text: tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167365232017-06-21T19:20:01.638-07:00Gifted ExchangeWelcome to Gifted Exchange, the blog about gifted children, schooling, parenting, education news and changing American education for the better. This blog is supported by the Davidson Institute for Talent Development.Laura Vanderkamhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-16736523.post-21170716805789600862016-11-17T06:45:00.001-08:002016-11-17T06:45:34.550-08:00A new online high school for gifted kidsGreetings! I know it has been a long time since I've posted here, but there's some great news that I wanted to share with the Gifted Exchange audience. The Davidson Institute -- which is the sponsor of this blog -- has just announced the launch of a new full-time online high school option for the 2017-2018 academic year. The Davidson Academy in Reno has been serving the profoundly gifted Laura Vanderkamhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-16736523.post-39561621594802774142016-04-15T14:34:00.000-07:002016-04-15T14:34:15.262-07:00It isn't either/or I have been reading (and enjoying) Anders Ericsson's new book, Peak. Ericsson's career has focused on researching how one achieves world class performance in competitive fields such as music or chess. His concept of "deliberate practice" has been written about widely in popular literature. I was thinking of the concept of practice, and intelligence in the context of false choices recently. OneLaura Vanderkamhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-16736523.post-88755357461295925392016-03-11T10:05:00.000-08:002016-03-11T10:05:55.733-08:00Standardized testing -- in or out?My oldest child is now in 3rd grade, which in our state means it's time for the big No Child Left Behind-inspired assessments. There have been emails going around about the process of opting out, and my son even asked me about it. Some parents were having their children skip the tests, he said, so what about us? I have mixed feelings about this. On one hand, I know what the tests will show. He Laura Vanderkamhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-16736523.post-55421390335087748132016-02-20T10:36:00.000-08:002016-02-20T10:36:50.888-08:00This doesn't make differences less noticeableOne of the arguments against self-contained gifted classes is that children who don't receive this label will feel inferior. While that would certainly be a sad outcome, an experiment in Baltimore raises the question of how, exactly, creating heterogeneous classes would change that. A recent article in the Baltimore Sun highlights changes in the area's gifted programs. In years past, all Laura Vanderkamhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-16736523.post-24905989814281867832016-01-20T09:58:00.000-08:002016-01-20T09:58:33.154-08:00How to work and homeschool tooI hope everyone had a great New Year! I know from previous surveys that a high proportion (perhaps 50 percent) of families of profoundly gifted students wind up homeschooling at some point during their school years. These days there are a lot more options for online schooling and individualized instruction than in the past. One thing that holds some families back is the assumption that one Laura Vanderkamhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-16736523.post-32431433669969502792015-12-23T05:50:00.000-08:002015-12-23T05:50:04.231-08:00Acceleration, math, and college standardsCalifornia has long had issues with matching up its public K-12 school system with its system of public universities. 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According to this article in The Conversation, the proportion of students sitting for an AP Calculus exam has risen from about 5 percent in the 1980s to 15 Laura Vanderkamhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-16736523.post-91560421926374387832015-11-20T08:39:00.000-08:002015-11-20T08:39:05.258-08:00How to talk about your gifted kidIn the 10th anniversary post, I wrote that we'd be re-visiting some of the topics that sparked the most discussion over the years. One of those questions was how to talk about your gifted child. Parents want and need to talk about their kids. I'm sure this is somewhat annoying for people who don't have kids, but parenting consumes a lot of time, and most of us want to do a good job at it. Laura Vanderkamhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-16736523.post-7685426556111467922015-11-11T09:53:00.000-08:002015-11-11T09:53:30.325-08:00When to skip a grade, when not to (plus DITD program info)I had a conversation with a father recently whose highly gifted son had needed more challenge. The school recommended accelerating him a grade. The family didn't want to do that, and wound up putting him in a private school where they thought he could get more individual attention and flexible grouping (there were smaller, multi-grade classes). Obviously, any situation has its own particular Laura Vanderkamhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-16736523.post-83760619118554555992015-10-22T07:10:00.000-07:002015-10-22T07:10:40.590-07:00But it's optional...Homework is a source of friction in many families, and we are not immune to this. 