Mainstreaming the gifted: historical perspectives on excellence and equity.(Ability Grouping and Acceleration) From: Roeper Review | Date: March 22, 2002| Author: McDaniel, Thomas R. | COPYRIGHT 2002 The Roeper School. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

In South Carolina, as in many other states, a major educational policy issue is how to identify and educate gifted students. Although South Carolina does not yet provide certification for teachers in gifted, that possibility is raised frequently by such groups as teacher education colleges and the South Carolina Consortium for Gifted Education. To date Converse College is the only institution of higher education to offer a Master's degree in education of the gifted, even in the abs...