Gifted Education Is Essential For ALL Underperforming Children

Join show host, Dr. Eric Cooper and Co-host Dr. Nicole McZeal-Walters for an engaging discussion with Dr. Yvette Jackson, Chief Executive Officer of the National Urban Alliance for and Author of the award-winning book: The Pedagogy of Confidence: Inspiring High Intellectual Performance in Urban Schools. (Read more about Dr. Yvette Jackson below) 

They'll discuss:

• Identifying strengths of students
• Why we must advocate for for gifted education for all students
• Modeling and demonstrating strength-based education in the classrooms 
• The impact of racism on how students are identified for special education
• Advice for Parents and Educators
• and more...

Yvette Jackson, Ed.D. is internationally recognized for her work in assessing the learning potential of disenfranchised urban students. Her research is in literacy, gifted education and the cognitive mediation theory of Dr. Reuven Feuerstein. She has applied her research to develop an integrated process to motivate and elicit potential in underachievers. This research was the basis for her design of the New York City Gifted Programs Framework when she was the Director of Gifted Programs.

Dr. Jackson currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the National Urban Alliance for Effective Education, founded at The College Board and Teachers College, Columbia University. She works with school district administrators and teachers across the country to customize and deliver systemic approaches to literacy development through instructional practices that integrate culture, language and cognition to expand and accelerate student learning and achievement. She is a visiting lecturer at Harvard University, a member of ASCD’s Differentiated Instruction Cadre and a keynote presenter at national and international conferences.