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In Seattle Public Schools, only 1.6 percent of kids in gifted-education programs are black, though black kids represent more than 15 percent of the overall student population.
But across the country in Miami-Dade County Public Schools, a different approach to identifying highly-capable students has helped build more diverse gifted programs.
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In Episode 62 of The Overcast, Seattle Times education reporter Claudia Rowe discusses why many Washington school districts are failing to bring kids of all backgrounds into their programs, resulting in stunning inequities. “We’ve confused being privileged with being gifted,” one expert told her.
