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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wish the District did start a gifted program like the kind that some poster want, if only to see the reactions of some of these parents when their kids don't test into it![/quote]

They'd just do what upper-income parents in NYC do: send their 4yos for test prep so that they make the cut-off. The result? "Gifted" programs that are bursting at the seams with above-average rich white kids.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/13/education/in-one-school-students-are-divided-by-gifted-label-and-race.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/18/nyregion/new-york-city-schools-struggle-to-separate-the-gifted-from-the-just-well-prepared.html?_r=0

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so what do you suggest?   No gifted programs and everyone moving to charters and/or MoCo and FCPS by middle school unless you are IB for Deal and Wilson like it is now.

The article suggests DCPS wants upper income parents who have their kids in preschool at DCPS to stay but their "enrichment" program isn't going to lure anyone to do so.[/quote]

Public schools are not going to cater to the truly gifted.  That's just too much to spend on a few kids.

As for the rich / well-prepared, no, I don't think we should create a separate track for them.  I think the enrichment programs are appropriate.  There are also several test-in high schools available in DCPS.[/quote]

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