Portal
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Press Releases and Statements
| 4/29/02 |
Statement |
PDF |
TIGER
Accomplishments and Goals |
| 4/29/02 |
Expert |
PDF |
Do Gifted Students Have Special Needs? |
| 4/06/02 |
Statement |
PDF |
TIGER
Strongly Supports Increased Funding for the Javits Act |
| 3/01/02 |
Release |
PDF |
House
Education Committee Hearing on HB2934 by Maddox: Summary
and Response |
| 2/05/02 |
Release |
PDF |
Maddox-Herron Bill |
| 1/20/02 |
Background |
PDF |
Background information on
current gifted laws in Tennessee |
| 1/15/02 |
Expert |
PDF |
Dr. Lynnette Henderson discusses the proposed
legislation |
| 1/8/02 |
Statement |
PDF |
Principles
that Should Guide Gifted Education Reform |
| 12/20/01 |
Statement |
PDF |
On the TAASE Proposal to Remove Gifted Education from Tennessee’s Special
Education Laws |
News
Coverage
 | "Right
call on gifted students," Tennessean (Nashville),
3/7/02 |
| "Special
ed bill halted by parents; gifted students' rights unchanged for now," Tennessean (Nashville),
3/7/02 |
| "Opponents
line up against plan to cut gifted from special ed," Tennessean (Nashville),
3/4/02 |
| "Bill
may remove gifted kids from special-ed services," Tennessean (Nashville),
3/4/02 |
| "Controversial
education bill to be changed," Commercial Appeal (Memphis), 3/1/02
(Archive) |
| "Legislative
proposal would remove gifted program from special education," Daily
Herald (Columbia), 2/22/02. |
| "Who
Cares About Gifted Kids?," Our City, 2/13/02 |
| "Gifted
students' parents will meet tonight as legislative push heats up," Commercial Appeal (Memphis),
2/5/02 |
| TV interview with TIGER members, Mike Fleming's Impact TV (Memphis),
1/19/02 on ABC 24 and 1/20/02 on UPN 30. |
| Letters
to the Editor, Commercial Appeal (Memphis), 1/19/02 (Archive) |
| "Editorial:
School board talks about... schools," Commercial Appeal (Memphis),
1/17/02 (Archive) |
| "Board
vows to fight gifted-student shift," Commercial Appeal (Memphis),
1/15/02 (Archive) |
| "At
issue in education: Are the gifted and disabled equally 'special'?",
Commercial Appeal (Memphis), 1/11/02 (Archive) |
| "
Lawmakers to consider cutting programs for gifted students," WMCTV (Memphis), 1/10/02 (Archive) |
| "Editorial:
A
Place for Gifted," Tennessean (Nashville), 12/21/01 (Archive) |
| "Group
rallies for gifted students," Oakridger, 12/17/01. |
| "Group
rallies to keep gifted students classified as special ed,"
Commercial Appeal (Memphis), 12/17/01 (Archive) |
| "Group
rallies for gifted students; parents fear program won't be mandatory," Tennessean
(Nashville),
12/16/01 (Archive) |
| "Gifted
program may be in legislature crosshairs," Tennessean (Nashville), 12/3/01
(Archive) |
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