01 Dec Giving Tuesday: Resilience Apart; Resilience Together.
We are grateful for your support and belief in our mission to serve our nation's gifted young people, even amidst this unprecedented challenging time....
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25 Nov Happy Gratitude Day
As we approach this Thanksgiving holiday, especially THIS year, it might be helpful to think about different aspects of “Thanksgiving,” including being grateful, generous, and mindful....
23 Nov Press Release: The Institute for Educational Advancement Seeks Gifted 7th Graders to Apply for Full Tuition High School Scholarship
The annual Caroline D. Bradley Scholarship for gifted students is need-blind and awarded based on merit....
17 Nov Transitioning Into Hybrid Learning: Resources for Parents
Hybrid learning is an educational model where some students attend class in-person, while others join the class virtually from home. Educators teach remote and in-person students at the same time using tools like video conferencing hardware and software. In some cases, hybrid classes include asynchronous...
09 Nov Ten Ways to Learn at Home
Fall has arrived and, with it, more distance learning! ...
05 Nov Guest Post: My Story
I don’t deserve any credit, I just was born this way, to new immigrants, Holocaust survivors just off the boat. We lived in a Bronx tenement. My parents spoke little English, yet I taught myself to read at 3 and was reading on a 12th...
03 Nov Academy Student Words and Works
When it comes to sharing what’s so unique and special about Academy, our students tell it best! This fall, we asked students to share what they like about their class, what can make it even better, and what classes they’d like to see offered this...
27 Oct Calling All 7th Graders! The Caroline D. Bradley Scholarship Application Will Open Soon!
We know so many seventh-graders are eager to apply for the Caroline D. Bradley Scholarship, which offers a full scholarship to an optimally-matched high school or learning program for highly gifted students. The application process will begin soon but to get your creative juices flowing,...
20 Oct You Might Have a Gifted Child on Your Hands if…
Parents tend to know when their child needs something more. If you are looking for an opportunity for your gifted child, you’ve come to the right place. We’re here to provide children with the educational, emotional, and personal support needed to ensure they thrive in...
13 Oct Virtual Learning Lab: Cryptography!
A CDB Scholar shares a virtual lesson on cryptography: its history and use as a communication tool....
06 Oct Books for Gifted Children and Parents
The impact of a book that speaks to us regardless of time or life circumstance is golden. It can touch us in ways that are inspiring, grounding, comforting, entertaining, and enlightening. Whether you are opening a classic you’ve never read before or returning to an...
29 Sep Help Us Meet Our Fundraising Goal
IEA kicked off our Read-a-Thon just over a week ago! Since then we have held our kickoff event, our first game of trivia, and we are getting set for our first round of virtual book clubs. In times like these, our IEA family is more...
22 Sep Distance Learning: Staying Organized
Distance learning for many parents and students is a new concept and can be challenging. This year parents will have to be more involved than ever in being a teaching partner. Students will need to stay focused and engaged and parents may need some tools...
10 Sep 28 Gifted Learners Receive Caroline D. Bradley Scholarship to Attend Optimally Matched High School Program
The Institute for Educational Advancement (IEA) announces the award recipients of the Caroline D. Bradley Scholarship (CDB) for the class of 2025, a four-year high school scholarship for gifted learners to attend an optimally matched high school program to help them work toward meeting their...
01 Sep A Guide to Online Friendships
By Calder Hansen·calder@onlinefriendships.info This is a guest post from Caroline D. Bradley Scholar Calder Hansen. You can check out the full link here. Hi, I’m Calder. I had an unconventional high school education centered around an online school with an online community, so I have had a...
24 Aug Digital Civics: How IEA Spyglass Students are Advocating for Positive Change
By Nicole Endacott, Senior Program Coordinator How we use technology is more important than ever these days – our education, advocacy, work and social lives are primarily limited to online settings. In light of youth’s increased reliance on technology as well as current racial and social...
17 Aug Reflections on Teaching This Summer: Slowing Down and Observing Carefully
By Lucy Blagg Earlier this year, I read a book called Slow Looking by Shari Tishman. Tishman is a lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education whose research “focuses on the development of thinking and understanding, the role of close observation in learning, and learning...
12 Aug Virtual Learning Lab: Creative Problem Solving III – Working Backwards
Creative Problem Solving III - Working Backwards In this video, 2023 CDB Scholar Arul Kolla continues the series of videos about creative problem solving by talking about working backward. Sometimes, we're given the end state of a series of actions and are asked to find the...
10 Aug On Kindness: Reflections from Virtual Yunasa
By Qiao Li, IEA Program Coordinator “Asking if Yunasa is worth it is like asking if a diamond sparkles. This camp has given me so much and I truly hope that I can give back a fraction of what I have received from it. I took...
06 Aug Virtual Learning Lab: Japanese History, Lecture 1, Early and Feudal Japan
This series of videos, presented by Umar Ahmed Badami (CDB 2021 and CEO of Brilliants, a tutoring organization dedicated to helping underrepresented minorities) will discuss the history and cultural evolution of Japan, from ancient times through the present. In Lesson 1, we’ll discuss the geography...
04 Aug A Spyglass Sit-In
By Jennifer de la Haye This week, I had an opportunity to observe a session of Spyglass, IEA’s new distance learning program that brings professionals and students together via Zoom for specialized workshops. This particular session was the 4th class in a 6-part series for children ages 9-12. The...
24 Jul Virtual Learning Lab: Creative Problem Solving II – Changing Your Point of View
Creative Problem Solving II - Changing Your Point of View In this video, 2023 CDB Scholar Arul Kolla continues the series of videos about creative problem solving by talking about changing your point of view. In many problems, we often get stuck after trying for...
23 Jul Virtual Learning Lab: Mathematical Poetry – Topology
Mathematical Poetry - Topology This is the third part of a series of new poetry workshops, pairing up math and poetry. In this video, Cassidy Kao will introduce the basic concept of Topology, teach students to write a "three-line transforming poem" and create their own Mobius...
20 Jul Finding Self-Kindness: An Interview with Yunasa Fellow Dan Tichenor
By Jennifer De La Haye Dan Tichenor is a beloved Yunasa Fellow and friend of IEA. During our virtual Yunasa West session, Dan led a workshop about self-kindness, a topic that seems especially important right now, when everything feels upside down. I conducted an interview with...
13 Jul Summer Reads 2020 for Kids, Young Adults and Adults
By Amber McClarin, IEA Enrollment Coordinator Summer plans may not be shaping up the way we had imagined, but that doesn’t mean that traveling to new and exciting places are off the table. There are no limits to where our minds can take us. No matter...