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You Are Your Child’s Best Advocate
The education system in the United States falls short in many areas and fails many of our nation’s brightest young minds. While there are many resources available to low-performing students, there are not nearly as many programs and resources available to the gifted students who need more challenging course work, even at an early age. For this reason it is increasingly important for parents to be closely involved as their child’s advocate.
via riddlestreet.com
No school administrator, board member, or legislator will be an advocate for your child better than you can. That’s why it’s so important to be knowledgeable about the laws and requirements. Understanding how an IEP works and what goes into developing an appropriate IEP for your child is helpful.
Tagged education advocate, parenting
Many programs face extra funding woes
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It’s too bad that the first programs to go during a budget shortfall are the special education programs — especially the programs for gifted students.
At least the State Superintendent is saying the right things:
“Sometimes so much of the federal and state laws focus on lower- and underachieving students, and we should be focused on them,” State Superintendent Nancy Grasmick said. “But we cannot reduce the opportunities for our students who can achieve at very high levels.”
We’ll just wait and see if the school district changes its mind…
Many programs face extra funding woes | Washington Examiner.
Nine Research-Supported Facts About Gifted Education
From Prufrock Press:
Nine Research-Supported Facts About Gifted Education: “In 2008, Dr. Sally M. Reis (University of Connecticut) prepared a National Association for Gifted Children position paper listing facts that we know to be true about gifted education.
She limited this list to include only conclusive statements that can be supported with many years of research findings about gifted education. Certainly, she could have included others; however, the idea behind this list was to collect those statements that had so much solid support, they could be considered established facts.”
Head on over to the Prufrock Press site to read the nine facts. They are pretty interesting. As you read them, think about your district and how they educate gifted children. Is your child really getting the best education they should get?