Project Bright IDEA: Finding Talent and Giftedness in Children of Diverse Backgrounds (2013-2014)

This project team evaluated and extended a 10-year experiment with the Bright IDEA gifted-and-talented curriculum in North Carolina elementary (and some secondary) schools, using both quantitative and qualitative approaches to assess and further extend the program into other states.

Timing

2013-2014

Reflection

Tai Chen

This Team in the News

Congratulations to the Student Leadership and Service Award Winners

This project team was originally part of the Education & Human Development theme of Bass Connections, which ended in 2022. 

Team Leaders

  • William Darity, Sanford School of Public Policy
  • Angel Harris, Arts & Sciences: Sociology
  • Rhonda Sharpe, Arts & Sciences: African and African American Studies

Undergraduate Team Members

  • Tai Chen, Economics (BS); Philosophy (AB2)
  • Stephen Hafferkamp, Neuroscience (BS)
  • Arden Kreeger, Public Policy (AB)
  • Dianwen Li, Electrical & Computer Egr(BSE)
  • Ray Li, Political Science (AB); Public Policy (AB2)
  • Yuchen Long, Economics (BS)
  • Gayle Powell, Public Policy (AB); History (AB2)
  • Arianna Price, Public Policy (AB)
  • Jihye Seo, Economics (AB)
  • Jay Sullivan, Public Policy (AB)
  • Liaowang Zou, Statistical Science (BS); Public Policy (AB2)

Team Contributors

  • Margaret Gayle, Social Science Research Institute
  • Daniel Turner, Social Science Research Institute

Themes