Well said, bk1.

I would also ask - who accredits the programs that educates teachers? If we could convince that body that methods that are good for gifted kids are good and important for everyone, then they could set a reasonable amount of training in this important area.
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Answered my own question - perhaps correctly:
http://www.ncate.org/

I found http://www.ncate.org/documents/standards/NCATE%20Standards%202008.pdf
page 59
outlines the Standards of 'Educatior of Gifted Children' and it's lovely, but my next step is to see what the standards for K-8 educators who aren't specifically trained in Gifted, but have gifted children in their classroom year after year.

Love and More Love,
Grinity


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