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Reply to "Fairfax County Begins to Dumb Down Gifted (GT) Program to Support Diversity"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]15:17 -- The thing is that, to some degree, there is a correlation between intelligence and income. In addition, there is a genetic component to intelligence. Therefore, there should be a relationship between intelligence of the kids and income of the parents. I suspect if we look at AAP, you would see a very strong correlation between AAP and family income. Whether it is from prep, smarter kids, more emphasis on education is not known. With that said, I believe we have a moral imperative to identify the smart/gifted children in economically disadvantaged situations. [/quote] We have no such moral imperative. It is up to the parents, the teachers, the standardized tests (which have been made quite neutral), and the selection process. Fairfax County schools spend more per child than 95% of school districts and class sizes in low income areas are already lower than well to do areas to provide extra help to those students. Those who are qualified should be admitted, and those who are not should not. Teachers who recognize those children who are "diamonds in the rough" can push for them through high GBRS scores with grades and test scores saying the rest. As the thread topic says, the program is being dumbed down enough already.[/quote]
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