Overwhelmingly, according to Ms. Dowies, the principals
said programs for gifted students should be appropriate for all pupils.
Not exact matches
Allison Roda, who interviewed parents over the course of several years at a city school with a G&T
program for her forthcoming book, «Inequality in
Gifted and Talented
Programs,»
said the end result is a clear delineation between
students.
The exceptionally
gifted students are «not often celebrated
for their talent and ability,»
said AAAS Olympiad
Program Director Florence Fasanelli, «but rather are left out and feel quite alone.»
Parrott
said DPS is working to change that kind of thinking to increase opportunities
for students — blacks and Hispanics in particular — to be included in the district's Advanced and Intellectually
Gifted (AIG)
Program.
He
said because the state's open enrollment
program allows
students to take classes in other schools at no charge, and because public schools are required to offer services
for gifted and talented
students, the
program is likely aimed at
students in the state's private voucher
programs.
Our emphasis on broad cognitive and metacognitive skills instead of rote learning was instrumental in lighting up our
students» imaginations, which drove their learning achievement,»
said Valorie Hargett, the State Consultant
for the Academically or Intellectually
Gifted Programs in North Carolina and a principal designer of the
program.