Six major educational reforms are currently being proposed or are currently being implemented in the United States. These reforms-search for excellence, cooperative learning, middle schools, master teacher certification, site-based management and accountability-rest upon cultural values as much as on educational research, and each carries potential for positive or negative impact on education of gifted students. The positive and negative elements of each reform are reviewed in turn. Educators of gifted students need to take proactive steps to let other educators and citizens know of their contributions to general education and how these reform movements could be shaped for the maximum benefit of all.
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