Denying access to rigorous learning opportunities because students are “too low” is unacceptable. Open the door to increased gifted identification rates in underrepresented populations with practical strategies in this interactive workshop. Participants will leave equipped with content and grade-agnostic tools to raise the bar for students with sustainable differentiation strategies.

Access Denied/System Failure: Status, Action, and Missingness in Texas
In this MasterMinds Session, gifted education and equity researcher Marcia Gentry will take participants through the recent System Failure/Access Denied report examining underrepresentation in gifted education by income and race, including specific information on how Texas measures up.





