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Welcome to the Advocacy for Gifted And Talented Education website.

AGATE is a non-profit organization of concerned parents, educators and advocates designed to promote the education and welfare of gifted and talented learners in New York State. AGATE has been developed to:

  •  Seek and make available national, state, and local resources that contribute to the education of gifted and talented
  • Develop, publish, and disseminate appropriate materials for the education of the gifted and talented
  • Sponsor and foster activities that stimulate and encourage the development of improved programming practices for the education of the gifted and talented.
  • Assume a leadership role in the establishment of statewide conferences, meetings, workshops and other appropriate gatherings for the benefit and welfare of the gifted and talented.


The AGATE website contains interesting articles, educational links, archived newsletters, ways to join the organization and much more. We hope you enjoy your visit and be sure to come back to visit and find out what’s happening in the gifted and talented world.


Disclaimer Statement

The ”AGATE” (The Advocacy for Gifted and Talented Education in New York State) web site is for educational and informational purposes only. While care has been taken in the compilation of this information, we cannot guarantee that inaccuracies will not occur. AGATE will not be held responsible for any loss, damage or inconvenience caused as a result of any inaccuracy or error within these pages.

Additionally, many links from our site lead to pages maintained by other organizations and go to information that is not directly approved by AGATE. These are provided purely for your convenience. They do not imply that AGATE endorses nor supports these organizations, the information on their pages, or their produces or services in any way. No responsibility is assumed by AGATE for the contents of their pages.

If you discover any information on our pages which you believe to be inaccurate or inappropriate, please inform the contact given on the page, if any, or e-mail AGATE.

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I have read the above disclaimer statement and will abide by it.
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