In this paper, we discuss the implications for gifted students of challenges facing rural schools. We explore 4 challenges with particular relevance to rural schools: (a) declining population, (b) persistent poverty, (c) changing demographics, and (d) ongoing accountability requirements. Recommendations positioned to address these challenges…

This study examined the mathematics experiences of talented children in an impoverished rural school district located in a coal-mining area of Appalachia. Using interview methods, the researchers explored the children's ideas about the nature of mathematics, their perceptions of the mathematics instruction they received at school, and their…

This critique of J. Renzulli's definition of giftedness suggests that Renzulli's emphasis on enrichment militates against systematic accelerated study in academics and the arts and, overall, constitutes a politically conservative, product-oriented approach to education that is more likely to reinforce social inequities of the current political…

This discussion of issues in gifted education focuses on the need to support effective practices that are also equitable. The article considers problems with defining gifted students as the "cognitive elite," the provision of qualitatively different programs to gifted children, and the need for challenging intellectual work and development of…

The article compares the place of "eminence" versus "famous" and "renowned" in the culture and educational system and concludes that public gifted education often stresses the practical functions leading to "fame" as opposed to the less rewarded visual/performing arts and theoretical sciences that lead to "eminence." (Author/DB)