Gifted Education

Education is important in American society, and from pre-school through twelfth-grade, there are three types of educational programming: regular education, special education, and gifted education. This post explains “gifted education.” Currently, there are no uniform standards for gifted education in all situations, and the makeup of gifted education differs from state to state. However, the…

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IDEA and IEP: The Rights of Students with Disabilities

Public schools are available to all of America’s children, including children with special needs. While many students struggle with particular courses or subjects, students with special needs require additional assistance. Finding that schools were not giving students with special needs adequate services to allow them to develop their potential, Congress enacted a law, the Individuals…

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Nashville and Chattanooga Join “Cities for Citizenship”

On December 15, 2014, Mayor Karl Dean’s administration announced the city’s participation in Cities for Citizenship at the National Immigrant Integration Conference in Los Angeles. Chattanooga also signed the same day, bringing the number of participating cities to 14. This national initiative aims to increase citizenship among eligible U.S. permanent residents by cooperating and sharing…

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Perry Craft to Speak at Conference for Lawyers

Attorney Perry Craft will speak to lawyers at a conference sponsored by the Tennessee Bar Association in Vail, Colorado on January 19, 2015. Mr. Craft will speak about the United States Supreme Court and its recently decided cases. For many years, Mr. Craft has been a speaker at Tennessee Bar Association conferences for lawyers. He…

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CIA: Practitioners of Torture?

In 1947, Congress created the Central intelligence Agency (CIA) to coordinate and centralize all the intelligence agencies and branches of the United States. The CIA’s goal is to preserve and protect the freedoms of Americans. For some time, the press has scrutinized the CIA. Lately, critics contend that the agency tortured prisoners, but CIA supporters…

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