Empowering Underrepresented Gifted Students: Perspectives from the Field [Paperback]

Help underserved high-potential students claim their right to an education that addresses their unique needs.

In gifted education, an important and contentious issue that has yet to be sufficiently addressed is the systemic underrepresentation of gifted students who have been discriminated against in school-based gifted and advanced learner programs because of their race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, or other realities.Empowering Underrepresented Gifted Studentsgives a voice to those students and brings their stories into focus.
 
With chapters written by student and expert scholars who specialize in addressing the structural inequity and educational inequality in gifted and advanced learner programs,Empowering Underrepresented Gifted Studentsrecommends practices and strategies for helping underserved high-potential students claim their right to an education that addresses their unique needs. Each chapter has key takeaways and discussion questions, providing a built-in book study guide to prepare educators to engage students in conversation and to help develop their self-advocacy skills.
 
Coeditors Dr. Joy Lawson Davis and Deb Douglas have brought together the voices of experts and students to help educators move closer to ensuring equity, access, and excellence in gifted education. By arming historically marginalized gifted students with self-advocacy strategies, these remarkable students will be better enabled to fulfill their dreams.Help underserved high-potential students claim their right to an education that addresses their unique needs.

Joy Lawson Davis, Ed.D.,?is a career educator with over 40 years of experience as a practitioner, scholar, author, and consultant with an expertise in equity in gifted education and cultural competency education.

Dr. Davis has served in local, regional, and state leadership positions in gifted education. She also serlC(