From the Editor: Access and Equity

Equity is a broad term, generally implying equity of opportunity, fairness, and justice. In gifted education, it is used frequently to describe inequities related to disproportionality of representation by students of color and students from low-income backgrounds in programs for gifted students. Often students who have had adverse childhood experiences such as poverty and poor health care or who live in more rural areas do not have access to challenging and engaging educational opportunities. Researchers in collaboration with practitioners have offered these suggestions for increasing equity and access to gifted education programs: