[Ohiogift] U.S. News and World Report: gifted yet disadvantaged kids get short shrift

[Margaret DeLacy]

Friends:

Below is a link to and excerpt from a story that appeared in US News and World Report last week: 

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/10/26/gifted-yet-disadvantaged-kids-may-be-getting-short-shrift


By Lauren Camera
Oct. 26, 2015 | 5:38 p.m. EDT


....Under federal law, states and school districts must track the educational progress, or lack thereof, of poor students, minorities and those still learning English. And they're continually working to ensure those students don't fall behind, or if they do, that there's a plan in place to catch them up.

But what about the country's highest-achieving students? Who's responsible for them? And what about disadvantaged gifted students who often lack support systems and depend entirely on public schools?.....