Where can I find articles about the history of gifted education in America?
One might suspect that gifted programs originated with Plato, who believed in an intellectual elite. In the early part of the 20th century, programs consisted primarily of acceleration when students needed it. Formal gifted programs can be traced back to 1918. In 1924, “The Education of the Gifted” was published by the University of Chicago Press. Guy Whipple, Chairman of the Committee of the Society that was responsible for this volume (the second in a series), provided a brief historical summary of the interest in and concern for the education of gifted individuals, observing that perhaps the first systematic approach to providing for “bright pupils” was developed by the Superintendent of Schools in St. Louis, Dr. William T. Harris. In his reports for 1868-69 and for 1871-73, Harris commented on the advantages of promoting pupils at short intervals, as short as five weeks in the lower grades and of accelerating gifted pupils through the grades. He noted that the plan provided gifted
One might suspect that gifted programs originated with Plato, who believed in an intellectual elite. In the early part of the 20th century, programs consisted primarily of acceleration when students needed it. Formal gifted programs can be traced back to 1918. In 1924, “The Education of the Gifted” was published by the University of Chicago Press. Guy Whipple, Chairman of the Committee of the Society that was responsible for this volume (the second in a series), provided a brief historical summary of the interest in and concern for the education of gifted individuals, observing that perhaps the first systematic approach to providing for “bright pupils” was developed by the Superintendent of Schools in St. Louis, Dr. William T. Harris. In his reports for 1868-69 and for 1871-73, Harris commented on the advantages of promoting pupils at short intervals, as short as five weeks in the lower grades and of accelerating gifted pupils through the grades. He noted that the plan provided gifted
