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INSTITUTIONALIZED RACISM
WITHIN GIFTED PROGRAMS
Gifted Program Funding & Administration Are Forms of Institutionalized Racism
Gifted education programs often serve as a socially acceptable mask for institutionalized racism. I learned this through my son who was a senior in a top-ranked...
THINGS YOU DID NOT KNOW ABOUT GIFTED STUDENTS
Gifted Students Need Support
Gifted students need supports just like musicians and athletes. They need to be guided by teachers who are trained and supported in providing gifted education. The gifted student needs to be continually challenged and...
GIFTED STUDENTS LEARN DIFFERENTLY
Gifted students learn differently and require special education supports in order to grow academically and achieve their potential. This includes:
- Appropriate identification
- Academic field exploration with the field and study in-depth learning
- Accelerated and...
THE STATE OF GIFTED EDUCATION
UNDERFUNDED AND INAPPROPRIATELY ADMINISTERED
Gifted Students come from all economic, racial, ethnic, and cultural populations and constitute 3.2 million school children or 6% of the school population. Gifted students perform at higher levels than their same-aged...