This happened to my children. I ran for the school board and served two four-year terms to convince them they were throwing out their brightest students. They push students out of school and graduate approximately and consistently 80% because that is the student/teacher ratio that allows the maximal salaries for teachers and administrators. This is a middle/working class school district where the citizens repeatedly passed referendums to raise their own taxes because they believe in education. Teachers told me that when students, such as my children, score at the senior level in eighth grade, as my children did, they feel they have done their duty and proceed to "push" them out of school. When the students reach the age to take the GED exam, most pass without further study. They are good employees. A superintendent told me that business wants compliant employees, not critical thinkers. In Illinois, the state pays per student, but when property taxes support 50% or more of the budget through successful referendums, this is the result. I my opinion, the worst outcome is the students are made to feel it is their own fault and live with low self-esteem as they work for low wages the rest of their lives. Btw, the district took me to court to force me to put one of my sons on ADHD drugs. I refused, although the judge admitted giving such drugs to his own son to convince me to. We have a high rate of suicide and drug overdoses of young men in our community. If it weren't for victim blaming with which the media is complicit, capitalism couldn't continue.
I am preparing a proposal on developing case studies for Industry 5.0, which looks to create a more human-centric economy. What we can see from the threads in the Industry 5.0 space is that education in a more holistic manner will be needed. The present set of "gifted" progams do not deliver this.
Publications like Forbes have an agenda to steer resources to the wealthy with the definition of gifted having something to do with the economic class of the family. I am a little hesitant to go all in the way gifted education as it is delivered today or advocated by the likes of Forbes.
If there is a need for "gifted" education it may be better thought of in the social and emotional learning (SEL) domain. This repesents a signficant deficit in the STEM programs, which are often a near substitute for gifted programs.
"Publications like Forbes have an agenda to steer resources to the wealthy with the definition of gifted having something to do with the economic class of the family." That is the problem. We think wealth equals intelligence. We aren't a meritocracy.
This happened to my children. I ran for the school board and served two four-year terms to convince them they were throwing out their brightest students. They push students out of school and graduate approximately and consistently 80% because that is the student/teacher ratio that allows the maximal salaries for teachers and administrators. This is a middle/working class school district where the citizens repeatedly passed referendums to raise their own taxes because they believe in education. Teachers told me that when students, such as my children, score at the senior level in eighth grade, as my children did, they feel they have done their duty and proceed to "push" them out of school. When the students reach the age to take the GED exam, most pass without further study. They are good employees. A superintendent told me that business wants compliant employees, not critical thinkers. In Illinois, the state pays per student, but when property taxes support 50% or more of the budget through successful referendums, this is the result. I my opinion, the worst outcome is the students are made to feel it is their own fault and live with low self-esteem as they work for low wages the rest of their lives. Btw, the district took me to court to force me to put one of my sons on ADHD drugs. I refused, although the judge admitted giving such drugs to his own son to convince me to. We have a high rate of suicide and drug overdoses of young men in our community. If it weren't for victim blaming with which the media is complicit, capitalism couldn't continue.
I am preparing a proposal on developing case studies for Industry 5.0, which looks to create a more human-centric economy. What we can see from the threads in the Industry 5.0 space is that education in a more holistic manner will be needed. The present set of "gifted" progams do not deliver this.
Publications like Forbes have an agenda to steer resources to the wealthy with the definition of gifted having something to do with the economic class of the family. I am a little hesitant to go all in the way gifted education as it is delivered today or advocated by the likes of Forbes.
If there is a need for "gifted" education it may be better thought of in the social and emotional learning (SEL) domain. This repesents a signficant deficit in the STEM programs, which are often a near substitute for gifted programs.
"Publications like Forbes have an agenda to steer resources to the wealthy with the definition of gifted having something to do with the economic class of the family." That is the problem. We think wealth equals intelligence. We aren't a meritocracy.