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Ford, Donna Y. – Gifted Child Today, 2014
Gifted education has faced numerous criticisms regarding the extensive and persistent underrepresentation of Black and Hispanic students. In the April 2013 issue of "Gifted Child Today," this author wrote about prejudice and discrimination in gifted education, and argued that in the past and now, discrimination exists in gifted education…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Disproportionate Representation, Court Litigation, Educational Discrimination
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Ford, Donna Y.; King, Robert A., Jr. – Journal of Negro Education, 2014
This article examines the under-representation of Black students in gifted education, asserting that social inequalities (e.g., prejudice and discrimination) contribute to segregated gifted education programs. Under-representation trends are presented for gifted education, along with methods for calculating under-representation and then inequity…
Descriptors: Desegregation Litigation, School Desegregation, Academically Gifted, African American Students