Introduction: Thesis statement
The gifted educational system has it been forgotten or is it just not important to educate students who excel cognitively at its most optimum efficiency. Given the opportunity, the educational system should fund an enhanced curriculum for gifted children or continue a general curriculum for all students.
Key Points
Some may believe that gifted students should be handled with the utter most care. Because they are our nation’s top students and most gifted minds and could be our future leaders of tomorrow. Memorable minds such as Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawkins, and Leonardo Devinci maybe amongst today’s learners. But the educational system doesn’t have the ability or means to address such gifted minds, factors such as a lack of funding for facilities and programs, the inability to find qualified teachers , and schools and district simply not wanting to change their generic curriculum to address or suit those types of learners.
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It explains how factors such as strong accountability and the government placing more emphasis on low achieving students rather than on high achievers or gifted students. Financial draw backs on gifted programs over the past five years has been a huge factor in the defocusing or lack of focused placed on gifted students and gifted programs. Draw backs such as this will cause exceptional students to be lost and forgotten by the educational system. Researchers who deal with gifted education have made it clear that accommodations and opportunities are not being provided to gifted
The gifted educational system has it been forgotten or is it just not important to educate students who excel cognitively at its most optimum efficiency. Given the opportunity, the educational system should fund an enhanced curriculum for gifted children or continue a general curriculum for all students.
Key Points
Some may believe that gifted students should be handled with the utter most care. Because they are our nation’s top students and most gifted minds and could be our future leaders of tomorrow. Memorable minds such as Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawkins, and Leonardo Devinci maybe amongst today’s learners. But the educational system doesn’t have the ability or means to address such gifted minds, factors such as a lack of funding for facilities and programs, the inability to find qualified teachers , and schools and district simply not wanting to change their generic curriculum to address or suit those types of learners.
Purpose of the article …show more content…
It explains how factors such as strong accountability and the government placing more emphasis on low achieving students rather than on high achievers or gifted students. Financial draw backs on gifted programs over the past five years has been a huge factor in the defocusing or lack of focused placed on gifted students and gifted programs. Draw backs such as this will cause exceptional students to be lost and forgotten by the educational system. Researchers who deal with gifted education have made it clear that accommodations and opportunities are not being provided to gifted