Register by July 8th for the early bird discount for the conference on academic acceleration!
The Seventh Biennial Belin-Blank Advanced Leadership Institute is focusing on Research-Based Evidence about Acceleration and Gifted/Talented Students in July 2016. The institute will provide attendees with practical information about acceleration, using existing research and tools to help make data-driven decisions. Participants will have opportunities to learn from educators who have successfully implemented various forms of acceleration—and from students or parents who have personally experienced the benefits of appropriate programming.
All Institute participants will receive a copy of the two-volume book, A Nation Empowered: Evidence Trumps the Excuses Holding Back America’s Brightest Students, which includes updated information about the best-researched yet most under-utilized educational option for gifted students: academic acceleration.
Speakers who plan to participate include:
Editors of A Nation Empowered:
- Susan Assouline
- Nicholas Colangelo
- Joyce VanTassel-Baska
- Ann Lupkowski Shoplik
Authors of Chapters in A Nation Empowered:
- Linda Brody
- Laurie Croft
- Megan Foley Nicpon
- Lori Ihrig
- Katie McClarty
- Michelle Muratori
- Susannah Wood
Additional expert speakers:
- Wendy Behrens
- Jane Clarenbach
- Beth Hahn
- René Islas
- Maureen Marron
- Jaquelin Medina
- Panel of students who have accelerated
We are looking forward to seeing you at the Institute! For more information and to register, visit: www.belinblank.org/bbali.