Massachusetts Association for Gifted Education

MASSACHUSETTS' GIFTED and ADVANCED STUDENTS NEED YOUR HELP!
IF YOU HAVE NOT YET, PLEASE check if your state representative is on the House Ways and Means Committee. If yes, your voice is especially powerful for advancing the set of gifted and advanced education bills before this committee. A How-to guide is here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dnrD2VmqdaYFHHYiWhC-gZmOdQCa_0WqQGF0_DK9SZA/edit?usp=sharing
House Ways and Means Committee: https://malegislature.gov/Committees/Detail/H34/Committees
THANK YOU!!

House Ways and Means Constituent Letter Dec. 2025 Dear Friend of Gifted and Advanced Students, As you may know, for the first time in decades, bills supporting gifted and advanced learner education have been favorably reported from the Massachusetts Committee on Education and are now before the House Ways and Means Committee. In order for th...

New Massachusetts High School Graduation standards are being developed right now: Please respond to the governor's survey to make sure gifted and advanced learners' needs are included, e.g. availability of pathways for advanced learning, students to receive credit for advanced coursework taken “early” or other than what the high school offers (incl. online classes), advanced coursework taken before high school to count towards graduation requirements, etc.
https://www.mass.gov/news/healey-driscoll-administration-seeks-public-feedback-on-implementation-of-high-school-graduation-requirements
https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/8612728/Statewide-Graduation-Council-Interim-Report

Healey-Driscoll Administration Seeks Public Feedback on Implementation of High School Graduation Requirements Open survey allows students, parents, educators and community members to inform how statewide graduation requirements can be implemented and designed

National Survey on Essential Knowledge in Gifted Education
A Final NCRGE Research Project for the U.S. Department of Education

Professionals in gifted education are invited to participate in a national survey being conducted for the U.S. Department of Education to provide recommendations for future research in gifted education. This survey represents the final, culminating research project of the National Center for Research on Gifted Education (NCRGE) at the University of Connecticut. This is a research study seeking input from gifted practitioners and researchers. The principal investigator is Del Siegle (email: [email protected] and phone: 860.486.0616).

https://uconn.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bymF8TzwZFr2URw

Participants will:

Identify their professional role and state.

Respond to open-ended questions about essential knowledge, needed research, and common misconceptions.

Rate their knowledge and the importance of topics related to identification, service options, and the needs of students with gifts and talents.

As a token of appreciation, after completing the survey, participants may choose to enter a drawing to attend the Wallace Research Symposium on Talent Development (May 18–20, 2026) or the University of Connecticut Confratute (July 12–16, 2026). One selected participant will receive complimentary registration to either as well as reimbursement for travel and lodging expenses up to $1,000 for the Wallace or $500 for Confratute (Confratute registration includes lodging).

https://uconn.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bymF8TzwZFr2URw

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Young Scholars Program – Center for Talented Youth - Jack Kent Cooke Foundation The Cooke Young Scholars Program is a selective five-year, pre-college scholarship for high-performing 7th grade students with financial need. It provides comprehensive academic and college advising, as well as financial support for school, Cooke-sponsored summer programs, internships, and other lea...

Winning with Purpose: Using STEM Competitions to Develop Gifted Learners’ Skills and Creativity

Includes a Live Web Event on 03/09/2026 at 7:00 PM (EDT)

https://learn.nagc.org/products/winning-with-purpose-using-stem-competitions-to-develop-gifted-learners-skills-and-creativity -product_tab_speaker_s

National Association for Gifted Children: Winning with Purpose: Using STEM Competitions to Develop Gifted Learners’ Skills and Creativity STEM competitions are more than trophies—they are powerful learning ecosystems where gifted students build deep content knowledge, creativity, collaboration, and resilience. This engaging webinar explores how thoughtfully selected and well-supported STEM competitions can accelerate gifted learners...

📹 Black History Month Legacy Spotlight!

As part of our Black History Month Day Campaign, we’re honored to feature a Legacy Archive Project interview with Donna Ford, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Education and Human Ecology.

In this conversation, Michelle Frazier Trotman Scott, Ph.D. interviews Dr. Ford about her groundbreaking contributions to gifted education — how her work emerged, the impact it has had on the field, and her vision for the future.

This video is part of the National Association for Gifted Children Conceptual Foundation Network’s Legacy Archive Project, an initiative designed to preserve the voices and insights of leaders whose scholarship has shaped gifted education.

✨ Dr. Ford’s work has been instrumental in advancing equity and excellence for underserved gifted learners. We’re proud to spotlight her legacy this month — and every month.

Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbGxto66FkY&list=PLFnOUJd-v5dPbXPE_JXSqiuQDvvNsXwW3&index=9

We're having a MAGE Day!

Saturday, December 20th
3pm-4pm
Lecture Hall in the Waltham Public Library
735 Main Street Waltham

Please join us for a MAGE Games Day! Bring your family and your favorite board games and card games.
All ages welcome.

Organization Name Renzulli Center
Contact Email [email protected]
Contact Name Del Siegle
Event Title Free Webinar: Models and Frameworks for Differentiating Instruction and Developing Expertise and Talent with Tamra Stambaugh
Event Date 01-10-2026

Event Details How can we modify lessons that support students’ learning, talent development, and expertise? What does it mean to add depth, complexity, and abstractness as part of differentiated and advanced instruction? Frameworks and models are important tools teachers can use to create challenging learning opportunities, promote advanced thinking, and make thinking visible. Students can rely on models and frameworks to guide their own thinking and to engage in practices of the discipline.

Add to your pedagogical toolkit and learn various models and frameworks that help students examine problems, relationships, and concepts in different disciplines and guide teacher questioning. Register at

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Virtual Taste of Confratute: Teaching for the Future: AI and Creativity in the Classroom
Event Date 01-28-2026

Event Details Join us for the virtual Taste of Confratute on January 28, 2026, where you’ll discover strategies to help students ask better questions, think critically, and dive into inquiry-based research using AI. You’ll also learn how to use AI tools to spark curiosity, support meaningful research, and open doors to creativity in the classroom. At the same time, you’ll reflect on how to balance the power of technology with human skills like curiosity, originality, and problem-solving. Walk away with new ideas, practical tools, and fresh inspiration to make AI work for you and your students. Matt Worwood will present the keynote. In it he will address future-focused is your classroom? How do you engage students in thinking creatively and envisioning possibilities? And how can artificial intelligence tools help to foster that creativity? Register at

Taste of Confratute | Confratute Online Learning Events 2025-2026 Join us for a Taste of Confratute! These virtual events provide interactive professional learning reflecting the flavors of ...

There is now a second chance to support the Educator Training Bill H.658! H.658 has been scheduled for a re-hearing before the Joint Committee on Education on Tuesday, December 2nd, starting at 1pm.

Registration is required to give oral testimony (max. 2 minutes, to be given remotely or in-person). Please let us know asap (by Sunday Nov. 30th at 9pm the latest) by filling out his form if you are available to speak, so we can sign you up, send you information and coordinate. If you already previously submitted written testimony for this bill, you do not need to resubmit it but feel free to give oral testimony this time, for increased impact.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfA6txcjhIsW6zTPn5RyJNQ0-U_HT-6TKdZK5NRRJDtSpgXcw/viewform

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Gifted Education Teacher Training Bill Re-hearing on December 2nd The Educator Training Bill H.658 has been scheduled for a re-hearing before the Joint Committee on Education on Tuesday, December 2nd, starting at 1pm. This bill is getting a re-hearing because the legislature did not give the required minimum advance notice for the original hearing in October. If y...