wait, people believed G&T was real? I thought everyone knew it was a ruse to trick the world’s most annoying 30-somethings into embarrassing themselves by bragging online about what first-grade class they were in.
Proponents of Gifted & Talented programs have promoted the notion that the smartest children need extra enrichment to reach their potential and that we can measure the beneficial impact on the children who receive it. But not a single part of this story is true, reports Katie Arnold-Ratliff.
Critics say the systems we use to educate the brightest kids are flawed and exclusionary. What if it’s the very premise of giftedness that’s faulty?
