"Giftedness" doesn't just refer to high IQ, at least not as the US educational system treats it. It also refers to a cluster of personality traits that combine

"Giftedness" doesn't just refer to high IQ, at least not as the US educational system treats it. It also refers to a cluster of personality traits that combine to make some kids utterly fail to thrive in normal classrooms, yet completely turn around in specialized environments. I can't take any article seriously that doesn't appreciate that giftedness is an educational concept, not a function of intelligence. My insight regarding giftedness is that if we could afford it, all kids would thrive if they could be placed in the kinds of small classroom creative learning environments that gifted kids can only thrive in. In other words, we're all "gifted", it's just that some of us are less adaptable than others. And while intelligence might be heritable, nurture is far more important when it comes to the development of children. The argument that it's largely heritable is the argument that the educational system is fine as it is and doesn't need any new ideas or money.