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I generally don't tell my 4-year-old daughter about playdates until shortly beforehand for a few Laura Vanderkamhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-16736523.post-89863078361722688622015-09-21T11:20:00.000-07:002015-09-21T11:20:08.684-07:00Gifted Exchange turns 10!Believe it or not, this blog turns 10 years old this week (on the 23rd, exactly). If it were a kid, it would be a 4th grader -- or perhaps an accelerated 5th or 6th grader. My own interest in gifted education came from my experiences in school. I wound up writing about the topic for USA Today, and then Jan and Bob Davidson hired me to help write their book, Genius Denied. I learned a lot in the Laura Vanderkamhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-16736523.post-17123576427076353142015-09-16T17:21:00.000-07:002015-09-16T17:21:20.743-07:00Intel and the Intel Science Talent SearchYears ago, I had a gig with Scientific American writing a weekly column for the website called "Where are they now?" This recurring feature looked at past finalists in the Westinghouse Science Talent Search, later called the Intel Science Talent Search. It was a fun gig for me. Armed with a list of names of finalists since the 1940s, I'd Google them and see who I could find. Some people were easyLaura Vanderkamhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-16736523.post-73275652534037494622015-09-08T18:29:00.001-07:002015-09-08T18:29:22.741-07:00The skill of performanceMy 5-year-old starts "real" kindergarten later this week. Long-time blog readers know that our district is perfectly fine with letting you hold back your child for a year, but his late September birthday means getting around the Sept 1 cut-off involves jumping through a lot of hoops. We chose not to push it. He's a pretty relaxed kid, and indeed, we have friends who just made the cut-off who've Laura Vanderkamhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-16736523.post-91163208009966114632015-08-20T08:48:00.000-07:002015-08-20T08:48:19.367-07:00Congrats to the 2015 Davidson FellowsThis past week the Davidson Institute for Talent Development (which sponsors this blog) announced the winners of its flagship Davidson Fellows awards. Every year, DITD awards $10,000, $25,000, and $50,000 scholarships to young people who've done amazing things in science, music, math, literature, and the arts. You can read about this year's fellows here. Some highlights: A young man who provedLaura Vanderkamhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-16736523.post-12300324572732257932015-08-10T11:56:00.000-07:002015-08-10T11:56:05.193-07:00Collaboration: the agony and the ecstasyThere are lots of trendy management theories out there (believe me -- I get sent a lot of review copies of the books!) 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Broad measures still put the US pretty muchLaura Vanderkamhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-16736523.post-18266435605410041782015-07-23T04:24:00.001-07:002015-07-23T04:24:47.508-07:00Who's in and who's outThe Davidson Institute sends me a list of headlines related to gifted education each week. I've been keeping this blog for almost 10 years, so I see a lot of headlines. And over the years, I've noticed something about these articles. So much of the literature on gifted education is about who's in and who's out. Perhaps it's about the demographic make-up of who's in and who's out. Perhaps it's Laura Vanderkamhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-16736523.post-65241512005935597972015-07-07T10:29:00.000-07:002015-07-07T10:29:55.600-07:00New methods of school discipline - and how it might affect gifted kidsMy friend Katherine Reynolds Lewis has a lengthy story in Mother Jones magazine this month called "What If Everything You Knew About Disciplining Kids Was Wrong?" Over the past two years, she visited schools and juvenile justice facilities implementing the theories of psychologist Ross Green. The idea is that reacting to an out-of-control child in anger, and implementing negative consequences, Laura Vanderkamhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-16736523.post-74654428548814499332015-06-24T12:48:00.000-07:002015-06-24T12:48:32.929-07:00Will a gifted program keep families in (or attract them to) a district?Plenty of districts have pared back gifted programs in recent years. 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If your during-the-year schooling situation hasn't been perfect (and even if it's great, it's rarely that) summer gives a chance to try out newLaura Vanderkamhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-16736523.post-54993331530884548152015-05-20T15:07:00.000-07:002015-05-20T15:07:19.894-07:00Prodigies become performers when work is playThe New York Times ran a "Room for Debate" package about child prodigies this week. The question: is it a blessing or a curse? I enjoyed reading Jordan Ellenberg's take on this. A math prodigy as a kid, he became a mathematician as an adult, a transition that isn't always easy. Why is that? "A large body of research shows that when you're great at something as a kid, you're likely to be, at Laura Vanderkamhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-16736523.post-40485963722765253922015-05-15T13:50:00.000-07:002015-05-15T13:50:12.670-07:00LA and exact proportionality One common criticism of gifted programs is the over- or under-representation of certain groups. Smart programs try to screen everyone rather than relying on parent or teacher nominations (which may not be entirely objective). To be sure, tests aren't perfect either. But does a program need to have exactly proportional representation compared with a district at large to be acceptable? 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The Eyes Of Texas Are Upon Whom?
