Month: March 2015

U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski, gifted education advocate, to retire

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Barbara Mikulski speaking at NAGC conference in Baltimore
Sen. Barbara Mikulski speaking at NAGC conference in Baltimore.

U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski, a Democrat from Maryland who announced Monday that she plans to retire in 2016 after 30 years in Congress, has been a dogged supporter of programs intended to identify and educate underrepresented populations in gifted education, advocates said.

Read the Education Week story by Christina Samuels at http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/speced/2015/03/gifted_education_advocates_pra_1.html