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  • I teach United States history in a rural high school. In our school, the student population is not very diverse, with 20% identified as African American, 70% as Caucasian, and 10% as Hispanic. In my 6 years of teaching in this setting, I have worked with gifted students in my social studies classes. Teaching these students is a joyful experience; however, I have observed a critical problem. The underrepresentation of gifted Black males within my classes is overwhelming. In my years of teaching within this school district, I can count the number of Black males who have received gifted education services, totaling about three. Although the state of Georgia has adopted a multiple-criteria approach to identification in order to identify and serve more minority students, I have not seen an increase in the number of culturally diverse students receiving gifted education services at my high school. At the current time, there is not a single Black male enrolled in the gifted program. Ford and Grantham (2003) explored the issue of the underrepresentation of culturally diverse students in gifted programs. These scholars called for a change from deficit to dynamic thinking where negative views of culturally diverse students were replaced with high expectations for success. With this change in thinking, schools would expand their views on giftedness, use instruments that are culturally sensitive, identify and serve gifted underachievers, and develop stronger relationships with parents. These efforts would lead to more culturally diverse students being identified and served. As an African American educator of gifted students, I have a personal connection to this issue, and I share my story to help shed some light on the problems facing gifted Black males in schools. My story takes place in Georgia public schools from 1992 to 2002. My father was in the military so my family moved often. Due to his assignments, we lived in Georgia before the change in Georgia's law for gifted identification took place and again, later, following the change in Georgia law. These are my experiences as a student. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: chapter)

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