Originally Posted by blackcat
intervention teachers who pull kids with special needs with math/reading (the other end of the spectrum).

Blackcat, pardon me, but could we please stop calling kids who need intervention "the other end" of anything?

Giftedness is a special educational need that requires intervention. Many kids need specially planned interventions at various times during their education, and there are many kinds of intervention, but there is not a "top" or a "bottom" or a "better" or a "worse" here.