Increasing Black Student Enrollment in Gifted Programs: An Exploration of the Pulaski County Special School District's Advocacy Efforts.

Grantham, Tarek C.

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ERIC Number: EJ662805

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Publication Date: 2003

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Increasing Black Student Enrollment in Gifted Programs: An Exploration of the Pulaski County Special School District's Advocacy Efforts.

Grantham, Tarek C.

Gifted Child Quarterly, v47 n1 p46-65 Win 2003

Results are presented of an advocacy event in Pulaski County, Arkansas, where one school district's efforts to desegregate their gifted program resulted in more black students enrolled. Different phases of a Gifted Program Advocacy Model are used to explain important components of the Pulaski County Special School District's advocacy efforts. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)

Descriptors: Ability Identification, Black Students, Case Studies, Change Strategies, Child Advocacy, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Gifted, Lobbying, Minority Group Children, Models, Needs Assessment, Policy Formation, Politics of Education, Special Programs

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Arkansas

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