Category: Equity
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Key Flagstones Towards a Twice-Exceptional District Pathway (Part 3 in a 2e series)
Three key factors to support twice-exceptional students including acceptance and teamwork.
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Overreliance on IQ Testing Leads to Unsupported Students
Assessments of the gifted should provide objectivity and a data point which can be consistent across a range of abilities. However, in some cases the test used to evaluate the level of ability in students is both inaccurate and limiting.
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The Importance of Language: MLs or ELLs with High Academic Potential
The gifted gap is well-documented, but those who fall through vary from region to region. At a local research site, English Language Learners (ELLs) were found to have the lowest representation in the gifted program (Wise, 2023). One English as a Second Language (ESL) teacher explained, “I didn’t know that…
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Gifted DEI Efforts: What Does the Admin Think?
“Equity” muttered with an eye roll is an unfortunate side effect of Diversity and Equity Inclusiveness (DEI) efforts over the past few years. I have heard frustration expressed by those across the political spectrum with DEI’s performative aspect, its ineffectiveness, and the polarizing nature of large-group equity conversations. During doctoral…
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