On the Gifted & Talented Complaint Against the Madison School District

Peter Sobol

A group of West High parents have filed a complaint concerning the perceived lack of sufficient gifted and talented programming as mandated by state statute.

A group of 50 parents in the West High School attendance area has asked state education officials to investigate whether the Madison School District is violating state law by denying high-achieving students access to the “talented and gifted” programming parents say they deserve.
In a Sept. 20 complaint to the state Department of Public Instruction made public Tuesday, the parent group argued that freshmen and sophomores at West have limited opportunities for advanced English, biology and social studies classes

I have heard similar complaints expressed by MG parents. (Some of which are addressed by recent changes to the high school science curriculum for freshman and sophomores. )

Much more on the complaint here.

One thought on “On the Gifted & Talented Complaint Against the Madison School District”

  1. While NCLB is definitely not helping advanced learners (and research shows it is injuring minority and low income student the most) the Complaint is not asking for limited resources to be redirected to TAG! West HS parents are simply asking for MMSD to provide honors level section. This requires no money at all.

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