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Author Sapon-Shevin, Mara.

Title Playing favorites : gifted education and the disruption of community / Mara Sapon-Shevin ; [foreword by Jeannie Oakes & Martin Lipton]
Published Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, [1994]
©1994

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 MELB  371.950973 Sap/Pfg  AVAILABLE
Description xxx, 275 pages ; 24 cm
Contents Introduction: Schools as Communities -- 1. Underserved and Over-Deserving: Rationales for the Support of Gifted Education -- 2. They're Good, They Don't Ask: Silence and Voice on Gifted Education -- 3. It Takes a Special Person to Work with Those Kids: Teachers and the Gifted Category -- 4. These Kids Really Show Themselves Early: Choosing Children for the Enrichment Program -- 5. I Only Want What's Best for My Child: Parents and Gifted Education -- 6. The Kids with Disposable Incomes: Meritocracy and Gifted Education -- 7. Visions of an Inclusive Future
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-267) and index
Subject Gifted children -- Education -- United States.
Gifted children -- United States -- Identification.
LC no. 93023451
ISBN 0791419797
0791419800 (paperback)