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Held back, but not helped

The Hechinger Report

In the mid-2000s, Louisiana implemented high-stakes tests known as Louisiana Educational Assessment Program, or LEAP, which required fourth and eighth graders to show that they were grade-level proficient. Most students lost months or even years of school time after Katrina hit in 2005.

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Why decades of trying to end racial segregation in gifted education haven’t worked

The Hechinger Report

Jolly wrote in 2005. There are gifted dropouts. Yet the internet and reference books teem with professionally endorsed lists of so-called gifted traits. Attendees at a variety of parent group meetings in March voiced worries about safety, classrooms without books and 4-year-olds throwing desks.

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