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How to Start a School or Program like the Davidson Academy

This article is based on a collection of resources that the Davidson Institute and Davidson Academy staff compiled to send to people asking how to start a similar school or program.
  • Topics
    • Educational Options: Ability Grouping
    • Educational Options: Acceleration
    • Educational Options: Online High Schools
    • Grade Level: High School
    • Grade Level: Middle School
    • Support: Talent Development
  • Year
    2017

The Davidson Institute is affiliated with the Davidson Academy, a school with two options for profoundly gifted students: a middle/high school on the University of Nevada, Reno campus and an online campus for those living anywhere in the U.S.

A proven leader in educating our nation’s brightest students, the Davidson Academy is recognized as an exceptional school for profoundly gifted students living in the Reno area. For those who are unable to relocate to Reno, there is now the online option. The online campus reflects the Davidson's commitment to the profoundly gifted population by offering this rigorous online academic environment where students thrive among intellectual peers. We suggest reading the Davidson Academy’s website thoroughly to learn more about our admissions and academics. 

The Davidson Academy was created through a Nevada state law (NRS 388C) https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-388C.html#NRS388CSec010l, which allowed for the creation of a “University School for Profoundly Gifted Pupils"

We typically send the following information to people who express an interest in creating a similar school or program, which we hope you will find helpful. You may already be familiar with some of these resources:

Books & Websites

  • Building a Gifted Program, published by Great Potential Press
    https://www.amazon.com/Building-Gifted-Program-Identifying-PowerPoint/dp/0910707766
  • Aiming for Excellence: Gifted Program Standards; Annotations to the NAGC Pre-K Grade 12 Gifted Program Standards
    https://www.amazon.com/Aiming-Excellence-Annotations-Pre-K-Grade-Standards/dp/1882664728 
  • Designing Services and Programs for High-Ability Learners
    https://www.amazon.com/Designing-Services-Programs-High-Ability-Learners/dp/1412926173
  • Smart Kids: How Academic Talents Are Developed & Nurtured in America
    https://www.amazon.com/Smart-Kids-Academic-Developed-Nurtured/dp/0889371121 
  • Gifted Education: Promising Practices
    https://www.amazon.com/Gifted-Education-Joan-Franklin-Smutny/dp/0873678451
  • Re-Forming Gifted Education  
    https://www.greatpotentialpress.com/re-forming-gifted-education
  • Belin-Blank Center for Gifted Education
    http://www2.education.uiowa.edu/belinblank/
  • National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) Programming Standards
    https://www.nagc.org/resources-publications/resources/national-standards-gifted-and-talented-education
  • NAGC Pre-K to Grade 12 Gifted Programming Standards
    https://www.nagc.org/resources-publications/resources/national-standards-gifted-and-talented-education/pre-k-grade-12

Articles

  • Twelve Cost Effective Educational Options for Serving Gifted Students
    http://www.davidsongifted.org/Search-Database/entry/A10363
  • Successful Strategies for Teaching Gifted Learners 
    http://www.davidsongifted.org/Search-Database/entry/A10075
  • Basic educational options for gifted students in schools
    http://www.davidsongifted.org/Search-Database/entry/A10270 
  • Individual instruction plan menu for the gifted child 
    http://www.davidsongifted.org/Search-Database/entry/A10272
  • Best Practices of Schools that Nurture Excellence 
    http://www.davidsongifted.org/Search-Database/entry/A10289
  • What the Research Says About Gifted Learners 
    http://www.davidsongifted.org/Search-Database/entry/A10292
  • Planning effective curriculum experiences for gifted learners
    http://www.davidsongifted.org/Search-Database/entry/A10278
  • Gifted children: Are their gifts being identified, encouraged, or ignored?  
    http://www.davidsongifted.org/Search-Database/entry/A10169

 

If you are outside the United States, we also suggest contacting the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children to see if they have any helpful resources to share. If you are located within the United States, we suggest contacting the National Association for Gifted Children and your state affiliate association, if one exists. We wish you the best in creating opportunities for gifted students, wherever you may live!

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This article is provided as a service of the Davidson Institute for Talent Development, a 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated to supporting profoundly gifted young people 18 and under. To learn more about the Davidson Institute’s programs, please visit www.DavidsonGifted.org.

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