what about gifted students?

Mother feels her son (who's transferred in from a town school) is being held back
much talk about underperforming, Level 4
"what is being offered for students who are achieving?"
Boone: "looking very critically at how we differentiate" different kids
AP courses
"Honors does not equal gifted"
"how do we use the data that we have" to figure out what students need
completely algebra in middle school: "algebra is a gatekeeper course...the sooner they can get into algebra, the sooner" they can get in higher math in high schools
"the unfortunate piece for gifted education in this country is that the dollars haven't followed"
affluence doesn't equate to giftedness or a lack of giftedness