Despite many conversations about the importance of equitably identifying and serving all gifted students, equity continues to be an obstacle for many gifted education programs. How can districts cast a broader net to find gifted students and ensure they are serving them appropriately? What research-based and best practice strategies should you be implementing to broaden your identification processes? This special MasterMinds conversation brings together three experts on identification and equity, Karen E. Rambo-Hernandez, Ph.D., Susan K. Johnsen, Ph.D., and April Wells, in an open, honest discussion about the struggles of overcoming issues related to equity and identification and practices you need to adopt to improve your identification practices.
Access Denied/System Failure: Status, Action, and Missingness in Texas
In this MasterMinds Session, gifted education and equity researcher Marcia Gentry will take participants through the recent System Failure/Access Denied report examining underrepresentation in gifted education by income and race, including specific information on how Texas measures up.
