General
Groups that adopt dominant cultural patterns, often losing their own traditions
What is Assimilation
differences in learning or development that require special support or services in school
What are Exceptionalities
This type of policy must be clear, consistent, and protect all students from bullying and discrimination.
What are comprehensive nondiscrimination policies?
This term is a composite of income, occupation, education, wealth, and power.
What is socio-economic status?
a way of categorizing people based on the color of their skin and their ancestry
What is Race?
What is Meritocracy
Term for students who are gifted and have a learning disability.
What is twice-exceptional?
Welcoming Schools encourages educators to use this type of language (instead of gendered terms like “boys/girls”) to include all students.
What is inclusive, non-gendered language
Often called the “gateway” to higher income and opportunities, but access to it depends greatly on family resources.
What is Education?
when school rules and discipline push students—often for small behaviors—out of the classroom and into the juvenile justice system, increasing their chances of ending up in jail instead of learning.
What is the school to prison pipeline?
Exaggerated over the top and usually biased generalizations ideas and views of a group of people
What is a Stereotype
These two demographic factors often show large gaps in gifted program representation.
What are race and income?
Instead of zero-tolerance approaches, schools are encouraged to use these justice-focused methods to resolve conflict.
What are restorative practices?
This form of poverty is passed down, affecting parents and children across multiple generations.
What is generational poverty?
On this date the U.S. Supreme Court declared “separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.”
What is May 17, 1954?
Under this system, local laws segregated public schools and many public facilities by race
What are Jim Crow laws?
Percentage of elementary students enrolled in gifted programs in 2017–18.
What is 6.9%?
When students ask tough questions about identity or “Why does Bess have two moms?”, educators should do this first.
What is listen first (understand what the student is asking)?
Research shows that children from low-income families often start school already behind peers on this readiness indicator — making early equity efforts especially important.
What is school readiness?
Teachers who claim they “don’t see race” are using this approach, which actually maintains racial inequities.
What is colorblindness?
The Brown ruling overturned the 1896 decision in this earlier Supreme Court case.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
Misconception: A gifted student strong in one domain will be advanced in all areas.
What is uneven development or asynchronous skills?
Educators are encouraged not only to respond when hearing anti-LGBTQ+ remarks, but also to _____ to foster respect and inclusion.
What is proactively create an environment of respect and caring?
Some researchers caution that over-identifying low-income students for special education based solely on poverty might ignore this — which can skew fairness and equity.
What is systemic bias or inequities in identification and placement
This harmful classroom belief blames students of color for misbehavior without investigating context or interactions.
What is deficit thinking?