Started in the 1970’s, America’s Gifted & Talented programs are used to enhance the curriculum of students included in either category in order to challenge and strengthen their unique abilities. These students are usually provided a separate class with specialized lessons in all areas and a teacher with a special degree in gifted education. I feel that it is important that the teacher was a gifted student who would know what the students must face …showed first 75 words of 1230 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1230 total…must work hard to make the curriculum interesting and challenging. With the proper education it is possible to go far as a teacher of the gifted. --- Bibliography Various Internet sites. No info available for documentation. Meckstroth, Elizabeth A., Stephanie S. Tolan, James T. Webb. Guiding the Gifted Child : A Practical Source for Parents and Teachers, et al. Gifted Psychology Pr, March 1989. Montgomery, Diane. Educating the Able (Special Needs in Ordinary Schools). Cassell Academic, April 1996.