ABSTRACT
In 2008, the Gifted Education Resource Institute at Purdue University began Project Having Opportunities Promotes Excellence (HOPE), a 3-year grant project funded from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation. Five Midwestern school districts that had more than 30% of their students from low-income families were invited to participate in Project HOPE. Multiple measures were used throughout the HOPE Scholar recruitment process. Super Saturday is an enrichment program created for gifted and talented students in Pre-K through eighth grade. High-quality teachers are selected to teach these courses, and are required to attend a teacher-training program. Cost is something that we should anticipate when creating a program, but starting small is definitely more cost effective.
