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March 2023
2–3
North Carolina Association of Gifted & Talented (NCAGT) annual conference at the Marriott in Winston-Salem, NC. For more information, please visit http://www.ncagt.org/
6–7
Georgia Association for Gifted Children annual convention at The University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education & Hotel in Athens, GA. For more information, please visit http://www.gagc.org/
17
New Jersey Association for Gifted Children conference at the Conference Center at Mercer County Community College in West Windsor Township, NJ. For more information, please visit http://njagc.org/
26–28
Texas Association for Gifted and Talented leadership conference at the Dallas/Fort Worth Marriott Hotel & Golf Club at Champions Circle in Fort Worth, TX. For more information, visit https://www.txgifted.org/leadership-conference
April 2023
12–15
The National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) annual meeting in Chicago, IL. For more information, please visit https://www.ncme.org/home
13–16 (virtual May 4–5)
The American Educational Research Association annual meeting in San Diego, CA. For more information, please visit https://www.aera.net/Events-Meetings/Annual-Meeting/
20–23
Mensa Mind Games at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Columbus-Washington in Columbus, OH. For more information, please visit https://mensamindgames.com/
June 2023
4–6
The Texas Association for Gifted and Talented (TAGT) Gifted + Equity conference at The Tremont House in Galveston, TX. For more information, please visit https://www.txgifted.org/event-snapshot#g+
July 2023
5–9
American Mensa’s annual gathering in Baltimore, MD. For more information, please visit http://ag.us.mensa.org/
9–14
Annual Confratute summer institute at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, CT. For more information, please visit http://confratute.uconn.edu/
August 2023
3–5
American Psychological Association annual conference in Washington, DC. For more information, please visit https://convention.apa.org/future-conventions/
October 2023
8–10
Colorado Association for Gifted and Talented (CAGT) conference, “Imagine, Believe, Grow,” at the Embassy Suites in Loveland, CO. For more information, please visit http://www.coloradogifted.org/
November 2023
2–3
Pennsylvania Association for Gifted Education (PAGE) conference, “Speak Out, Step Up, and Lead,” at the Central Hotel and Conference Center, Harrisburg, PA. For more information, please visit https://www.giftedpage.org/conference/
9–12
National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) annual convention at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort, FL. For more information, please visit https://www.nagc.org/
29–December 1
The Texas Association for Gifted and Talented annual conference, “Connecting Minds, Empowering Futures,” in Dallas, TX. For more information, please visit https://www.txgifted.org/event-snapshot/.
Did you know ...
. . . 39% of teachers cannot think of a controversial topic that is in any way related to the subject(s) they teach. . . . 21% of teachers have not addressed a potentially controversial topic because they believe their students are too young to handle even an age-appropriate discussion of any controversial topic. . . . 17% of teachers have not addressed a potentially controversial topic because they are concerned about legal consequences. . . . 17% of teachers have not addressed a potentially controversial topic because they do not believe that controversial topics should be addressed at school. . . . 10% of teachers have not addressed a potentially controversial topic because they are concerned how their supervisors/administrators would react. . . . 5% of teachers have not addressed a potentially controversial topic because their supervisors/administrators warned them no to. . . . 77% of teachers oppose state government restrictions on curriculum, reading materials, and/or teaching their students about slavery. . . . 76% of teachers oppose state government restrictions on curriculum, reading materials, and/or teaching their students about the holocaust. . . . 74% of teachers oppose state government restrictions on curriculum, reading materials, and/or teaching their students about ethnicity/race. . . . 73% of teachers oppose state government restrictions on curriculum, reading materials, and/or teaching their students about religion. . . . 69% of teachers oppose state government restrictions on curriculum, reading materials, and/or teaching their students about the politics. . . . 69% of teachers oppose state government restrictions on curriculum, reading materials, and/or teaching their students about the sex education. . . . 68% of teachers oppose state government restrictions on curriculum, reading materials, and/or teaching their students about the gender/sexual orientation. . . . 32% of teachers never discuss ethnicity/race with their students. . . . 57% of teachers never discuss gender/sexual orientation with their students. . . . 41% of teachers have addressed ethnicity/race with their students but have not experienced any reactions. . . . 23% of teachers have addressed gender/sexual orientation with their students but have not experienced any reactions.
Statistics from Stanford, L. (2022, November 2). Educators are deeply conflicted on teaching heated cultural issues, survey finds. Education Week, 42(12), 10–11.