This is such a good example of the era of post-truth era of institutional stupidity we
are now in- people have been beating up gifted and talented programs for the last 4 years-
so instead of reforming or making the programs more inclusive in terms of talent
identification- let’s just get rid or dismantle of them altogether…because there is really
no such thing as gifted or talented students- similar to being “post-disability”- it
reminds me of the professor from a reading department in the UK who said “we are
increasing disparities by reading to our children.” So not surprisingly- congress wants to
now cut Gifted and Talented. Like getting rid of special education, it will not close
disparities and likely do a lot of harm…MDB
https://exceptionalchildren.org/takeaction?vvsrc=/Campaigns/116794/Respond
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/education/gifted-programs-worsen-inequality-...
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/08/nyregion/gifted-talented-nyc-schools.html
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/schools-debate-gifted-and-talented-...