From the Founders:
  • Expanding Gifted Education, Opportunities for Disenfranchised Populations, and
Dissemination of Information through a Worldwide Network for Talent Development
Taisir Subhi Yamin; Ken W. McCluskey                                                                             07
 
From the Editor’s Desk:
  • Crystallizing Innovation and Imagination in Learning Contexts: Pathways to
Transformative Change
Karen Magro                                                                                                                          11
 
Articles:
  • Creative Leadership
Dorothy A. Sisk                                                                                                                       17
 
  • Who Decides What Giftedness Is?
Roland Persson                                                                                                                        27
 
  • Creative Potential and its Measurement
Todd Lubart; Franck Zenasni; Baptiste Barbot                                                                  41
 
  • The Art of Environmental Adult Education: Creative Responses to a
Contemporary Ecological Imperative
Darlene Clover                                                                                                                         53
 
  • Predicting the Birds: One Student’s Poetics of Difference
Cynthia M. Morawski; Andrew Williams                                                                             65
 
  • Opportunities and Challenges of Talent Development for Students Placed At-Risk
Donald J. Treffinger                                                                                                                79
 
  • The Relationship between Bullying and Suicide in A Sample of 53,000
Young Minnesotans
Timothy D. Baker; John H. Hoover                                                                                       85
 
  • Acceleration for Talent Development: Parents’ and Teachers’ Attitudes towards
Supporting the Social and Emotional Needs of Gifted Children
Selena Gallagher; Susen R. Smith                                                                                          97
 
  • E“Obvio!” – There are More Questions than Answers in the Early Identification of
Children with Academic Talent – A Perspective from PENTA UC Escolar, Chile
Diana Boyanova                                                                                                                      113
 
  • Africentric Schooling: What Next?
George J. Sefa Dei                                                                                                                  119
 
Profiles of Creativity:
  • The Passing of Nelson Mandela and Thoughts Arising
Trevor J. Tebbs                                                                                                                      129
 
Profiles of Excellence: Exemplary Educational Programs
  • Building Success from the Ground Up: The Three-Year Student Success Initiative
at Elmwood High School
Mike Babb; Joanne Sabourin; Grant Andruchuk; Eleoussa Polyzoi                                141
 
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants:
  • Remarks for Dr. James J. Gallagher Memorial Service (January 25, 2014)
Joyce VanTassel-Baska                                                                                                          153
 
  • Evolution of an Advocate: A Daughter’s Portrait
Shelagh A. Gallagher                                                                                                              155
 
  • A Tribute to Dr. Edna McMillan
Dorothy A. Sisk                                                                                                                       163
 
Book Reviews:
  • Gifted Workers Hitting the Target
Sandra K. Linke                                                                                                                    165
 
  • Advances in Creativity and Giftedness. Families, Education, and Giftedness: Case
Studies in the Construction of High Achievement
Sandra K. Linke                                                                                                                    169
 
Conferences and Seminars:
  • Lost Prizes - ICIE Seminars (July 16-19, 2014)
Kari McCluskey                                                                                                                    172