Texas School Business JANUARY / FEBRUARY 2017
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TASBO President Profile Rockwall ISD’s Randy McDowell pushes for more state support By Autumn Rhea Carpenter
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In the Spotlight Spring ISD Principal Robert Long shines with U-STAR
TSPRA President Profile Stepping up and into a president’s shoes
Cover Story
Engaging the gifted
Experts espouse merits of identifying high-ability students by John Egan
by Merri Rosenberg
by Shelley Seale
Departments 6 Who’s News 27 Regional View 29 Calendar 32 The Arts 34 Ad Index
Columns
5 From the Editor by Dacia Rivers 9 The Law Dawg— Unleashed by Jim Walsh 11 Digital Frontier by Bill Lewis 13 Game On! by Bobby Hawthorne
Photo Features
10 Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented takes it to the "next level" 17 Texas ASCD hosts annual conference in Dallas
25 Student Voices by Ricardo “Rikki” Umanzor and Ekaterina Farwell 34 The Back Page by Riney Jordan
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