Mara Sapon-Shevin is a professor of inclusive education at Syracuse University.
She is a critic of gifted educationSapon-Shevin, M: Playing Favorites: Gifted Education and the Disruption of Community, State University of New York Press. and turned down an offer of a place for her daughter in a gifted education program on the grounds that "I would never have wanted to raise a child who thought that she was better or smarter than other people".Cadzow, Jane: "Who's a clever kid, then? ", The Age, October 2005 She is also an advocate against bullying, especially bullying against perceived or actual members of the LGBT community.
Books Playing Favorites: Gifted Education and the Disruption of Community, Because We Can Change the World: A Practical Guide To Building Cooperative, Inclusive Classroom Communities, Widening the Circle : The Power of Inclusive Classrooms,
See also Teaching for social justice
References
External links What's best for the brightest? - an article on the debate about gifted education, where Mara Sapon-Shevin is quoted Who's a clever kid, then? - another article on gifted education, citing her