Originally Posted by La Texican
You must have been the one who mentioned that. I remembered reading once about somebody who's child was gifted and being taughted in a special Ed school. The part I remember reading was that the special Ed teachers were a good fit for the gifted child in that case because they were more flexible and already experienced in differentiation.

I disagree. Gifted kids, especially, need smart teachers with subject expertise, since (for example) teachers who don't know algebra cannot teach it. A study http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2012/01/physical-education-teachers-are-not-smart/ has found that special ed teachers have lower SAT scores than other elementary school teachers . Only gym teachers have lower average scores.


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