Anonymous wrote:Parents of AA and Latino children can not win. If they ask for something for their kids, they're "entitled". Now, if they take "no" for an answer they're neglectful.

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Anonymous wrote:AA mom here who has 2 kids who went through AAP and 1 who is in 2nd now so we will see what happens in April. For my older 2, my story reads like the other AA mom who posted. I remember we had teachers and the AART question why we thought our kids belonged in AAP when we mentioned that we would parent refer if my kids did not get in pool. I was actively discouraged from applying. I had WISCs done on both kids before CogAT results came in. Son's FSIQ was 142 and daughter's was 139. Both ended up in pool. After the school sent their applications to the screening committee, I asked to see my children's files. Work samples were horrible and GBRSs were low. Both under 10. My extremely gifted children got under 10s. I had my own thoughts on why. My kids did very well in both ES and MS AAP. They are both Freshman at Phillips Academy now. Luckily, DH and I are both MDs and have the money to pay for WISCs, without giving it a thought.

For my 2nd grader, we had a WISC done before CogAt came back. His FSIQ is 138 on WISC-V (different WISC then his siblings took) and he's also in pool. I have not seen his file yet but I won't be surprised if the GBRS is under 10 again just because. I can't speak to AA and the appeals process but I can say there is bias at play and even in spite of scores, some AARTs and teachers don't see AA kids as gifted.

FWIW, I have almost the same story with my DO. I am white, but an immigrant who speaks with an accent.

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Anonymous wrote:Does Finland have GT and magnet programs in their school system? I can't find any info on that. It seems equality of valued over excellence. Equity in education seem to be the focus. I am opposed to magnets and GT programs, my school in Europe had none of it. Without exaggerating when I came to study in the US in college, I was way above the best GT students that were my peers. So much so, that I often knew the material being thought. I learned it in high school.

I believe that Scandinavian school systems, like many other European school systems, have rigid tracking that starts early. Admittance to high schools depend on test scores, and include various college prep as well as vocational schools. I have relatives who are Swedish, btw.

+1 This was my experience in the former USSR as well. Kids were tracked VERY early, so the higher classes could move faster. Which...is one way to do it but it gives up a whole lot of kids before they are really old enough to demonstrate their potential.

Anonymous wrote:AA mom here who has 2 kids who went through AAP and 1 who is in 2nd now so we will see what happens in April. For my older 2, my story reads like the other AA mom who posted. I remember we had teachers and the AART question why we thought our kids belonged in AAP when we mentioned that we would parent refer if my kids did not get in pool. I was actively discouraged from applying. I had WISCs done on both kids before CogAT results came in. Son's FSIQ was 142 and daughter's was 139. Both ended up in pool. After the school sent their applications to the screening committee, I asked to see my children's files. Work samples were horrible and GBRSs were low. Both under 10. My extremely gifted children got under 10s. I had my own thoughts on why. My kids did very well in both ES and MS AAP. They are both Freshman at Phillips Academy now. Luckily, DH and I are both MDs and have the money to pay for WISCs, without giving it a thought.

For my 2nd grader, we had a WISC done before CogAt came back. His FSIQ is 138 on WISC-V (different WISC then his siblings took) and he's also in pool. I have not seen his file yet but I won't be surprised if the GBRS is under 10 again just because. I can't speak to AA and the appeals process but I can say there is bias at play and even in spite of scores, some AARTs and teachers don't see AA kids as gifted.

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I believe that Scandinavian school systems, like many other European school systems, have rigid tracking that starts early. Admittance to high schools depend on test scores, and include various college prep as well as vocational schools. I have relatives who are Swedish, btw.

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Anonymous wrote:Does Finland have GT and magnet programs in their school system? I can't find any info on that. It seems equality of valued over excellence. Equity in education seem to be the focus. I am opposed to magnets and GT programs, my school in Europe had none of it. Without exaggerating when I came to study in the US in college, I was way above the best GT students that were my peers. So much so, that I often knew the material being thought. I learned it in high school.

I believe that Scandinavian school systems, like many other European school systems, have rigid tracking that starts early. Admittance to high schools depend on test scores, and include various college prep as well as vocational schools. I have relatives who are Swedish, btw.

+1 This was my experience in the former USSR as well. Kids were tracked VERY early, so the higher classes could move faster. Which...is one way to do it but it gives up a whole lot of kids before they are really old enough to demonstrate their potential.

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Anonymous wrote:AA mom here who has 2 kids who went through AAP and 1 who is in 2nd now so we will see what happens in April. For my older 2, my story reads like the other AA mom who posted. I remember we had teachers and the AART question why we thought our kids belonged in AAP when we mentioned that we would parent refer if my kids did not get in pool. I was actively discouraged from applying. I had WISCs done on both kids before CogAT results came in. Son's FSIQ was 142 and daughter's was 139. Both ended up in pool. After the school sent their applications to the screening committee, I asked to see my children's files. Work samples were horrible and GBRSs were low. Both under 10. My extremely gifted children got under 10s. I had my own thoughts on why. My kids did very well in both ES and MS AAP. They are both Freshman at Phillips Academy now. Luckily, DH and I are both MDs and have the money to pay for WISCs, without giving it a thought.

For my 2nd grader, we had a WISC done before CogAt came back. His FSIQ is 138 on WISC-V (different WISC then his siblings took) and he's also in pool. I have not seen his file yet but I won't be surprised if the GBRS is under 10 again just because. I can't speak to AA and the appeals process but I can say there is bias at play and even in spite of scores, some AARTs and teachers don't see AA kids as gifted.

Another AA mom with kids in AAP. Yup, this. One thought I had was that since my kids were high achieving, the base didn't want to lose them because one of their annual thingies on the school profile report was to reduce the achievement gap between white and black children.

I was also appalled by the packet the AART put together. My DD's GBRS was a 6. My DS' was a 7. I parent referred and got the WISC for both of them. They were in pool but rejected. I used the WISC for the appeal (thanks DCUM) and they both got in.

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Anonymous wrote:Does Finland have GT and magnet programs in their school system? I can't find any info on that. It seems equality of valued over excellence. Equity in education seem to be the focus. I am opposed to magnets and GT programs, my school in Europe had none of it. Without exaggerating when I came to study in the US in college, I was way above the best GT students that were my peers. So much so, that I often knew the material being thought. I learned it in high school.

I believe that Scandinavian school systems, like many other European school systems, have rigid tracking that starts early. Admittance to high schools depend on test scores, and include various college prep as well as vocational schools. I have relatives who are Swedish, btw.

Anonymous wrote:Does Finland have GT and magnet programs in their school system? I can't find any info on that. It seems equality of valued over excellence. Equity in education seem to be the focus. I am opposed to magnets and GT programs, my school in Europe had none of it. Without exaggerating when I came to study in the US in college, I was way above the best GT students that were my peers. So much so, that I often knew the material being thought. I learned it in high school.

Anonymous wrote:So they applied and were rejected? Could it be that they are not insane like white parents who will even go as far as to sue the school system to get their prepped to death kids in? And before you say, oh no, that doesn't happen, I know several parents who were about to sue the school because their kids didn't make the varsity team! And they got their way as school didn't want a law suit.

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You know what I love? Right when we started to hear from black and latino parents this thread will die a slow death.

I thank them for their contributions because it should be a god damn sticky. It totally tracks my experience as a latina mother with a child in the program.