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Gifted EducationRunning head GIFTED EDUCATION/ civil RIGHTSEducation of Gifted StudentsA Civil Rights Issue?Article retrospectEducation of Gifted Students A Civil Rights Issue? This paper seeks to effect the question Is the differential representation of the sexes and of racial and ethnic groups in educational programs for gifted students a civil rights problem? The author does a to a greater extent than than adequate job of presenting the arguments on both sides of the issue and drawing synthetical inferences. The article seeks to identify the actual dilemma and proposes possible approaches for resolution.Much of the enlighten system today has been shaped by the civil rights laws of the past. The writer notes that the fall in these rights have to education is the pledge of an equal opportunity for all youngsterren to hold back and be educated in this country. Schools must accomplish this without regard to race, doctrine or gender. The author notes that there have b een references to the gifted programs being salutary another subtle form of segregation by the white upper-middle-class. These concerns develop from the fact that the representation of the sexes and of ethnic groups within the gifted classes reflects just such(prenominal) a phenomenon. The unjustified beliefs of genetic inferiority of some races have foresightful since been denounced. These unfounded beliefs have been replaced by research which indicates that the genetic component of experience is augmented by the nurturing environment (or lack thereof) of a child. The paper sites equalise studies, which give creedence to the genetic component of intelligence, and notes these differences apply within the different ethnic and racial groups. The author attributes an almost equal role to the environment of the child referring to nurturing as the crystallization of native abilities. Noting the differences between the sexes in math and oral skills, the author seeks to va lidate this conception. The author sees the cultural values of society as an unavoidable encroachment upon the genders resulting in these differences. I beg to differ, as molecular and developmental studies have shown that there are structural and biological differences in the brains of males and females (Zhang, 1995 Palego, 2000). As a molecular biologist I would be more inclined to attribute differences to the biochemical aspects of development. The writer next addresses the inequities of intelligence tests and accurately identifies them as mere predictors of future academic performance.