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[quote=Anonymous]I am sick to death of all this gifted talk.  It has to be one or two people writing about this gifted stuff all over the threads in this forum.

My question?  What is the difference among a gifted student, an advanced learner, and kids who are really good students.  My sense is that in DC we have some super smart kids and the basic dcps curriculum/teacher does not keep up with them and they are not the main concern of the administation or teachers given the profound catch up that an even larger number of kids in DC need to make.

I don't think we need to advocate for gifted or tag programs. Such a tiny percentage of kids are truly gifted that it wouldn't really solve the larger problem of what to do with really smart ( but not necessarily gifted ) masses of students.

I would like to see DC develop better ways of meeting the academic needs of these super smart kids without having to start labeling kids "gifted" or not.   Maybe this happens through flexible grouping, pull out, test- in middle schools or magnet schools.  It already happens with AP classes and the IB Diploma program in high schools.  How to do that starting in middle/upper elementary?[/quote]

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