Pinboard (robertogreco)
https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/public/
recent bookmarks from robertogrecoThe Case for Detracking - by Anne Helen Petersen2024-02-15T20:16:07+00:00
https://annehelen.substack.com/p/the-case-for-detracking
robertogrecoannehelenpetersen 2024 tracking schools education schooling inequality detracking margaretthornton gifted ushttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:68b3e2fda0a4/Dan 태영 on Twitter: "Gifted programs are so deeply problematic. I wonder if it's a white supremacy dynamic, the formation of an "elite" / for certain students "gifted" by an extrahuman force (suspiciously like manifest destiny). And more often than not2020-08-20T02:13:17+00:00
https://twitter.com/dantaeyoung/status/1272591002482683909
robertogrecoEven more absurd is GATE (Gifted and Talented Education), which at my elementary school you tested into at like age 7 and were pulled out of regular class for once a week, like some elite special unit https://twitter.com/mcmansionhell/status/1272577308210200581
AP is a fucked up system that facilitates inequality
I found this: “Whiteness as Giftedness: Racial Formation at an Urban High School” by Annegret Staiger, and it’s so illuminating. (I’m so grateful when I find research by someone who has deeply thought about a topic; like encountering a trail in the woods) https://sci-hub.tw/10.1525/sp.2004.51.2.161 [two images with the following]
By treating the gifted magnet at RHS as a racial project, this study has revealed the processes by which a desegregation program functioned to produce a system that conflated being white with being gifted. It has illustrated how a school could portray itself as a showcase of integration and academic excellence while at the same time perpetuating a system of racial inequality. The magnet program for gifted students made the racial category “white” disappear in its public discourse behind an alleged system of meritocracy, but not without producing a widespread conflation of whiteness with giftedness. Whereas the goal of desegregation was to raise the educational opportunities for non-white students, the beneficiaries of integration at Roosevelt High School were disproportionately white students in the gifted program. Integration and academic excellence was advertised in the school’s public discourse, but white exclusivity via giftedness was assured to the predominantly white audience of prospective magnet students.
[and]
It is not surprising that the gifted magnet would end up as a tool for preserving white privilege rather than for attaining racial equality. This raises the question of whether the compromise of enticing white and wealthier parents with the carrot of giftedness was acceptable in the first place, and whether the assumption that changing people’s behavior will ultimately lead to changed attitudes is valid.9 Furthermore, given the linkages of this racial project to other projects of white privilege, the question can be raised whether giftedness can ever be institutionalized without lending itself to racial exclusion and social
control.
(Most of my own learning and teaching practices has been deeply informed by trying to undo the lessons learned from “gifted” or coercive education, to try to recuperate/assemble joyous ways of learning that usually happened at the edges of the school, not in its center!)
For us to see education through the lens of a white supremacist or policing/carceral society is SO illuminating, clarifying. I hope for that things will change when we start recognizing and undoing traumas around schooling, and I think it’s on educators to start there.
(Also! None of this is particularly “new”; there is so much thoughtful and heartfelt work and research and care done on this already by peers and mentors and others that I am so excited to learn from!)”]]>dantaeyoung 2020 gate gifted education learning children whitesupremacy whiteness schools schooling unschooling deschooling annegretstaiger davidhuber race racism us teaching howwelearn howweteach tcsnmy lcproject openstudioproject coercion motivation giftedness privilege whiteprivilege inequality segregation integration aphttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:e796314441d3/Gifted and Talented Programs Separate Students by Race - The Atlantic2019-04-24T19:36:25+00:00
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2019/04/gifted-and-talented-programs-separate-students-race/587614/
robertogrecorace racism segregation schools education publicschools 2019 whitneypirtle gate gifted giftedandtalented discrimination testing bias behavior discipline privilege whitesupremacy learninghttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:fd4fc6a4f266/Christi Belcourt on Twitter: "Education in schools is not the only form of education. The land has been my teacher for 25 years. I will never graduate and will always be an apprentice to her. The animals educate. The stars educate. Not everything can be t2018-10-14T19:43:22+00:00
