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Article: No Child Left Behind: gifted children and school counselors.(No Child Left Behind Act of 2001)
- Article from:
- Professional School Counseling
- Article date:
- October 1, 2006
- Author:
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A gifted-education researcher discusses the potential effects of No Child Left Behind on gifted children and adolescents as well as implications for those who counsel such children in public schools. With the primary purpose of stimulating thought, discussion, and action, she addresses the marginalization of gifted and other at-risk children in the current educational climate and provides recommendations for school counselors.
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