a*****g
发帖数: 19398 | 1 Fernando Aguilar has five kids and named his only son after his hero, Isaac
Newton.
"I looked up to him and so does my son, and hopefully one day we can make
contributions to society like he did," says Aguilar.
Isaac's in third grade at Herrera Elementary School in Houston. Aguilar
thinks his 8-year-old is a smarty, just like the famous physicist: "I think
he's going to be a lot smarter than I am."
Breaking the ceiling
NPR ED
Who Are The 'Gifted And Talented' And What Do They Need?
But when the local school tested Isaac in kindergarten for the gifted and
talented program, he didn't qualify.
And Houston's enrollment statistics indicate that Hispanic students like
Isaac and African-American students would more likely be identified as
gifted if they were white or Asian. That's a trend across the country.
Aguilar is stretched thin between his job building servers for a software
company and finishing his college degree in statistics. So, getting to spend
time alone with Isaac is really special, but finding time to get involved
with his son's school is difficult. Aguilar knows the gifted and talented
program exists at Herrera Elementary, though he wasn't aware the school was
testing Isaac.
Donna Ford, at Vanderbilt University, thinks that put Isaac at a
disadvantage. She's been researching gifted education for decades, and when
it comes to Houston's program she says, "I think it's a clear case of
segregation, gifted education being segregated by race and income."
Houston school leaders asked Ford to take a close look at their enrollment
in the program, and she gave it a failing grade. "Racial bias has to be
operating, inequities are rampant. Discrimination does exist whether
intentional or unintentional," she told the school board in May of this year.
Ford found that both Hispanic and black students are underrepresented in
gifted programs and that black students are missing out the most. She also
found that about half the seats in those programs go to higher-income
students, even though the majority of the district is poor.
Ford calls it "a waste of a huge number of students' gifts and talents."
Ford says Houston's entire process is laced with problems. She's seen this
in other districts and has ideas on how to improve it, starting with the
test.
Houston uses an exam that some educators consider culturally biased, so it
may fail to identify a student like Isaac as gifted.
Also, teacher recommendations carry a lot of weight, but can be subjective.
And Ford worries that because the whole selection process is point-based,
some families can strategize to get their kids in the program. "Knowing the
system, working the system, using that social capital, it does advantage you
," she says.
Parents in the know can find tutorials online. Some even spend $150 for test
materials. Meanwhile, other families have no idea the gifted program even
exists.
And Adam Stephens says he wants to change that. He's the person at the
Houston Independent School District in charge of advanced academics, and
says there's no sacred cows when it comes to making changes for the better.
"We're looking at the testing that we use," Stephens says. "We're looking at
how we identify students at the campuses, and if it feels like it's really
going to allow us to really meet the needs of students in HISD, then it's
something that we're committed to moving forward."
And as for Isaac, the district says it will test him for the gifted program
again this fall.
Read more about gifted students from NPR Ed's lead blogger, Anya Kamenetz. | k****m
发帖数: 4670 | 2 哈哈。。。。。。。。。。。。。
或许是真的。。。。。。。。。。。。。
唉。。。。。。。。。 | l********e
发帖数: 3999 | | M********s
发帖数: 24729 | 4 德州劳模分三种，一种受过大学教育混公司住白人区英语纯正，一种以说墨语为主混工
厂做体力活儿自住一区，当然还有大量劳模游走德墨到处打零工，一般这些人矮墩，而
那些直长腿劳模就是混了的，但墨性依旧，比如贴头皮卷发、深色皮肤，不苟言笑等。
。。很有意思
Isaac
think
【在 a*****g 的大作中提到】
: Fernando Aguilar has five kids and named his only son after his hero, Isaac
: Newton.
: "I looked up to him and so does my son, and hopefully one day we can make
: contributions to society like he did," says Aguilar.
: Isaac's in third grade at Herrera Elementary School in Houston. Aguilar
: thinks his 8-year-old is a smarty, just like the famous physicist: "I think
: he's going to be a lot smarter than I am."
: Breaking the ceiling
: NPR ED
: Who Are The 'Gifted And Talented' And What Do They Need?
| k**n
发帖数: 6198 | 5 NPR是个左派言论媒体。
休斯顿是德州的三番。市长就是同性恋，目前在推proposition1，下面就是同厕法案。
上次加州同学贴了一个有颜色的加州地图，显示投票结果，我忘了是什么了，就是三番
和洛杉矶是蓝色的吧，和这里的休斯顿的人口成分，我猜了类似
如果华裔，以及亚裔不能想莫莫那么能生的话，在政治上要维权，只能和白人站成同盟。
德州，白人和亚裔学习成绩相近。莫莫低十个到十五个百分点，黑人低二十到三十个百
分点。
每个种族都有优秀的人群，必须要下结论做decision making的时候，只能看均值和
confidence interval
Isaac
think
【在 a*****g 的大作中提到】
: Fernando Aguilar has five kids and named his only son after his hero, Isaac
: Newton.
: "I looked up to him and so does my son, and hopefully one day we can make
: contributions to society like he did," says Aguilar.
: Isaac's in third grade at Herrera Elementary School in Houston. Aguilar
: thinks his 8-year-old is a smarty, just like the famous physicist: "I think
: he's going to be a lot smarter than I am."
