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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I also learned that the brightest and most academic poor minority kids generally won't go as far in life without GT programs/white and Asian classmates from a young age as with.  Great data, poor data, or no data, it's a no brainer.

Almost everybody I've ever met who questions the value of ES and MS GT programs in urban centers didn't need them to break into the middle class. [/quote]

Yet, it's the middle class parents who are clamoring for the gifted programs. They are also the ones furtively prepping their kids for the screening tests (well documented from Fairfax to NYC).

If it is such a no brainer that these programs are beneficial, there should be scads of studies supporting that assertion. These studies should endeavor to separate the effects of gifted education from the effects of growing up in the wealthy , well educated households that shoehorn their kids into these programs.

Here are a couple of summaries of studies that suggest that the programs don't matter.

https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/282532/

http://www.slate.com/blogs/schooled/2015/09/30/gifted_and_talented_programs_under_scrutiny_white_and_asian_students_have.html
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