More Black Students Excel, Enter Gifted Ed, With Black Teachers

(Photo: Wikimedia, Creative Commons) A study released by Indiana University and Vanderbilt University finds that black teachers are more likely to refer black students to gifted services and classes that offer students intense, creative, and experiential opportunities needed for advanced coursework. “We find that African-American students are under-represented in gifted programs,” said Sean Nicholson-Crotty, an author of […]