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Title : What Will the District Do about Advanced Learning?
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What Will the District Do about Advanced Learning?
Pivoting off the recent article in the Seattle Times, this is an important question for many reasons. Let's see what the article says:In August, every district was directed to make it a priority to find low-income kids who may be candidates for accelerated learning. By Nov. 10, under a new state law, each district must submit a detailed plan to the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction on how they will do so this school year.I'll note that Ms. DeBonte was the expert that the Board brought in for the last Work Session on gifted education and she gave an outstanding presentation.
“That’s a massive, massive change,” said Austina De Bonte, president of the Northwest Gifted Child Association, who has two children in the Northshore schools.
Along with the new state edict comes double the money. Officials at the state superintendent’s office hope the extra dollars will be used for much broader student screening.
What the outlook on gifted ed in Washington State?
Most of Washington’s Highly Capable classrooms have almost no low-income kids, nor students for whom English is a second language.I'll have to ask at OSPI how much extra mean this might mean. The district has no curriculum for Advanced Learning (but has been getting along in its own fashion with acceleration but finding more students of color seems to be the better way to spend those new dollars.
That pattern matches the national picture. Children in poverty and those from minority groups are 2.5 times less likely to be identified for gifted programs, according to the National Association for Gifted Children.
But a few districts — such as Northshore, Mount Vernon and Federal Way — have begun to test all kids, sometimes in their first language. That matches what many other states have been doing as well.
Test ALL second graders, not just those in Title One schools or who sign up? Try what other districts are doing and test in a native language (which would seem more expensive than just all second graders but probably with better results).
I admitted to being baffled about where the district is in their process of reviewing the AL program. I can find nothing at the AL webpage. And, given they need to create boundaries based on the HCC part of the program AND it's part of the SAP that they are somewhat revising (a thread on that to come), you'd think it would be vital to get this work done.
There are open spots on the Highly Capable Services Advisory Committee.
Now I know some of you - a small minority - somehow believe that either it's illegal to serve these students or the district is running their program in an illegal manner but given that OSPI has grants for these students and no one that I know of has ever sued the district over its program, I'm going to say neither theory is correct, so can those of you that believe it, could you just let it go this round of discussion?
Link to an overview Charlie wrote on the levels of the Advanced Learning Program
Link to report on Work Session earlier this year on Advanced Learning
Let us know your (new) thoughts. Also, again, do not attack any child or any parent - it's not helpful to the discussion at all.
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