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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The term “gifted” isn’t used appropriately by many public schools. Having higher ability than a large portion of their peers does not equal giftedness. It means the curriculum has been watered down to better serve those who are average to below average.

What we shouldn’t do is stop funding resources for students who are capable of achieving more — gifted or not.

In what world does it make sense to spend $$$$ dollars on special ed and $ on students who may be some of our best innovators in the future?[/quote]

Well, in this world it makes sense to spend more money for special education because the challenges of special education students to learn and achieve their potential is greater than it is for average and gifted students. You just need to provide materials/opportunities for the latter; but you need to devote more resources, more time, more instruction, more teachers to the former.[/quote]

That doesn’t make sense. You could triple the spending on SPED and it would make hardly any difference in outcomes. Many of these kids unfortunately are not capable of achieving more and spending more money on them will not change outcomes. [/quote]

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