Originally Posted by Edward
What is SES? (sorry lol)
Socio-Economic Status. (LOL, this has been asked and answered up thread, a few weeks ago.) Possibly this thread is attracting posts from some who are not frequent posters on the forum; It is encouraging to see increased active participation among the gifted community. smile Here is a thread on common abbreviations and acronyms. Wikipedia has a page on socioeconomic status.

That said, this thread is veering off topic from the subject of DeVos' confirmation to a rant on past experiences with the US public education system, developed under other administrations. Possibly a new thread could be created to discuss past public education experiences and/or beliefs about public education in general?