Education and Class

• These kids were geniuses — they were just too poor for anyone to discover them – The Washington Post

  “Often, gifted children don’t do well in school because they question authority and are seen as troublemakers, Park said. Behaviors that in a wealthy classroom might be viewed as precocious can be perceived as disruptive in low-income classrooms.”

  tags: 522 socialclass

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