19 min
Money and Merit: Are Advantaged Students More Likely to Be 'Gifted'? Research Minutes podcast
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Gifted services - the academic programs and supports offered to children with exceptional talents or abilities - can open new doors for students throughout their education.
A new national study, however, finds that those services are significantly more likely to be directed to students from wealthier, more advantaged families.
Study co-author and Vanderbilt University researcher Jason Grissom joins CPRE Knowledge Hub managing editor Keith Heumiller to discuss his team's findings, and some important implications for gifted services policy and practice.
Gifted services - the academic programs and supports offered to children with exceptional talents or abilities - can open new doors for students throughout their education.
A new national study, however, finds that those services are significantly more likely to be directed to students from wealthier, more advantaged families.
Study co-author and Vanderbilt University researcher Jason Grissom joins CPRE Knowledge Hub managing editor Keith Heumiller to discuss his team's findings, and some important implications for gifted services policy and practice.
19 min