Serving Gifted Students in Rural Settings provides a framework for educating the gifted in rural settings. Case study vignettes and practical ideas for administrators and teachers are combined with theoretical applications.

Dr. Tamra Stambaugh is the Director of Programs for Talented Youth at Vanderbilt University. She is the coauthor (with Dr. Joyce VanTassel-Baska) of Comprehensive Curriculum for Gifted Learners, Overlooked Gems: A National Perspective on Low-Income Promising Students, and the Jacob's Ladder Reading Comprehension Program.

Susannah M. Wood is currently an associate professor at the University of Iowa where she teaches both doctoral students and master's students in the school counseling program. She collaborates with the Connie Belin and Jacqueline N. Blank International Center for Gifted Education and Talented Development by providing professional development around the social and emotional needs of gifted students...

Foreword Part I: The Rural Life Chapter 1 National Context of Rural Schools Chapter 2 Leaving or Staying Home Belief Systems and Paradigms Chapter 3 Education in Rural America Challenges and Opportunities Chapter 4 Like Finding a Needle in a Haystack Gifted Black and Hispanic Students in Rural Settings Part I Summary Part II: Identification, Curriculum, and Instruction for Rural Gifted Learners Chapter 5 Celebrating Talent Identification of Rural Gifted Students Chapter 6 Grouping and Instructional Management Strategies Chapter 7 Challenges and Solutions for Serving Rural Gifted Students Accelerative Strategies Chapter 8 Serving the Rural Gifted Child Through Advanced Curriculum Chapter 9 Programming and Rural Gifted Learners A Review of Models and Applications Chapter 10 Best of Both Worlds Technology as a Pathway for Meaningful Choice Chapter 11 Serving Rural Gifted Students Through Supplemental and Out-of-School Programming Part II Summary Part III: Affecting Change for Gifted Learners in Rural Communities Chapter 12 Counseling and the Rural Gifted Chapter 13 "Mommy, I'm Bored" School-Family-Community Approaches to Working With Gifted, Rural Black Males Chapter 14 Leading Policy, Advocacy, and Relationship Building in Rural Schools Chapter 15 Rural Teachers of the Gifted The Importance of Professional Development Chapter 16 Concluding Thoughts and Voices From Gifted Individuals in Rural Areas About the Editors About the Authors