Excellent article in the Des Moines Register about gifted children both in Iowa and throughout the nation, and the national policy decision-making that may affect them. Specifically, the author mentions that Iowa has a LAW against early enrollment of children in Kindergarten. Really? I found this astonishing, and it ties in well with my previous post. Here's a clipping and a link. Your thoughts?
Here's an educational irony: As students across the state start another school year ready and eager to learn, lawmakers in Washington, D.C., are poised to eliminate the only federal program that supports our most academically promising students.For more than 20 years, the Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act has focused on research to assist students who traditionally had been underrepresented in gifted education. This includes students from rural or low-income households, children with disabilities and those for whom English is a second language.
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