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Article: The experiences of parents of gifted African American children: a phenomenological study.
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- Roeper Review
- Article date:
- June 22, 2005
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Demographic reports of African American students in education and numbers of African American children identified as gifted have remained nearly constant for over 30 years (Alamprese & Erlanger, 1988; United States Department of Education (USDE; 1993, 2000). Data on gifted African American students vary between states and regions due to significant numbers of African Americans densely located in large urban areas (Casey, 1994); however, the USDE has reported that African American children comprise 16.1% of the total student population nationwide. Data on children identified as gifted reveal that 8.4% of the total population identified as gifted were African American (USDE, ...