Abstract
Teachers, including teachers of children and young people who are gifted and talented, care about educational issues; and, consequently, they need to advocate for issues impacting their students. Strategies for advocating are described—strategies for advocating with colleagues at the school level, in the community for district-wide issues, and at the state and national levels for policy and legislative issues.
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