Because exceptional performance results from exceptional learning, our role as administrators is to ensure that the conditions we create enable gifted and talented students—and all students—to thrive. We can do this by engaging our communities in questions that matter, questions that cause us to articulate principles of system and program identity, information, and relationships.
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