Dumbing down America : the war on our nation's brightest young minds (and what we can do to fight back) / James R. Delisle. [print]

By:

Delisle, James R, 1953- [Author]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781618211668

Subject(s):

Gifted children -- Education -- United States

LOC classification:

LC3993.D354.D455 2014
LC3993

Available additional physical forms:

Contents:

In the beginning -- The upsides -- The battle of equity over excellence -- Is giftedness something you do or someone you are? -- Instructional panaceas that aren't -- Legislative absurdity ... and the organizations that try to rein it in -- What next? -- The big picture: fitting gifted child education into the broader educational landscape -- That's all, folks!

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status)	G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION	Non-fiction	LC3993.9.D448 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31923001686746

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Includes bibliographies and index.

Preface: three reasons to care -- In the beginning -- The upsides -- The battle of equity over excellence -- Is giftedness something you do or someone you are? -- Instructional panaceas that aren't -- Legislative absurdity ... and the organizations that try to rein it in -- What next? -- The big picture: fitting gifted child education into the broader educational landscape -- That's all, folks!

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