I.C. 5

Well, today I finally did some real research. I found a department of state website which defined gifted and discussed briefly the nature of gifted education in the U.S. today. I also found a school called the Davidson Academy of Nevada (if I remember correctly), which is a free public school for the extraordinarily gifted. Top tenth of a percent of the population allowed in.  And then the  mother lode of all gifted education resources I found on the Davidson website, a Time article discussing the state of gifted education in the U.S. titled "Are we failing our Geniuses?" This is a great article discussing many aspects of the current limitations and advancements in gifted education, a strong support in favor of my side attempting to increase the funding of gifted education across the nation. I also wrote the first paragraph of my paper, introducing the concepts of my paper as well as introducing the prevalent definition of gifted that I previously posted. This provides a jumping-off point for my paper to delve deeper into the issue based on the fundamental description of what being gifted means.