Analysis Of Gifted And Talented Groups In Education

The issues of the two groups that I will be talking about are two of the groups that in most states are two of the most under serviced groups in our schools today. Gifted and Talented (G/T) and LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) students and students from LGBT families are not being reached out to and served by most school districts in America. I have been in classrooms with both of these groups, and the teachers were not prepared for their classrooms and it has and is still causing issues with the students and the families. The second issue is one of the most challenging issues that teachers are going to deal with today. These teachers have to not only deal with student and their families, but they also have to deal with their own …show more content…
Another issue is that there is not a set definition of the term (G/T). The definition that is used globally is: Students, children or youth who give evidence of high achievement capability in areas such as intellectual, creative, artistic, or leadership capacity, or in specific academic fields, and who need services and activities not ordinarily provided by the school in order to fully develop those capabilities (NAGC, 2016). In the states of Georgia and Tennessee the definition is different in that Tennessee defines it more in the field of Intellectually Gifted, without regards to the Liberal Arts, but Georgia’s definition includes the Liberal Arts. (Tn. & Ga. S.B.O.E., 2016). There are about 3-5 million academically G/T students in K-12, which is about 6-10% of the total student population in the United States. The number is not sustained because there is no federal data collection of the true number of G/T students, because with the number of categories that are tested for the number of G/T student can also increase. This is another problem with in the program, because without federal standards, states choice which categories they test for with their G/T students. The problems which have been mentioned so …show more content…
Schools have to be firm when it comes to the anti-bullying rules, and make examples of students that are catch do said bullying and also turn it into a teachable moment for the whole school. Remember that a lot of these issue start at home, and are family beliefs and values, so we need resources and a curriculum that give teachers and students information that will open a pathway to knowledge. Other issues that LGBT students face that others do not are peer and family rejection, homelessness, assaults, and the loss of connect to family and community, suicide and the growing problem of abuse of drugs and alcohol (AIR,