Gifted children share the same needs, emotions, and desires as any other child. What sets them apart is their exceptional potential—the true ‘gift.’
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Are Gifted Programs Elitist?
Gifted programs are as elitist as we allow them to be.
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The Lay Of The Gifted Funding Land
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.
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From NPR: Who Are The ‘Gifted And Talented’ And What...
Ron Turiello’s daughter, Grace, seemed unusually alert even as a newborn.At 7 months or so, she showed an interest in categorizing objects: She’d take a drawing of an elephant in a picture book, say, and match it to a stuffed elephant and a realistic plastic elephant.At 5 or 6 years old, when snorkeling with her family in Hawaii, she identified a passing fish correctly as a Heller’s barracuda, then added, “Where are the rest? They usually travel in schools.