Gifted Programming for Children of Color: What Parents Want

Abstract

Researchers who represented a university center on gifted education engaged in a Research Practice Partnership (RPP) with a local non-profit organization that supported families of color in a large city in the northwestern region of the United States. The purpose of this partnership was two-fold: to investigate families’ children’s participation in advanced learning opportunities in their schools and communities and to design enrichment classes that matched families’ perceived needs of their children and eliminate the barriers that hindered their participation in academically advanced or enriched programs. In this researcher, we highlight common challenges families of color faced when trying to engage in advanced learning opportunities and their suggestions for designing advanced learning and enrichment classes and services that meet their children’s needs.

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equity underrepresentation gifted programming research-practice partnership

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