Questions concerning leadership emerge out of Saturday's tailspin
By Russ Espinoza,
10:36AM, Mon. Sep. 16, 2013
This year was supposed to restore balance to Texas football. Their No. 15 ranking to open the still young, now deflated season reflected that. The combination of veteran leadership, fresh offensive schemes, and a collective agenda of atonement had many fans across Texas buying into Mack Brown's resurgent rhetoric.
After the Longhorns' 44-23 home loss on Saturday night to an Ole Miss squad they blew out as visitors just twelve months ago, it's apparent that UT hasn't improved a lick – they've regressed. The Longhorns last opened the season 1-2 in 1998, Brown's first season in Austin. It's not far-fetched to suggest that this 1-2 start is the beginning of his last.
Adversity weighed on the team all week. The brains of their defense, Manny Diaz, was fired following BYU's rushing onslaught last Saturday, and starting quarterback David Ash did not practice all week due to head and shoulder injuries sustained in the game's fourth quarter.
The embattled Longhorns met No. 25 Mississippi on Saturday looking to snap a six-game home losing streak to ranked opponents. The defense, overseen by new coordinator Greg Robinson, was in the spotlight and buckled early, as the Rebels burst out to an early 14-0 lead.
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Ole Miss scored the game's final 31 points, beginning with a field goal as the first half expired. From there, the Texas offense couldn't revive what they accomplished in the first half. While the defense was breaking from the will of Rebel quarterback Bo Wallace and diminutive tailback Jeff Scott, Case McCoy's offense stalled on three consecutive three-and-outs, and accumulated only 100 yards throughout the entire second half.
Scott compounded UT's defensive woes by scooting to the outside for 164 yards on 19 carries, later extinguishing hope of a Texas comeback with a shifty 73-yard punt return.
What happened Saturday night was the confluence of a team on the rise and one taken down yet another notch. How can Ole Miss, ranked but formerly an SEC bottom-dweller, have such superior all-around talent to the University of Texas? The sentiment's especially true at the skill positions, both Ole Miss' Scott and Texas' Jonathan Gray had 19 carries, but Scott rushed for 71 more yards and looks like a bonafide pro prospect.
No matter how chummy Mack Brown is with his superiors, athletic director DeLoss Dodds and school president Bill Powers, his team is on the precipice of abject disaster entering Big 12 play, and the collective frustration of Longhorn Nation may be enough to override administrative loyalties if the slide persists. One need not look any further than the 100,000 boos ringing out from DKR during when the stadium aired a public service announcement geared towards the beleaguered figurehead.
Longhorn fans have grown accustomed to a standard of excellence Brown himself crafted out of the middling John Mackovic era. And while he deserves—and has received—substantial acclaim for his service as head coach, there can be no sacred steers in the business of winning and losing.
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One hundred caps and we still don't love him. Just what is it about Ashley Cole?
England's finest left-back, perhaps the best of all time, will run out at Wembley tonight for a very special friendly against Brazil. The match is to celebrate the FA's 150th anniversary, and it is reasonable to argue that, in all those years, the FA have never had such a talented player in Cole's position.
Fit, agile, positionally correct, elastically dangerous when going forward and with the uncommon knack of tracking back fast, to be in the right place when it matters, Cole is the ideal modern full-back.
He has been one of the safest names in England's XI since his debut against Albania in 2001, aged 20. In 2010 he was England's player of the year. Today he is 32, a veteran and a professional.
As a club player he has won everything going: three league titles, one League Cup, one European Cup and — most extraordinarily — seven FA Cups. (For comparison, he's won two more FA Cups than Manchester City have won in 133 years.)
