There is a movement afoot to substitute the term “advanced learner” for gifted. This is an attempt to “dumb down” a moniker that stands for way more than intellectual acumen and to couch the change within the misleading goal of making enriched learning available to all. Unfortunately, ridding the world of gifted programming results in underserving anyone who needs special attention, including culturally and economically diverse learners.
Read my full blog, "The Dangerous Diminishment of the Term "Gifted," where I talk about how a better approach is to stop focusing on semantics and start creating interventions that address different learners’ needs.
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