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07 Dec 3 Quotes from Former Gifted Kids & How IEA is Breaking the Cycle

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]By Nicole Endacott If you’re a parent of a gifted child or are work in gifted education, you’ve probably noticed that the term “gifted” doesn’t always have the most positive connotation in conversations outside of a similarly minded community. Even apart...

01 Dec Q&A with Spring Academy

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Here to answer your top 10 questions on how it works is your dedicated Academy Team! ...

22 Oct Anxiety About the Future? Why You Should Manage Future Tripping

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If we spend our time worrying about things which we have no control over, that’s a recipe for misery. Future-tripping is often rooted in our desire and often unconscious wishing that we can control a situation or an outcome, when in fact, we can’t....

15 Oct The Joy of Giving

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Donors are vital to the life of all non-profit organizations and most will agree that their giving is not just about making a donation, but about wanting to make positive difference in the life of an organization they care about....

01 Oct CDB Reflections on Teammates and Mentors

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But then I went a little deeper and I thought of the students who we work with at IEA who are often told to fit into round hole of the education system when they are a square peg and it just doesn’t fit. That is...

21 Sep Breathing Techniques to Help Calm the Overactive Mind

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Because gifted children tend to receive stimuli more intensely it is essential to find ways to connect the mind, body, and spirit to help ground them and give them tools to focus and relax....

13 Sep Press Release: The Institute for Educational Advancement Announces 29 Recipients for Nationwide High School Scholarship

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The annual award is one of the only nationwide merit-based high school scholarships ...

02 Sep STEAM Projects from Academy Students

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Are you looking for inspiration on how to get involved in IEA’s upcoming peer-to-peer STEAM-A-THON fundraiser? Look no further than Academy students! ...

25 Aug What You Can Learn From Superhero Comics

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"For those who want to plot and plan a longer narrative that is inspired by Marvel, that becomes the basis for fiction fantasy and science fiction writing."...

17 Aug Examining the Internet’s Impact on the Way Children Think

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"Really, it’s an amazing journey into how humanity has used tools over time and how the internet happens to be the most recent tool that is greatly impacting how we live, how we think, and how we function as human beings."...

12 Aug Building a Passion for Space

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This Fall, the Institute for Educational Advancement's Academy program will be offering a wide variety of classes, including the return of "Space Academy." Designed for students ages 6 through 9, this class lays the foundation for a lifelong interest in space, astronomy and physics. What can...

11 Aug Yunasa and Yunasa West 2021

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Despite the lack of social interaction during shelter-at-home, it took no time for campers to reconnect and find common interests. They were courteous, respectful, considerate, and kind....

06 Aug The Gift in Gifted Support Group

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The GSG meetings offer a community eager to share what they have learned in their journey through not only gifted education, but also gifted living....

26 Jul Why STEAM Education Is So Important Today

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Many educators believe STEAM (and its forerunner STEM) is a critical component of 21st education. “Education is under pressure to respond to a changing world,” education writer Jeevan Vasagar asserts in a Financial Times article. As repetitive tasks are eroded by technology and outsourcing,...

01 Jul IEA Alumni Spotlight – Caitlin Andrews

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We’ve been fortunate to have so many accomplished and interesting people walk through our doors. Every month, IEA highlights one of our program alumni to let the community know what they’ve been up to. This month, we caught up with 2007 CDB alumni, Caitlin Andrews....

18 Jun Commemorating Juneteenth

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June 16, 2021, the Unites States Congress overwhelmingly voted to make Juneteenth a federal holiday, which commemorates the independence of slaves in Texas on June 19, 1865, when the union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas, and announced that all 250,000 slaves were free by...

17 Jun IEA’s Got Talent! 7 Reasons to Participate in our Summer Spotlight

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Whether you’re just checking out our offerings for the first time or are a longtime program participant, we invite you to connect with other gifted students across the country by participating in our Summer Spotlight: Student Talent Showcase!...

15 Jun Flowers for Counsel

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With the world beginning to reopen in this hopeful final chapter of the pandemic, I'm turning to flowers for wise counsel. ...

03 Jun IEA Alumni Spotlight – Sophia Barron

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01 Jun How to Frame Praise for Creative Youth

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How could praise lead to anything else, you might wonder? Well, if you’ve ever felt the urge to reject a well-meant compliment, you know that praise can be a complicated matter. ...

24 May CDB Class of ’21 – College Plans

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In spite of this changing college application landscape, the CDB high school seniors—the class of 2021—persevered and figured out alternative ways to conduct their college research. As a class, they applied to over sixty colleges and universities in the United States and abroad. ...

10 May On Mother’s Day, Give Yourself The Gift of Self-Care!

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Happy belated Mother’s Day to all the moms. I hope you have found a special moment just for yourself, and a lovely day with family. This time last year, we were all still trying to understand and adopt to the realities of lives in pandemic....

06 May IEA Alumni Spotlight – Brian Petrosky

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05 May Academy Student Showcase: Spring 2021

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Our students created some wonderful final projects that we'd like to spotlight for our community; it's a reminder of the amazing talents that these bright minds bring to the table....

29 Apr Cancellations to Connections: The NPEA 2021 Virtual Conference

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In the fall of 2019, IEA became a member of NPEA and planned on attending their Boston conference in April 2020. The pandemic hit in March and the conference was canceled....