For the fifth consecutive year, George Washington High School in Cedar Rapids is the top Advanced Placement school in Iowa, according to the Iowa AP Index. The index was developed nine years ago by the University of Iowa College of Education's Belin-Blank Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development. Story
A 10-member delegation from one of Russia’s premier research institutions visited the University of Iowa this past week to gather ideas to help improve its growing university. The visit was hosted primarily by the UI College of Education's Belin-Blank Center. Story
Susan Assouline has been named the new director of the University of Iowa College of Education's Connie Belin & Jacqueline N. Blank International Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development, effective Jan. 1, 2013. Story
Just because you’re really smart doesn’t mean you are supremely self-confident. That’s according to University of Iowa College of Education researchers who report that gifted children with attention deficit hyperactivity-disorder have lower self-esteem than their intellectual peers. Story
More than 30 students from around the world converged on the University of Iowa campus this summer for six weeks doing innovative research in a biology lab. Their experiences were part of the University of Iowa College of Education’s Belin-Blank Center's Secondary Student Training Program. Story
The Advanced Leadership Seminar—part of the UI Belin-Blank Center's National Scholars Institute—connects high school students with experienced leaders, builds skills like listening and negotiation, and helps participants create plans to improve their communities. Story
The 2012 recipients of the University of Iowa College of Education's Audrey Qualls Commitment to Diversity Award—Jan Warren and Mitchell Kelly—both say that the award is extra special to them because of the woman it’s named after. Story
A $150,000 grant secured by the University of Iowa College of Education’s Connie Belin & Jacqueline N. Blank International Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development will help provide services to “twice exceptional” students—or gifted students with learning, behavioral, emotional, and/or social impairments—their families, and educators. Story
Twenty young innovators from across the Hawkeye State came together on the University of Iowa campus to share their creations at Invent Iowa, the state’s oldest STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) outreach initiative. Story
Nick Colangelo, director of the University of Iowa College of Education's Belin-Blank Center for Gifted Education, comments on the State of Iowa's success in AP test-taking over the last 20 years. Story from: Cedar Rapids Gazette
