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Re:The case for expanding rather than eliminating gifted edu... by chernevik on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @01:21PM (#31670758)
The answer would be to improve the development of those students who are underdeveloped -- not change criteria for the identification of potential.

This is, of course, far more complicated, and involves difficult problems. Far easier to sweep it all under the rug by calling attention to qualifications "unacceptable".

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Re:The case for expanding rather than eliminating gifted edu... by UncleMeat on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @01:29PM (#31670916)
In my personal experience agitating for change in this space, it is precisely the same people who resist change in admissions criteria and who resist change in grants for equitable early development resources.

And in the example I listed for early GT admissions, there was no need for developing "underdeveloped" students. They were already developed. They just had systems that didn't enable them to get through the gate to the GT program.

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