Getting a Public School to Differentiate

Davidson Gifted Perspectives is a video series that examines a number of different gifted-related issues and viewpoints.

In a recent virtual event, a family wondered what the best strategy was to get their Young Scholar’s school on board with differentiation. Differentiation is a classroom intervention where students receive different work than the majority of the class—both in input and in output. Here’s our Director of Family Services, to share a few tips and resources.

Resources Mentioned:

• Rigor vs. Challenge: A Different Way to Look at School Advocacy for Gifted Students
• What Textbooks Think “Differentiated Instruction” Looks Like by Ian Byrd
• What Differentiation Does NOT Look Like