When this Hechinger Institute leads off with headlines like these...
"Getting rid of gifted programs"
"Gifted classes drive inequality"
"How gifted education is driving racial divides"
... you know, calling us all racists is not a helpful way to start a conversation. It makes me feel Hechinger is not interested in a conversation, but in advancing some kind of pogrom waged against the gifted. The articles do have a few interesting notions within them, but the overall framing, and sensationalized headlines, are deeply problematic.
Here is their latest:
https://hechingerreport.org/getting...nts-at-all-levels-together-in-one-class/ Just now I am too hurt by their broadside on my person, family, children, and gifted community, to write a rational response, but they do claim "At The Hechinger Report, we publish thoughtful letters from readers that contribute to the ongoing discussion about the education topics we cover." if anyone is feeling up to it.
Thank you indigo for your considered thoughts.
