Gifted students not adequately served

Roughly 16 percent of Ohio's public school students are classified as gifted, but only 26 percent of those students received services during the last school year, according to an article by Jennifer Gonzalez in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. While federal law mandates that children with disabilities receive special education services, no such mandate covers gifted students. Only 31 states require districts to provide services to gifted students, and Ohio is not among them.

"These are the kids that are going to make our country competitive," said Kimberly Allen, gifted program coordinator for the Euclid School District. "We should be spending money on them." For further information, read the full article.