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Education of Gifted Children

Started in the 1970's, America's Gifted & Talented programs
are used to enhance the curriculum of students included in either
category in order to challenge and strengthen their unique abilities.
These students are usually provided a separate class with specialized
lessons in all areas and a teacher with a special degree in gifted
education. I feel that it is important that the teacher was a gifted
student who would know what the students must face as "above average"
members of their school. The job market for gifted education offers a
wide range of opportunity and gifted teachers are needed all over the
country.
One of the earliest programs for gifted and talented students
was set up in 1974, at The Old Donation Center, in Virginia Beach.
Students scoring within the top 3% of students on an assessment test
are referred here to be further challenged. These students are
considered gifted and have special......

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