Sentences with phrase «gifted and talented programs come»

However, in Arizona, for example, only 0.14 % of the students in gifted and talented programs come from language minority backgrounds (Maker, 1987).

Not exact matches

As Tom Loveless of the Brookings Institution argues, affluent high - achievers who come into school with so many advantages typically enjoy opportunities that prepare them well for college: gifted - and - talented programs, accelerated courses, and classes with high - achieving peers.
Yet the (all too meager) research and evaluation that have been conducted in this realm — both in the United States and overseas — yield a mixed picture when it comes to the academic «value added» by gifted - and - talented programs and selective - admission schools.
The resurgence of ability grouping comes as New York City grapples with the state of its gifted and talented programs — a form of tracking in some public schools in which certain students, selected through testing, take accelerated classes together.
Coming from a first career in public education as a teacher, resource specialist for the Gifted and Talented Program, and over a decade as a school principal, she works with clients to help them realize better ways to achieve their life goals.
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