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Gifted students have a unique need that oftentimes a typical classroom is not meeting.
As gifted students grow, they can’t be afraid of making mistakes.
How gifted programs work across K-12, what research says about acceleration, and what high schools can offer beyond AP.
Rigor is NOT giving more work to students with less time to do it.
A gifted coordinator might be the only one in the school district looking out for gifted students.
Sports have a tremendous influence on the school environment
In Todd Stanley’s latest article, he discusses the death of Social Studies; if we wanted it to survive, we should have fought for it.
Identifying the gifted students and providing support
Gifted programs are as elitist as we allow them to be.
Gifted funding across the nation is like the wild west. There is no law or controlling entity, so many states and districts decide what they will or won’t do.