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Where are gifted students of color?
Case studies outline strategies to increase diversity in gifted programs
By Katie D. Lewis, Angela M. Novak and Christine L. Weber
August 2018
Vol. 39 No. 4
Educators are learners: Most of them know that there is always more to know. The question, then, is not whether educators should engage in professional learning, but in what areas they should focus to best serve students. In the difficult process of choosing and designing professional learning, the needs of some students tend to get overlooked. Due to a lack of federal legislation and requirements, gifted students are often forgotten by the educational system at large, and, in turn, district professional development catalogs omit an ongoing understanding of this population. The needs of culturally and linguistically diverse students such as Native American, black, Hispanic, bilingual, and English language learners (Ford, 2014) are often overlooked as well. Together, these trends create a big hole in professional
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