The Big Picture: The State of Education in Indiana
What's Behind the Big Picture: Legislation and Money
Organizations/Resources for Parents/Educators, including Indiana
Sources for Articles about Gifted Learners

Indiana Association for the Gifted: http://www.iag-online.org/
This page has the LINK TO THE ARTICLE THAT WILL MAKE YOU CRY ABOUT THE STATE OF EDUCATION FOR HIGH ABILITY STUDENTS IN INDIANA: "Taking the Lid Off: Providing Educational Opportunities for High Ability Students in Indiana" (2000, PDF). It would be interesting to go back to the Education Committee for Indiana's General Assembly and find out what has changed since this report was written.

Indiana Schools Cutting Back As Economic Realities Hit Home (April 2002).
http://www.edweek.org/ew/newstory.cfm?slug=31indiana.h21 G/T programs cut 15%

National Educational News and Indiana State Statistics, link to governor's office
http://www.educationweek.org/context/states/stateinfo.cfm?stateabbrv=in

Indiana chosen as one of 5 states for the "No Child Left Behind" accountability legislation http://doe.state.in.us/reed/newsr/2003January/nclb.html (January 2003). My comment: But what is being done for the children who are ahead and being held back?

Indiana gets graded on quality of education (January 2003).
http://doe.state.in.us/reed/newsr/2003January/qualitycounts.html The article has a nice positive spin, but dig deeper to find the actual grades and what they mean:

Indiana Department of Education - Legislative Watch for 2003
http://doe.state.in.us/legwatch/welcome.html (Is there ANY 2003 legislation proposed for G/T programs, certification? We will need to read each bill carefully)

Indiana Laws governing Gifted and Talented and High Ability programs:
http://ideanet.doe.state.in.us/exceptional/gt/legislation/legislation.html

Indiana G/T Education-Legislation: Senate Bill 292 (Spring 02)
Indiana Administrative Code for High Ability Students (Rule 511) - (PDF)
Indiana Code for Gifted Education and High Ability Programs, and more

National Association for Gifted Children's Legislative Update (National Bills/Laws)
http://www.nagc.org/Policy/update.htm

Council for Exceptional Children Legislative Update
http://capwiz.com/cek/issues/ (Legislative Alerts and Updates: Includes a petition you can send to support G/T education!)

National Association for Gifted Children: http://www.nagc.org/

Indiana Association for the Gifted: http://www.iag-online.org/

Indiana Department of Education: http://doe.state.in.us/

IDOE Indiana G/T Main Page: http://doe.state.in.us/exceptional/gt

See Link: Indiana Academic Standards and High Ability Programs (PDF)
Also see G/T Links: http://ideanet.doe.state.in.us/exceptional/gt/websites.html

Northern Indiana Educational Services Center: http://www.niesc.k12.in.us/
The G/T web page needs an overhaul!

Penn-Harris Madison School Corporation's Gifted and Talented Education: http://www.phm.k12.in.us/
To see all frames, click on Instruction, then Enrichment, Gifted & Talented. Or go directly to the Enrichment, Gifted & Talented frame within the PHM web page http://portal.phm.k12.in.us:8080/learning/Enrichment/

NRC/GT Newsletters http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/newslttr.html

IAG's Gifted Education Resource Guide for Indiana Parents and Educators (PDF) -
http://ideanet.doe.state.in.us/gt/pdf/IAGResourceGuide.PDF Valuable resource on http://ideanet.doe.state.in.us/exceptional/gt/resources.html for g/t coordinators, parents, teachers, Broad Based Planning Committee members, community stakeholders, and others interested in meeting the needs of high ability students.

National Association for Gifted Children - Counseling & Guidance for the Gifted
http://www.nagc.org/CounGuide/counsel.html

Education Week on the Web: Gifted And Talented Hot Topic
http://www.edweek.org/context/topics/issuespage.cfm?id=33 ("archived" -- I guess it is not a hot topic any more!)

National Research Center on the Gifted And Talented
http://www.ucc.uconn.edu/~wwwgt/nrcgt.html

Eric Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education
http://www.ericec.org/ See the links for Digests and Fact Sheets