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.