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Jill Grunewald's avatar

As a 40 year creator and director of gifted programs in four states, the answer is an unequivocal yes that gifted students deserve advanced challenge in their educational careers and have special needs. Programs should be challenging, engaging, authentic and problem based in their area of giftedness. Does the world know that 20% of HS dropouts are gifted? Many gang leaders are gifted? Multiple criteria for entrance into quality gifted programs is imperative. These must include IQ based in mathematics, reading, writing, speaking, history, sports, geography and the sciences, in addition to performance based assessments, depending upon the age. Grades should never be taken into account. Gifted children don’t always know the answers, however they do have the inquiring minds filled with questions. Quality, complex, in depth and real world layered curriculum is the special education gifted students need, with equally minded students. They should never be tracked by birth year, and numbers of classes should always be designated by the amount of eligible students; no student who meets the multiple criteria should be closed out!

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