Summit Focuses On Needs Of Low-Income Gifted Students.

Nirvi Shah writes at the Education Week (6/1, 37K) "On Special Education" blog that speakers at the National Association for Gifted Children's national summit said that "while the problems with identifying and nurturing gifted and talented students from low-income and minority families are well established, despite years of attacking the issue from many angles, it remains." Shah describes the challenges that underprivileged gifted students face in being identified and having access to the resources that more affluent students have.