Sandra KaplanSandra N. Kaplan has been a teacher and administrator of gifted programs in an urban school district in California. Currently, she is clinical professor in learning and instruction at the University of Southern California's Rossier Shool of Education. She has authored articles and books on the nature and scope of differenti-ated curriculum for gifted students. Her primary area of concern is modifying the core and differentiated curriculum to meet the needs of inner-city, urban, gifted learners. She is a past president of the California Association for the Gifted (CAG) and the National Asso-ciation for Gifted Children (NAGC). She has been nationally recognized for her con-tributions to gifted education. Read More Read Less