Scholar Performance
Tessa was featured with her chamber group on the national radio program 'From the Top'.
Scholar Spotlight
A prolific writer of poetry and song, Nate is a dynamic speaker and isn't shy about performing in front of an audience.
External Resources
Talent Search Organizations
Duke University Talent Identification Program
Duke University Talent Identification Program: Provided by one of the Foundation's partners in the Young Scholars Program, the site includes information about TIP and application materials. This resource directory is available exclusively for participants in the Duke TIP talent search program. Contact Duke TIP for more information. Your educational adviser also has access to the print version of the Opportunity Guide.
Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth
Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth: Provided by one of the Foundation's partners in the Young Scholars Program, the site includes information about the Center for Talented Youth and links to other programs serving gifted children.
Northwestern University Center for Talent Development
Northwestern University Center for Talent Development: Provided by one of the Foundation's partners in the Young Scholars Program, this site includes application and other materials related to the center.
Center for bright kids regional Talent Center
Center for Bright Kids Regional Talent Center: Provided by one of the Foundation’s partners in the Young Scholars Program, the site includes information about programs for gifted children in the Rocky Mountain states.
Gifted Organizations
College of William and Mary Center for Gifted Children
College of William and Mary Center for Gifted Children: Provides links to programs and organizations serving gifted children.
Davidson Institute for Talent Development
Davidson Institute for Talent Development: Provides information and resources to recognize, nurture, and support profoundly intelligent young people.
The Education Program for Gifted Youth
The Education Program for Gifted Youth (EPGY) at Stanford University is a continuing project dedicated to developing and offering multimedia computer-based distance-learning courses. Combining technical and instructional expertise, EPGY provides high-ability students of all ages with an individualized educational experience, optimized in both pace and content. Through EPGY, students have access to courses in a variety of subjects at levels ranging from kindergarten through advanced-undergraduate. Since its inception over 50,000 students from 35 countries have taken courses from EPGY.
The Gifted Child Society
The Gifted Child Society: Provides educational enrichment and support services specifically designed for gifted children and assistance to parents in raising gifted children to full and productive adulthood.
HOagies
Hoagies offers extensive resources and information for gifted students and their parents.
National Association for Gifted Children
National Association for Gifted Children: Trains teachers, encourages parents, and educates administrators and policymakers on how to develop and support gifted children.
National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented
National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented: The National Research Center on Gifted and Talented (NRC/GT) current 5-year research plan will lead to empirical and descriptive understandings of "what works in gifted education."
Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted
Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG) is dedicated to fostering environments in which gifted adults and children, in all their diversity, understand and accept themselves and are understood, valued, nurtured, and supported by their families, schools, workplaces and communities.
Twice-Exceptional Students
Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Children
Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Children: Offers an extensive listing of websites with information on funding and financial aid for gifted children, university centers for talented youth, and programs and organizations serving children with disabilities.
Council for Exceptional Children
The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) is the largest international professional organization dedicated to improving educational outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities, students with disabilities, and/or the gifted.
School Searches
School Matters
School Matters is a service of Standard & Poor’s that allows parents and students to locate local public schools, compare demographic and academic performance data, and read or write reviews of schools.
US Department of Education School DataDirect
US Department of Education School DataDirect: Provides a free, easy-to-use website featuring state education data and analytic tools.
Other Resources
Children's scholarship fund
Children's Scholarship Fund offers tuition assistance and promotes a diverse and competitive educational environment.
College board
College Board provides programs and services in college admissions, guidance, assessment, financial aid, enrollment, and teaching and learning.
The Foundation Center
The Foundation Center provides a wealth of resources and services for individual grant seekers, including those seeking scholarships and financial aid of various kinds.
Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America
Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America (LEDA) is a national organization committed to identifying and developing the academic and leadership potential of exceptional public high school students of modest means. LEDA's goal is to diversify leadership in America by providing low-income students who are currently under-represented in this country's leadership structure access to the nation's top colleges and universities.
The MusicLink FOundation
The MusicLink Foundation provides long-term musical training and opportunities to promising students in financial need across the country.
National college access program directory
National College Access Program Directory is a searchable online set of profiles of college access programs across the United States that help underserved students prepare, plan, and pay for college.
National Partnership for educational access
National Partnership for Educational Access (NPEA) is a membership organization for programs committed to increasing educational opportunities for motivated underserved students across the United States. Member organizations work to provide underrepresented students with academic preparation, placement services and counseling, and ongoing support to ensure enrollment at and graduation from four-year colleges. Member organizations share a commitment to educational access and opportunity.
summer search
Summer Search is a national leadership development program that helps low-income young people graduate high school, go to college, gain successful careers, and give back to society.