Frances Karnes is Director of the Center for Gifted Studies at The University of Southern Mississippi where she is also Professor of Special Education. Ronald Marquardt is Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at The University of Southern Mississippi and a specialist in constitutional and administrative law. In Gifted Children And Legal Issues: An Update they have collaborated to bring together the very latest in a profoundly informative survey of the legal rights and obligations connected to the public education of gifted children. The chapters include Federal and State initiatives, the legal process and gifted education, court cases and gifted students' educational opportunities, a case-by-case examination of school policies affecting gifted education, negotiation in gifted education, gifted education and mediation, gifted education and due process, other legal issues related to gifted youth, gifted children and the Office for Civil Rights, legal issues affecting the gifted in the new millennium. Gifted Children And Legal Issues: An Update is further enhanced for the reader with a number of appendices: Jacob Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act of 1988; Table Of Cases; State Offices of Gifted Education; State Associations for the Gifted; National Associations and Resources for the Gifted; Position Statements of the National Association for Gifted Children. Gifted Children And Legal Issues: An Update is essential reading for all educators, policy makers, and parents concerned with the issues of public education and the gifted child.

Gifted Children and Legal Issues: An Update picks up where Gifted Children and Legal Issues: Parents Stories of Hope left off. The new volume adds more recent legal findings, plus options to full legal discourse, including negotiation, mediation, and finally, due process.

Plus appendices including the Javits legislation that we often hear of, but until now I didn't know what it *really* said, a list of state gifted education offices, state associations, national associations, and position statements of the NAGC.

A good reference volume for parents and professionals working with (and fighting the battles for) gifted children!

This textbook includes all of "the basics" about gifted and talented students and methods for teaching them. Contributing authors are among the most respected in the field including Kaplan, Reis, and many more! This book includes information about the characteristics of the gifted along with strategies and materials for teaching them. It is an excellent resource for any teacher!

Collaboratively written by Frances A. Karnes (Professor of Curriculum, Instruction, and Special Education, and Director of the Frances A. Karnes Center for Gifted Studies, University of Southern Mississippi) and Kristen R. Stephens (Support Services Coordinator for Duke University's Talent Identification Program and Adjunct Assist Professor in Programs in Education, Duke University), The Ultimate Guide To Getting Money For Your Classroom & School is a informed and informative, no-nonsense, "user friendly" guide to acquiring financial aid and funding supplementation for anyone charged with the necessity of securing educational grants and donations. Practical, real-world appropriate, step-by-step tactics for successful fund raising, and enhanced with the provision of useful forms and checklists, ideas for fund-raising events to organize, and much, much more in this very highly recommended volume which will provide to be invaluable for classroom teachers, school administrators, and parent-teacher support groups who are on a tight budget or find themselves chronically underfunded.

This book shares several inspirational stories from girls and young women who used adventure to challenge themselves beyond their prceived limits. The stories they tell are stories that come from the heart. They share how their challenges, physical, emotional or spiritual, touched and gave them more confidence to take on more challenges. They learned "they can do it" with the right attitude and desire to succeed.

The young women featured in this book can be an inspiration for many young readers. Young people are capable of making a difference in their lives as well as the lives of others. This is demonstrated in this book.

The book ends with a sequential listing of significant accomplishments women have made througout history. This provides a nice reminder that women have been accomplishing amazing things for hundreds of years, and will continue to as we strengthen their character and confidence. This is an enjoyable book for women of all ages to read.

Aventures and Challenges: Real Life Stories by Girls and Young Women is a great book! Very inspirational! The stories in the book make you want to just get up and make your own adventures. There was one story that really stood out to me, Solo by Frieghter to South America by Nellie Kelly. While traveling with people she didn't know, she conquered her fear of being alone and saw things that most people might never see. This book helps you conquer any fear that you might have about making your own adventure by helping you plan your own adventure step by step. This book is also unique because it gives you a timeline of what women have accomplished throughout the years. Adventures and Challenges is great for all ages!

This collection gives the reader an ear to the authentic voices of young women who confronted their personal and socially-imprinted limitations in a wide range of circumstances. While nature often provides the backdrop and circumstances of challenge, the stories are really about struggles with teamwork and inner demons. A very good collection, and what I hope is an increasingly important "genre", from persons deserving praise, guidance, mentoring, and finally, gratitude for setting down their stories.

The book is divided into 3 parts: 1. Inventors and their inventions, 2. How to be an inventor, 3. For futher inspration.

Part 1: There are 20 stories about young female inventors and their inventions are divided into different categories.

Part 2: This part makes it easy for you to start inventing something yourself, which guidelines and tips for every step.

Part 3: This section has lots of good, useful resources, not just for inventing, but also for schoolwork and further reading.

I read this book around 2 years ago when I was younger, and it really motivated me to start seeing things with a new perspective and to be more creative. It's a great book for young people. It encourages one to be innovative.

This book is a must for young females. It begins with the stories of successful girls and young women entrepeneurs. These are written by the young girls themselves. The book then gives hints and information how to start your own business. It is an easy read and focuses on successes of young ladies irregardless of race, socio-economic status, and location. Perfect for young girl support groups, scouting, gifted and talented classes, or other groups that could benefit from positive role models.