: Breaking the ceiling
: NPR ED
: Who Are The 'Gifted And Talented' And What Do They Need?
| k**n
发帖数: 6198 | 6 我觉得亚裔和莫莫的成分不一样，我们更主要是第一类。可是我们的第一类拿不到选票
和资金。莫莫的金鹰们很容易通过左翼言论拿到选票，所以自然慢慢会把德州向加州转
化，不同的是，不知道亚裔有没有可能达到加州的比例。所以想参政的华裔，大部分也
是一样，只能站莫莫的阵营。如果眼光放长远一点的话，不该这样。。。。
你们修斯顿有个印度裔再选啊，他怎么样？
【在 M********s 的大作中提到】
: 德州劳模分三种，一种受过大学教育混公司住白人区英语纯正，一种以说墨语为主混工
: 厂做体力活儿自住一区，当然还有大量劳模游走德墨到处打零工，一般这些人矮墩，而
: 那些直长腿劳模就是混了的，但墨性依旧，比如贴头皮卷发、深色皮肤，不苟言笑等。
: 。。很有意思
:
: Isaac
: think
| M********s
发帖数: 24729 | 7 木兰这学年升了药学院对我的态度大有转变！原来那两年混的都是高中过去的一帮，现
在眼界开阔了，同届一百多号儿有过半的是白人（包括外州），其次亚裔，再次西裔，
黑人五名，很多已有学士硕士文凭，也有成家了的。。。想多挣点儿钱不容易啊，让孩
子们自己去碰吧，碰碰就老实了，你再说什么就容易听进去了
盟。
【在 k**n 的大作中提到】
: NPR是个左派言论媒体。
: 休斯顿是德州的三番。市长就是同性恋，目前在推proposition1，下面就是同厕法案。
: 上次加州同学贴了一个有颜色的加州地图，显示投票结果，我忘了是什么了，就是三番
: 和洛杉矶是蓝色的吧，和这里的休斯顿的人口成分，我猜了类似
: 如果华裔，以及亚裔不能想莫莫那么能生的话，在政治上要维权，只能和白人站成同盟。
: 德州，白人和亚裔学习成绩相近。莫莫低十个到十五个百分点，黑人低二十到三十个百
: 分点。
: 每个种族都有优秀的人群，必须要下结论做decision making的时候，只能看均值和
: confidence interval
:
| M********s
发帖数: 24729 | 8 德州亚裔集中几个大城市，总体偏少，共和党地盘儿，加州从六十年代台湾留学潮开始
现在是中国人的天下，想折腾的就在加州吧
【在 k**n 的大作中提到】
: 我觉得亚裔和莫莫的成分不一样，我们更主要是第一类。可是我们的第一类拿不到选票
: 和资金。莫莫的金鹰们很容易通过左翼言论拿到选票，所以自然慢慢会把德州向加州转
: 化，不同的是，不知道亚裔有没有可能达到加州的比例。所以想参政的华裔，大部分也
: 是一样，只能站莫莫的阵营。如果眼光放长远一点的话，不该这样。。。。
: 你们修斯顿有个印度裔再选啊，他怎么样？
| a*****g
发帖数: 19398 | 9 现在的美国太乱了。因果颠倒。
下下围棋，
就会全面看问题，
就会站在对方角度看问题，
就会知道现在的问题是从前的结果，
也就会为了将来的结果好好规划现在
Isaac
think
【在 a*****g 的大作中提到】
: Fernando Aguilar has five kids and named his only son after his hero, Isaac
: Newton.
: "I looked up to him and so does my son, and hopefully one day we can make
: contributions to society like he did," says Aguilar.
: Isaac's in third grade at Herrera Elementary School in Houston. Aguilar
: thinks his 8-year-old is a smarty, just like the famous physicist: "I think
: he's going to be a lot smarter than I am."
: Breaking the ceiling
: NPR ED
: Who Are The 'Gifted And Talented' And What Do They Need?
| a*****g
发帖数: 19398 | 10 可以赖题目出得不够好
【在 l********e 的大作中提到】
: 考不过赖谁，真不要脸啊
| a*****g
发帖数: 19398 | 11 民主投票就会投出这样的变味的情况
混工
，而
等。
益处,不轻易发怒,不计较人的恶,不喜欢不义,只喜欢真理;凡事包容,凡事相信,凡事盼
望,凡事忍耐.爱是永不止息。
not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered,
it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices
with the truth. It always prote:
【在 k**n 的大作中提到】
: 我觉得亚裔和莫莫的成分不一样，我们更主要是第一类。可是我们的第一类拿不到选票
: 和资金。莫莫的金鹰们很容易通过左翼言论拿到选票，所以自然慢慢会把德州向加州转
: 化，不同的是，不知道亚裔有没有可能达到加州的比例。所以想参政的华裔，大部分也
: 是一样，只能站莫莫的阵营。如果眼光放长远一点的话，不该这样。。。。
: 你们修斯顿有个印度裔再选啊，他怎么样？
| w*********o
发帖数: 3030 | 12 The key is, are the "gifted" kids in those program really "gifted"? | M********s
发帖数: 24729 | 13 别围了，太累，管不了这么多，能跳就不错啦！
【在 a*****g 的大作中提到】
: 现在的美国太乱了。因果颠倒。
: 下下围棋，
: 就会全面看问题，
: 就会站在对方角度看问题，
: 就会知道现在的问题是从前的结果，
: 也就会为了将来的结果好好规划现在
:
: Isaac
: think
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