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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You're being quite overdramatic, 10:51. So called "G&T students", the majority of which are really just academically advanced students, are not being mistreated, ignored or forgotten. They're excelling in their schools. You'd like them to be given greater resources for acceleration. That's a great idea, but a foolish way to allocate resources.

The fact of the matter is that there are very few truly gifted students in DCPS. There are few truly gifted students anywhere. For these students, families do what they have had to do for generations. They seek enrichment outside the school. If you have an art prodigy, you seek extra art classes. If you have a sports prodigy, you seek travel teams and soccer camp. If you have a math prodigy, you seek enrichment. That is how parents of truly gifted children navigate the educational environment.

When it comes to resource allocation, addressing the areas of greatest need is the most efficient way to improve schools. The "G&T" kids are not the greatest need. They access the curriculum just fine.

As for using IDEA to argue that being smart is a disability, well, that makes no sense. [/quote]

I agree wholeheartedly with the argument that IDEA is not the appropriate avenue (and probably most posters here agree) - but I have to disagree quite strongly with just about everything else that you have to say.

They are "excelling" only by the yardstick of a non-G&T perspective and only when compared to non-G&T students.  From a G&T perspective they are being held back and their academic progress is being stunted, they are discouraged and bored in class, they are not receiving appropriate instruction, and their needs are not being met.  That's not so "excellent".

Further, "resource allocation" is absolutely NOT a legitimate argument for opposing G&T.  DCPS spends far more per student than any other district in the nation - to include spending more than many districts that DO provide resources to meet the needs of G&T students.

And given the economic demographics of DC, you should also accept the fact that many families do not have the means to fund outside G&T enrichment on their own.  The programs in the area like Johns Hopkins CTY are not affordable to many of us - which is why it is all the more incumbent on OSSE/DCPS to provide the means to support G&T students.[/quote]

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