Gifted Education Is Rigged
It isn't enough to be a well-educated parent or high-income. You can have several Ph.D.'s and earn six figures, but what counts is knowing how...
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Here’s How the Every Student Succeeds Act Could Help Gifted, Black Students
Gifted, honors, AP, and International Baccalaureate programs may become more diverse nationwide if requirements of ESSA, or the Every Student Succeeds Act, roll out in...
Will Your Child’s Giftedness Be Recognized?
Unfortunately, teachers are biased too—one study shows how teachers’ choices and viewpoints often mirror the bias that permeates our society....
Can Innovative Education Lower Incidents of Misbehavior?
I just wonder what’s behind the misbehavior in poor, black communities, and if more challenging, more inventive education approaches couldn’t be part of the solution....
Black Enrollment in Single Digits at Gifted School in Diverse District
Although more attention has been paid to black underrepresentation in gifted education, we must also address the fact that white students are overrepresented in gifted...
Young, Gifted and Black: High IQ 6-Year-Old Suspended Twice
The fourth in the Young, Gifted and Black series, this article tells the story of Isaiah, who taught himself to read before age 2 but...
Children of Color Are Gifted, Too
The groundbreaking work of Martin D. Jenkins who studied and published papers telling descriptive stories of highly intelligent Negro children that he had worked with...