He has played in five international tournaments: the 2002, 2006 and 2010 World Cups as well as Euro 2004 and Euro 2012. That England have never got very far in any of them is scarcely his fault — his penalty miss against Italy in Kiev last year was hardly the deciding factor in another miserable tournament for the team, rather than for him. For all that England have laboured during the last decade, Cole would still have walked into most of the international sides that have dominated tournament football during his career.
It is no wonder that Stuart Pearce, who won 78 caps and who, before Cole, would have been everyone's choice as this country's best ever left-back, said this week that Cole was "the best left-back that has ever played for England."
So why have England fans found him so very hard to love? There is a familiar list of charges against Cole — which doesn't add up to all that much. At least, it scarcely merits the boos and sniping he still receives when playing for England — villain that he is in football's modern pantomime.
Yes, he put money before club loyalty when he moved from Arsenal to Chelsea in 2006. But at least Cole did not try to pretend otherwise. Mercenary disloyalty is fairly common in modern football, and the world would be a simpler place if everyone admitted it.
Yes, he has occasionally acted with petulance and/or stupidity on and off the field.
It was not clever to call the Football Association a #bunchoftwats after Cole was criticised for his role in defending John Terry over the Chelsea captain's racism beef. On the other hand, he swallowed a £90,000 fine for less than 140 characters. He paid his dues.
Shooting youngsters with air-rifles isn't too bright. Getting cocky with referees isn't, either. Driving bans for speeding are stupid. Fixed penalty notices for swearing in the vicinity of the police likewise. And if you're going to rat on a pop-star, don't pick the one pinch-faced Geordie whingebag beloved of Britain's X-Factorati.
But if any of these misdemeanours greatly differentiates Cole from the legions of other young, rich footballers who are less talented than he but receive far more adulation, then I'd like to know how.
When Cole runs out tonight, it'd be nice for Wembley to give him the unadulterated roar his service and talent merits. It probably won't happen. But that is more a reflection on Wembley than it is on him.
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Buying in Bulk
Our grocery budget is different than most since we almost always buy in bulk. Beef and chicken are purchased a few times a year in large quantities, bulk produce is purchased whenever possible and is canned, frozen, put in cold storage, or somehow preserved. Little House Living follows a special monthly budget to be able to buy this way. This a page of tips and resources on the topic of buying in bulk.
All About Buying in Bulk
When Buying in Bulk Isn't Best
Bulk Food Storage Containers
What You Should Buy in Bulk and How Long it Lasts (+ Printable)
Why You Should and Shouldn't Buy in Bulk
Budgeting for Bulk
Bulk Buying Price Sheet
Making Meals with Bulk Foods
Best Times to Bulk in Bulk
Buying Meat in Bulk
A Beginner's Guide to Azure Standard
What to Order From a Bulk Coop
Creating Cold Storage
Pantyhose Onion Storage
Frugal Cold Storage
How Long Will Produce Last in Cold Storage?
Shopping Tips
Best Times for Buying Seasonal Produce
Creating a Useful Stockpile
How to Stock Up
Keeping Inventory
Stockpiling 101
Stockpiling for Winter
Why Do You Stockpile?
Stockpiling Water
Rotating Your Stockpile
Creating a 3 to 6 Month Supplies List
Being Realistic About What You Need
Stockpiling Non-Perishables
When Buying in Bulk Isn't Best
Building a Whole Foods Stockpile
Small Space Storage
How to Build a Stockpile Quickly
Building a Stockpile
Practical Uses for Stockpiles
Eating from the Pantry Stockpile (Part 1)(Part 2)
Eating Cheap from the Pantry
Sprucing Up Boxed Meals
Make sure to find more practical uses for buying in bulk by reading about meal planning and canning and preserving. You can also find our specific shopping trips and how we spend our monthly food budget.
Also make sure to look for a bulk store in your area in your National Coop Bulk Store Database!
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- 1 November 24, 2012 at 8:44 am
I absolutely love this series and pinned this page! I'm just now going back through and reading all the posts since I've been offline a bit for Thanksgiving. There is so much helpful information and things I'm learning from the series!
- 2 December 12, 2012 at 4:05 pm
I have a very large family and would like to buy in bulk but not sure where to start. Thanks for your website.
