[Ohiogift] Common Core and gifted learners

[Margaret DeLacy]

Friends:

Below is a link to and excerpt from a story that appeared in Educaiton Week this week.

Margaret



http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2013/10/30/10cc-gifted.h33.html?tkn=UVSFJ%2BRFuvLvchgbSl%2FmnQMzmnRWDHRUXspX&cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS1

Common Core Needs Tailoring for Gifted Learners, Advocates Say
Still, educators may have to go deeper to meet the needs of such students
By Katie Ash

While many educators feel that the common-core standards fall more in line with the pedagogy of gifted education than previous states' standards, the standards in and of themselves will not be sufficient to challenge a school's most advanced learners, gifted education advocates say.

"Some students will be able to meet the standards faster than others, and the developers [of the common core] realized that one size does not fit all," said Jane Clarenbach, the director of public education for the National Association for Gifted Children in Washington. "They specifically [said that] children with disabilities and advanced learners are going to need more."

The bottom line, said Ms. Clarenbach: Differentiation continues to be necessary for gifted learners under the common core.

But some parents of gifted children as well as gifted education advocates worry that until teachers gain a strong understanding of the standards, advanced learners may not receive the supports and differentiation they need to stay engaged and challenged.....