http://www.ctd.northwestern.edu/ An accredited learning center and research facility serving gifted students in PreK through grade 12
Mission Statement: CTD exists to serve the gifted community and ensure that gifted students receive the education, encouragement and support they need to learn and grow into confident and accomplished adults whose love for learning grows stronger each year.
Approach: Whether CTD students study the arts or biology, math or technology, they all come to the same life-altering conclusion: Learning is cool.
The equation is simple, yet elegant:
(1) Bring together gifted students from around the world in an environment conducive to learning – intense, accelerated courses offset with ample time for hanging out, exchanging worldviews and making friends.
(2) Add in enthusiastic, expert instructors who eschew lectures and foster learning-by-doing.
(3) Multiply by parents truly engaged in the student’s education.
(4) Finally, subtract labels typically assigned to students who do well in school.
The results: happy kids and enthusiastic learners, empowered parents and energized instructors. At CTD, it’s hip to be smart.
Educational programs and resources for gifted students and their families.
