This article presents a brief review of the Soviet Union's educational approach to gifted and talented children, focusing on the Young Pioneer Palace in Moscow. Soviet society, like American society, accommodates both the needs of certain individuals and those of the larger society. The Soviet Union's decision to serve the gifted is of less interest than the method it has selected to meet their needs. In the Soviet Union, an egalitarian ideology is circumvented by special programs and an eleborate network of after-school programs. The latter programs, in particular, are more elaborate than any other extra-curricular gifted education system and, thus, are worthy of consideration and emulation.
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