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ERIC Number: EJ621387
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0278-3193
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Fitting the School to the Child: The Mission of Leta Stetter Hollingworth, Founder of Gifted Education.
Klein, Ann G.
Roeper Review, v23 n2 p97-103 Dec 2000
This article profiles Leta Stetter Hollingworth, the founder of gifted education. It discusses her childhood, the New York Public School 165 experiment, the Speyer School experiment, and her overriding belief that since all human beings were not created intellectually equal, all children should not be equated in the same way. (Contains references.) (CR)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Educational Philosophy, Educational Practices, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Individual Power, Talent Identification
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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