The Underrepresentation of Minority Students in Gifted Education: Problems and Promises in Recruitment and Retention.

Ford, Donna Y.

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ERIC Number: EJ566281

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1998

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The Underrepresentation of Minority Students in Gifted Education: Problems and Promises in Recruitment and Retention.

Ford, Donna Y.

Journal of Special Education, v32 n1 p4-14 Spr 1998

Identifies factors that inhibit the recruitment and retention of minority students in gifted education programs including screening and identification issues (definitions and instrumentation); educational issues (quality of students' education); and personnel issues (lack of teacher training in gifted and urban education, low teacher referral). (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Ability Identification, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Labor Turnover, Minority Groups, Special Education, Special Education Teachers, Teacher Education, Teacher Persistence, Teacher Recruitment, Urban Education

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Note: Special Section: Disproportional Representation of Minority Students in Special Education.