https://twitter.com/christibelcourt/status/1051461306320998400
robertogrecoeducation unschooling deschooling indigeneity schooling wilfredpeltier christibelcourt 2018 inequality children authority experience apprenticeships kokums moshoms multispecies land morethanhuman canon climatechange experientiallearning gifted language languages landscape colonialism heterogeneityhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:6fce4035b119/How He's Using His Gifts | Akilah S. Richards [Episode 12]2018-07-12T18:12:17+00:00
http://www.akilahsrichards.com/heartwood/
robertogrecoakilahrichards anthonygalloway schools education unschooling deschooling gifted juliacordero race schooling self-directed self-directedlearning lcproject openstudioproject children howwelearn learning praise comparison alternative grades grading curiosity libraries systemsthinking progressive reading howweread assessment publicschools elitism accessibility class highered highereducation colleges universities unpaidinternships studentdebt testing standardization standardizedtesting agilelearning community collaboration sfsh tcsnmy freeschools scrum cv relationships communities process planning documentation adulting agilelearningcentershttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:2c67ca953999/Rethinking Giftedness on Vimeo2017-12-29T08:41:23+00:00
https://vimeo.com/240018463
robertogrecogifted labels children learning howwelearn sfsh joboaler 2017 neuroplasticity smartness equity schools schooling educationhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:6bf26c56bb82/Why there’s no such thing as a gifted child | Education | The Guardian2017-07-29T01:05:54+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/jul/25/no-such-thing-as-a-gifted-child-einstein-iq?CMP=fb_gu
robertogrecosfsh parenting gifted precocity children prodigies 2017 curiosity rejection resilience maryammirzakhani childhood math mathematics reading slowlearning lewisterman iq iqtests tests testing luisalvarez williamshockley learning howwelearn deboraheyre wendyberliner neuroscience psychology attitude persistence hardwork workethic andersericsson performance practice benjaminbloom education ballet swimming piano tennis sculpture neurology encouragement support giftedness behavior mindset genius character determination alberteinsteinhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:07fae5c2a2f7/How to Raise a Creative Child. Step One: Back Off - The New York Times2016-02-01T05:26:28+00:00
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/31/opinion/sunday/how-to-raise-a-creative-child-step-one-back-off.html
robertogrecocreativity parenting prodigies childprodigies innovation learning howwelearn education training freedom 2016 children alberteinstein curiosity play malcolmgladwell benjaminbloom gifted itzhakperlman music sports andreagassi practicehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:de36c5b202bb/There are way more gifted kids from disadvantaged backgrounds than we usually find - Vox2015-11-25T01:40:10+00:00
http://www.vox.com/2015/11/23/9784250/card-giuliano-gifted-talented
robertogrecoeducation schools gifted inequality race poverty bias 2015 giftedandtalented via:vruba publicschoolshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:ca760a0f2286/Why I Begged My Mother to Take Me Out of the Gifted Program | Tue Night2015-07-04T06:23:30+00:00
http://tuenight.com/2015/06/why-i-begged-my-mother-to-take-me-out-of-the-gifted-program/
robertogrecoashleyford education schools race class gifted 2015 freedom belonging identity inclusion inclusivity comparison howweteach independentschools privateschools segregation teaching children comfort environment inlcusivityhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:51c5c3885490/Existential Depression in Gifted Children | The Unbounded Spirit2013-07-26T07:31:29+00:00
http://theunboundedspirit.com/existential-depression-in-gifted-children/
robertogrecodepression existentialism structure life psychology children meaning meaninglessness gifted potential purpose isolation failure aloneness via:litherlandhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:221ba08a2f95/Douglas Sloan – Insight-Imagination « Lebenskünstler2012-04-09T22:02:11+00:00
http://randallszott.org/2012/04/03/douglas-sloan-insight-imagination/
robertogrecolcproject insight humanism conscience beauty snobbery academia academics gifted deschooling unschooling friendship love wisdom living life well-being education randallszott douglassloanhttps://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:80eb35d76104/Are Smart People Getting Smarter? | Wired Science | Wired.com2011-08-03T03:43:56+00:00
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/08/are-smart-people-getting-smarter/
robertogrecoflynneffect intelligence iq psychology brain jonahlehrer education society history everythingbadisgoodforyou stevenjohnson jamesflynn multiplicity multiplicityhypothesis gifted giftedprograms grouping peergroups peers 2011https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:ed9d98f5e369/Tuttle SVC: Coming Soon to a Gifted Program Near You2011-04-23T21:33:33+00:00
