disabilities.

Be careful not to overlook the “twice exceptional.”

Genius withouteducation is like

silver in the mine.

—William Butler Yeats