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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]I don't think anyone would say that being in an AAP center program is a bad thing for a student who is identified as gifted, via the usual tests and observation.[/b]

I don't think anyone would say that special programs are a bad thing for kids with learning disabilities, autism, or who don't speak much English.

So leave those programs alone, as they are doing the job in helping meet those students' needs.

Change your focus to the kids in gen ed who desperately need the attention and more differentiation and more challenging work. Stop trying to blame the one program you can blame and still feel PC. It's misguided.

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Lots of people have said that on this thread.  [/quote]

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And they've also pointed out that AAP isn't a real gifted program - so it's not even servicing the kids who most need it.  Instead, it's just taking half of the mainstream student population, and slapping a gifted label on them.  It's utterly obnoxious.[/quote]

It does not take half of the mainstream population.

It takes approximately 14% of the mainstream population.[/quote]

That's still too much.  They should accept far fewer kids.  2-5% would be more like it.[/quote]

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