http://www.tuttlesvc.org/2011/04/coming-soon-to-gifted-program-near-you.html
robertogrecodatadrivenmismanagement reform education policy 2011 gate giftedprograms gifted valueadded teaching learning schools tomhoffmanhttps://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:8678bae0f014/How Design Can Get Kids On the Path to Tech Careers | Co.Design2010-12-28T08:49:12+00:00
http://www.fastcodesign.com/1662937/how-design-can-get-kids-on-the-path-to-tech-careers
robertogrecoeducation design management designthinking learning unschooling discovery deschooling trungle stephaniepacemarshall imsa illinois chicago science math gifted talented schools schooldesign credentials credentialing whatmatters cv ap collaboration teaching challenge interaction interdisciplinary multidisciplinary crossdisciplinary problemsolving criticalthinking teacherasmasterlearner teacherascollaborator inquiry inquiry-basedlearning studentdirected research names naming language wordshttps://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:e7913baea21c/The curse of giftedness - The Globe and Mail2010-11-16T05:16:53+00:00
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/family-and-relationships/the-curse-of-giftedness/article1797492/singlepage/#articlecontent
robertogrecogifted education children learning psychology success pressure confidence well-beinghttps://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:4e75460fe679/Eide Neurolearning Blog: The Most Creative Brains are Slow2010-09-14T07:21:44+00:00
http://eideneurolearningblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/most-creative-brains-are-slow.html
robertogrecocreativity slow slowlearning learning cv intelligence adhd dyslexia teaching schools unschooling deschooling gifted lcproject tcsnmy brain neurosciencehttps://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:a0ab6b26b3cc/On Education - Equity of Test Is Debated as Children Compete for Gifted Kindergarten - NYTimes.com2010-08-02T00:24:39+00:00
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/26/education/26winerip.html?&pagewanted=all
robertogrecotesting education learning kindergarten diversity race standardizedtesting gifted testprep money class influence nyc schools sorting tracking favoritism assessment evaluation equity havesandhavenotshttps://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:43b768cc5b3f/Only for MY Kid2010-07-10T20:08:48+00:00
http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/ofmk.htm
robertogrecotoshare tracking education tcsnmy topost unexpectedobstacles alfiekohn democracy diversity economics parenting privilege schoolreform schools parents parentdemands gifted policy social racism classism highered k-12 teens reform elitism ranking grading grades admissions collegeadmissions statusquo protectingthestatusquo unschooling deschooling competitiveness competition giftedprograms selfishnesshttps://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:813151e7e43f/Eide Neurolearning Blog: Gifted Big Picture / High Conceptual Thinkers2010-03-05T06:08:19+00:00
http://eideneurolearningblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/gifted-big-picture-high-conceptual.html
robertogrecohighconceptualthinkers generalists bigpicture cv teaching learning gifted omnivorouslearners internet encyclopedias curiosity novelty unconventionl details tcsnmyhttps://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:92630c29d264/Why Kindergarten-Admission Tests Are Worthless -- New York Magazine2010-02-02T07:43:28+00:00
http://nymag.com/news/features/63427/
robertogrecoeducation parenting nyc intelligence testing meritocracy newyork gifted assessment evaluation stresshttps://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:fb9e70327c19/What to do if your child has superpowers - The Boston Globe2009-06-25T06:02:57+00:00
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2009/06/21/what_to_do_if_your_child_has_superpowers/?page=full
robertogrecosuperheroes gifted parenting humor childrenhttps://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:288f35a9caaf/San Diego debates small classes for gifted students at Joanne Jacobs2009-03-13T03:44:50+00:00
http://joannejacobs.com/2009/03/12/san-diego-debates-small-classes-for-gifted-students/
robertogrecosdusd dandiego publicschools education gifted policy moneyhttps://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:6d426fd7392e/Art of Problem Solving2009-01-21T16:09:11+00:00
http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/
robertogrecomath education free learning problemsolving gifted textbooks curriculum teaching srg edg homeschoolhttps://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:4b1329cc5148/The Nueva School - Home2008-05-23T21:39:26+00:00
https://www.nuevaschool.org/base.php?q__=QJhpqkdVGEREshYXD4uR8A%3D%3D
robertogrecoschools education lcproject reference gifted learning private classideashttps://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:f1bc44dcdce1/