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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What's your point?  Again, being "gifted" is not a disability classification under IDEA nor should it be.  By arguing that "giftedness" should be, all you are doing is diluting the law and making IDEA appear ridiculous.[/quote]

Again, I never made that argument.  So, what's the bitterness about?
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No bitterness.  What's the point about the link about giftedness?  Nothing in the link says having a high IQ is a disability and that kids with high IQs have trouble "accessing the curriculum" or that they need protection from discrimination which is the whole point of IDEA and IEPs.[/quote]

Well, it was a very flawed assumption on my part that there was a place for a discussion about the middle ground.  In DC, that clearly is not the case.  No reason allowed here, I suppose -- you're either a bleeding heart liberal or bible thumping Neanderthal, I guess...

DCPS is either heaven or hell -- no reality may be injected into any discussion.  It's a shame, really.  I personally believe it helps to understand the bit of truth in each person's arguments.  Then, it's easier to see a productive path forward. 
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Look, no one is persecuting you for wanting a rigorous G&T program in DC like every other large urban city.  In fact, most parents on DCUM except a few outliers would love a real G&T program but realize it's DC's (racial) politics that is the primary reason that keeps it from happening.

However, using IDEA, a law designed to help children with disabilities, for what will primarily benefit white, high SES kids with high IQs is a little much.[/quote]

Yes, a lot of it is in racial politics, driven by a status quo of historic majority AA that views anything that might be perceived to be encouraging toward high-SES whites and gentrification as inherently bad for the AA community.

The sad irony however is that many of those high-SES whites moving into the area have plenty of other options and will just go around the system and find their own solution (via privates, et cetera), so it's ultimately the low-SES AA families with G&T children who are getting hurt the most and whose needs are not being met by all of this deeply misguided thinking from those who mistakenly think they are trying to [b]keep it fair for the low-SES AA families in DC. [/b] They are cutting their own noses off to spite their faces.[/quote]

Using IDEA to get around racial politics hurts those whom the law was originally intended to protect;  in this case, kids with disabilities by diverting money and resources from kids with disabilities to kids with high IQs.  IEPs are $$$ for school systems and you want to give an IEP to every "gifted" kid in DC?  You'll just be gutting IDEA for the benefit of mostly high SES kids.

So if you want a G&T program, find another way rather than standing on the backs of disabled kids.[/quote]

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