- 3 December 17, 2012 at 3:44 pm
We buy our meat in bulk from Home Grown Cow. It's an on-line farmers' market for meat,poultry, and cheese. We simply find a farmers local to us that's raising the kinds of meat we're interested in. Sometimes we order a quarter, sometimes just a cut or two to try before we buy kind of thing. They have all kinds of farms. I say some of your readers are looking for goat. They have goat farmers to order from too.
- 4 January 17, 2014 at 2:16 pm
I have just found your page and love it. I do need your help. My husband will NOT eat veggies. Only potatoes. Nothing green, nothing healthy. we are wanting to begin to eating processed free. I believe that all of our health problems, or most of them anyway are caused by processed preservitives added food. Can you help me come up with a meal and grocery plan? Thanks for any help.
- 5 January 28, 2014 at 6:46 pm
I want to start buying in bulk but I am having trouble finding websites. Do you have websites you recommend? I have a Sam's Club near me. Is that the best place for me to buy bulk? Thank you! Love your site. Your Pumpkin Bread recipe is the best.
- 7 January 30, 2014 at 1:31 pm
Do you use Mylar bags and oxygen absorbers in your buckets?
- 9 February 1, 2014 at 9:19 am
After reading your posts about food grade buckets and gamma lids I went on line intending to purchase both. The prices for the buckets were a bit excessive, so I went to my local walmart bakery and asked if they had any food grade buckets they needed to get rid of. Apparently they get this question a lot and told me they sold buckets and lids for $1 each. I ended up with 2 five gallon, 1 three and a half gallon, and 4 one and a half or two gallon buckets with lids for $7. I will be buying gamma lids for the buckets, but $1 each is better than $10 each for the buckets. I would think any store with a bakery would have buckets. It's worth asking.
- 10 May 4, 2014 at 11:31 pm
Merissa, I noticed you have thermometer in your cold storage. I'm assuming the other dial measures humidity? Can you tell me where you got it? I haven't started a cold storage area yet and am looking to do it under the house. I'm not sure if the conditions are cold enough here in California and want to check the temperature before I invest in bulk food. I don't think it will work for summer but perhaps for winter squashes etc.
BTW congrats on the new baby! J
- 12 September 20, 2015 at 7:43 pm
How do you store food in mylar? Not really sure what that is.
- 13 November 4, 2015 at 2:07 pm
Hello again Merissa, I have to say I love your site. I am sure I will be visiting this site often. I have you book marked and I look forward to doing business with you, getting some great ideas for recipes, saving money, crafting and ideas for gifts that I may be able to sell. Great job on the site, I am just a beginner and have a lot to learn about building good sites. I hope you don't mind me getting ideas from you for my site.
- 14 January 4, 2016 at 8:32 pm
I love your site!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and life and how to make a home and life without spending a fortune!! Blessings and much love!!
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Teamwork Makes a Difference!
Support Team members know that rescue is not a short-term proposition. To make sure that Equamore horses fully recover and live out the rest of their lives in Sanctuary, team members pool their contributions and use their email and social media accounts to encourage others to help give their horse the kind of care needed to recover from starvation, neglect, and abuse.
First: browse our horse histories to pick a horse whose team you'd like to join. (Click the button to the right to choose a horse.)
Second: Fill out the "Support Team Application" on your horse's history page and commit to a monthly or one-time contribution, becoming not only a team member but One in a Thousand, an Equamore Friend.
Third: Visit your horse's page online any time, or in person during any of the planned Open Barn Days on the Equamore Calendar.
Fourth: If you want to do more, you can train with the Support Team Coordinator through the Equamore Academy to develop and implement a team plan, using your Twitter and Facebook accounts to raise money for the horse you've chosen. Monthly meetings will follow using the Internet and "GotoMeeting" software to keep in touch with your rescue team and get updates on your adopted horse or pony.
