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Russo, Charles J.; And Others – School Business Affairs, 1997
Less than half the nation's gifted students are placed in appropriate educational settings. The Javits Gifted and Talented Students Act acknowledges the need for special programs for these children, but doesn't mandate their creation. The legal status of programs for the gifted contrasts sharply with those for children in special education. This…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Federal Legislation
Stephens, Jessica E.; Harris, John J., III. – School Business Affairs, 2001
Students enrolled in regular, special, or gifted education have much to offer society and should not be consigned to the quarantines of separate schooling, as in the case of "Plessy." Older tracking and assessment models have outlived their usefulness within the current context of a multicultural society. (Contains 20 references.) (MLH)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Orfield, Gary; Kahlenberg, Richard D.; Gordon, Edmund W.; Genesee, Fred; Slocumb, Paul D.; Payne, Ruby K. – Principal, 2000
In this special section, various authors (in separate articles) discuss the new face of school segregation; socioeconomic integration--a plan to mix poor and middle-class students; and ways to bridge the minority achievement gap, teach linguistically diverse students, and identify and nurture the gifted poor. (MLH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, De Facto Segregation, Diversity (Student)
