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Every Child's Right
Academic Talent Development by Choice, Not Chance
Lauren A. Sosniak and Nina Hersch Gabelko
Pub Date: March 2008, 192 pages
Paperback: $27.95, ISBN: 0807748706
Cloth: $60, ISBN: 0807748714
 
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“A brilliant and eye-opening account of a university-style education for primary and secondary students. The writing is rich, the examples are evocative, and the voices of children and their teachers inspire! Here, talent is nurtured in all students, with powerful consequences. This is truly ‘gifted education’ in action, not education for the gifted. Gabelko and Sosniak make an important contribution to the debate about gifted education and education in general.”
—Rhona S. Weinstein, author, Reaching Higher: The Power of Expectations in Schooling
“Nina Gabelko has always demonstrated how education at its very best motivates and inspires. I know this because she was my teacher 30 years ago! In Every Child’s Right, Nina and Lauren Sosniak provide convincing examples of how educational privilege can cross longstanding racial and economic boundaries. I hope that every parent, teacher, and educational policymaker concerned with educational excellence will read this powerful and affecting book.”
—Brian Copeland, author, Not a Genuine Black Man
No child should have to be identified as “gifted” in order to benefit from a rich, challenging learning experience. This book tells the story of the Academic Talent Development Program (ATDP) at UC Berkeley, an example of a long-standing, self-supporting summer program that shifted from “mining” to “growing” talent. The authors provide an insider’s view of the teachers, students, curriculum, and school culture as a model for creating academic enrichments programs in and out of school. Advocating for a more inclusive view of talent and its development, this lively book: - Examines a well-respected talent development program that serves children and youth beyond the more typical group identified as“gifted.”
- Describes practices that have been successful with elementary students as well as high school students preparing to enter college.
- Offers compelling portraits of real children delighting in intellectually demanding and engaging learning.
- Identifies what is required of society and schools to offer an ATDP-type of education to all children in all classrooms.
Lauren A. Sosniak (d.) was a professor of education at San José State University in California. Nina Hersch Gabelko is director of the Academic Talent Development Program at the University of California at Berkeley. |
