Gifted Education. Home / Ten Things to Know About Gifted Students Ten Things Teachers Need to Know About Gifted Students by Janine MacAulay 1. They are students with special needs.Statistically, a student with an IQ of 135 is as far from average as one with an IQ of 65. Gifted Students Have 'Special Needs,' Too - Chester E. Finn Jr. It's not elitist to pour more resources into educating our brightest kids.
In fact, the future of the country may depend on it. A high school senior paints a portrait at the School for Talented and Gifted in Dallas. (Reuters) Are our national education-reform priorities cheating America's intellectually ablest girls and boys? Yes -- and the consequence is a human capital catastrophe for the United States. Problematizing Gifted Education, Part I: Why Problematize? 0Share Synopsis Gifted education, as it exists in this country today, is fundamentally and fatally flawed in conception and in practice.
Programs for gifted students are a familiar aspect of American education, and they have been, off and on, for nearly a century. Schools 'failing to stretch the brightest pupils'