Ending Segregation

Submitted by Judy Hanning on Wed, 2020-11-11 05:00
Wealthy schools tend to find more gifted students than the poorer schools and this is an issue. Gifted education in the United States has a racial issue. Close to 60 percent of the kids in public schools that are in the gifted programs are one racial group. The goal is to have multiple racial groups to be part of the gifted programs as well. Gifted education has racism at its core and that is a huge issue.

Ending Racial Segregation

On a crisp day in early March, two elementary school gifted and talented classes worked on activities in two schools, three miles and a world apart.

Key Takeaways:

1
Wealthy schools have more kids that are gifted than the poorer ones.
2
A lot of students in the gifted programs are white.
3
Gifted education has racism in its roots.
Read the full article here:
https://hechingerreport.org/gifted-educations-race-problem/