I prefer the term "exceptional," because this term describes their unique abilities, personalities, and challenges all in one concise package.
Yup. Students with "exceptionalities." Covers everything outside of the mainstream needs, really, which is precisely why (IMO) gifted ed ought to = "special ed." It
is "special" ed, and gifted students need those differentiations every bit as much as kids with other learning challenges do.
Yes. Or maybe even "differentiated ed." That's what it is... differentiated from standardized curriculum. It doesn't matter if it's below or above, a curriculum mis-match is potentially problematic and can be helped with differentiation.
From a parent's perspective, it would make it a lot easier too. No more "elitism" judgment from the parents of the typical kids.
One of the nice things about our district's GT programs is that they're not called "gifted" programs (they come with a district gifted tag in the child's file, but the other parents don't see that).
