by Professor Miraca Gross This article is being archived here, originally published in the Roeper Review, Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 207-214, 1999 Summary Highly gifted children are frequently placed at risk in the early years of school through misidentification, inappropriate grade-placement and a seriously inadequate curriculum. Additional factors are their own early awareness, that … Continue reading Small poppies: Highly gifted children in the early years