Re:What it means to teach gifted learners well
by barry-cotter on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @10:33PM
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If 6% of schools have a G&T programme surely that proves a tiny minority of students are enrolled? It's not like honors or AP classes are targeted at top 10% or 5% students.
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Re:What it means to teach gifted learners well
by jcranmer on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @11:37PM
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In my school district, not every school had a GT program; if your base school didn't have one, you'd be instead bused to the nearest GT program. You'll need to compare school districts or (better yet) student populations, rather than merely schools, to get a better estimate.
Re:What it means to teach gifted learners well
by Misdicorl on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @10:38PM
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Thats the "official" G&T program statistic. I don't know anything about the requirements to be on that list, but perhaps it is onerous? My claim (unsupported) is there are plenty of schools that run G&T programs that are not on that list of 6% that, if counted, would raise the percent dramatically- perhaps to the 75% level? I don't know.
Re:What it means to teach gifted learners well
by barry-cotter on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @11:09PM
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> My claim (unsupported) is there are plenty of schools that run G&T programs that are not on that list of 6% that, if counted, would raise the percent dramatically- perhaps to the 75% level?
Unless you count AP or honors programmes as G&T this isn't remotely close to being true.