the sage article has some interesting lines in the abstract. I havent read the article yet. it looks pretty dense and will take me a while that i dont have right now.
"In spite of concerns for the future of innovation
in the United States, the education research and policy
communities have been generally resistant to addressing academic
giftedness in research, policy, and practice. The resistance
is derived from the assumption that academically gifted
children will be successful no matter what educational environment they are placed in, and because their families are
believed to be more highly educated and hold above-average
access to human capital wealth. These arguments run counter
to psychological science indicating the need for all students to
be challenged in their schoolwork and that effort and appropriate
educational programing, training and support are
required to develop a student�s talents and abilities. In fact high-ability students in the United States are not faring well on
international comparisons. The scores of advanced students in
the United States with at least one college-educated parent
were lower than the scores of students in 16 other developed
countries regardless of parental education level."
some of this i have seen expressed on this board. gifted kids dont just all turn out ok without proper interventions. and we are falling behind in supporting our brightest. it think they are talking about academic talent development and coming up with better ways to define gifted and then how to create environments in which the gifted and talented can excell.
cathy can you say more about what your concerns are? On first perusal this sounds good to me. i am afraid i am missing something.