A Team Success Story
- "The General," pictured to the right as a baby, was brought to the Equamore Sanctuary in 1999 at just a few weeks old. The blind colt had been abandoned after he became hopelessly tangled in brush and was unable to follow his fast moving band. His rescuer sought help from the only organization in southern Oregon willing to take on the care of abandoned horses: the Equamore Foundation of Ashland, OR. Volunteers quickly had the foal's condition diagnosed by local vets and began the process of seeking funding to correct the bilateral cataracts that obscured his eyesight.The veterinary program at the University of California at Davis offered the surgery at a reduced cost; funding was procured from Equamore donors who formed the first Equamore Rescue Team, and the tiny equine was transported in the back of an SUV to California, where his eyesight was partially restored. He returned to the Equamore Sanctuary newly named, General U. C. Davis, in honor of the university's generous gift, "General," for short.
Now, for the rest of the story . . .
When a rescue organization accepts an unadoptable horse as Equamore did when it took in a blind foal, it makes a commitment to care for that animal for its lifetime. The problem is how to sustain funding over the four decades a healthy horse might live. Equamore volunteers came up with a team approach for 'The General." Ten horse lovers, who could not afford to care for a partially blind horse by themselves, created the first Equamore Rescue Team. Each member of the team agreed to contribute part of the cost of caring for "The General." While many of the original members of "G Team" have continued their sponsorship for the last 13 years, others have been unable to sustain their level of support. That's where you come in . . .
G Team changed the world for General U. C. Davis. You can help them or change the world for another horse by joining an existing team or organizing a new team for any of Equamore's horses or ponies. It's a wonderful way to use your creativity to make others aware of the needs of horses like General U. C. Davis and to encourage them to join a rescue team.


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armed with a needle-like complex that can penetrate cells in the human gut. The new findings may help explain how Salmonella can spread so efficiently.
Salmonella are the most frequently reported cause of food poisoning in the United States. Researchers at NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) decided to take took a closer look at how the bacteria might spread from cell to cell or from person to person.
Using high-powered microscopes, the scientists found that a subset of Salmonella have long whip-like "tails" that let them move freely within infected cells. These bacteria multiply more quickly than other Salmonella. They also have a "needle complex" that helps them pierce cells and inject their proteins. The bacteria seem especially well-suited for invading other cells.
Cells containing these Salmonella were quickly pushed out of a simple layer of lab-grown cells, which led to the release of bacteria. A similar process occurred in certain tissues of infected mice. The shedding cells set off an inflammation cascade. These findings may help explain the inflammation seen in Salmonella infections.
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Sinn Fein suffered a setback in the Northern Ireland Assembly on Monday night when if failed to block new legislation barring those with a serious conviction from working as special political advisers.
Although only one party member will be affected by the new rule, Sinn Fein protested that the new rule goes against one of the central features of the peace process, which allows ex-prisoners to take part in politics.
But it failed to attract support from other parties, so that the ban was passed by 56 votes to 28.
The result is seen as a personal victory for Ann Travers, a Belfast woman who has waged an emotional two-year campaign in the wake of the IRA murder of her sister in a 1984 attack in which her father, a magistrate, was seriously injured.
The immediate effect will be to disqualify former IRA member Paul Kavanagh from his job as special adviser to Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness, who is deputy first minister in the Assembly.
Mr Kavanagh served more than a decade in British prisons after being convicted of three murders in IRA bombings in London. He is married to Sinn Fein MEP Martina Anderson, who was also jailed for IRA activity in Britain.
Ms Travers's campaign began when Sinn Fein appointed as a special adviser Mary McArdle, who had served a life sentence for the murder of her sister. She was later quietly moved from the position but Ms Travers persisted in arguing that those convicted of killings and other serious offences should not be given jobs with salaries paid from the public purse.
Her campaign succeeded in pressurising a moderate nationalist party to change its position and drop its initial opposition to the legislation.
Ms Travers said after the vote: "I'm so pleased. Everything I've done, I've done out of love for my sister Mary who was beautiful, gifted, talented, and didn't deserve to die the way that she did.
"She certainly didn't deserve to have her memory stamped on."
The new legislation will affect special advisers who have received sentences of more than five years in prison. There is to be an appeals process during which victims can have a say.
Representatives of a number of victims groups were at the Belfast Assembly for the lengthy debate on the issue.
The new rules will not affect several dozen Sinn Fein members who work at Stormont and have previously served sentences for IRA offences. These include a number of ministers and ex-ministers, including Mr McGuinness.
Others include Assembly members and party staff, including a number who were given life sentences for murder.
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