Schemo, Diana Jean,
Schools, Facing Tight Budgets, Leave Gifted Programs Behind. Diana Jean Schemo. - New York Times, 2004. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Article 40, Family, 1522-3213; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Originally Published: Schools, Facing Tight Budgets, Leave Gifted Programs Behind, March 2, 2004; pp. A1+.
"Unlike services for disabled children, programs for gifted children have no single federal agency to track them. A survey by the National Association for Gifted Children found that 22 states did not contribute toward the costs of programs for gifted children, and five other states spent less than $250,000. Since that survey, released in 2002, the outlook for programs for the gifted has grown harsher....No Child Left Behind is silent on the education of gifted children. Under the law, schools must test students annually in reading and math from third grade to eighth grade, and once in high school. Schools receiving federal antipoverty money must show that more students each year are passing standardized tests or face expensive and progressively more severe consequences. As long as students pass the exams, the federal law offers no rewards for raising the scores of high achievers, or punishment if their progress lags." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article examines the reasons behind the cuts in programs for gifted children and reports that some educators believe that "cutting programs for such students threatens the nation's future by stunting the intellectual growth of the next generation of innovators."
1522-3213;
No Child Left Behind Act 2001
Education--Curricula
Education--Finance
Educational acceleration
Gifted children--Education
School budgets
School districts
AC1.S5
050
Schools, Facing Tight Budgets, Leave Gifted Programs Behind. Diana Jean Schemo. - New York Times, 2004. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Article 40, Family, 1522-3213; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Originally Published: Schools, Facing Tight Budgets, Leave Gifted Programs Behind, March 2, 2004; pp. A1+.
"Unlike services for disabled children, programs for gifted children have no single federal agency to track them. A survey by the National Association for Gifted Children found that 22 states did not contribute toward the costs of programs for gifted children, and five other states spent less than $250,000. Since that survey, released in 2002, the outlook for programs for the gifted has grown harsher....No Child Left Behind is silent on the education of gifted children. Under the law, schools must test students annually in reading and math from third grade to eighth grade, and once in high school. Schools receiving federal antipoverty money must show that more students each year are passing standardized tests or face expensive and progressively more severe consequences. As long as students pass the exams, the federal law offers no rewards for raising the scores of high achievers, or punishment if their progress lags." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article examines the reasons behind the cuts in programs for gifted children and reports that some educators believe that "cutting programs for such students threatens the nation's future by stunting the intellectual growth of the next generation of innovators."
1522-3213;
No Child Left Behind Act 2001
Education--Curricula
Education--Finance
Educational acceleration
Gifted children--Education
School budgets
School districts
AC1.S5
050