Hidden in plain sight

In this chapter, the authors discuss, humanize, and reimagine the vital need to focus on both equity and how culture matters in every aspect of GATE recruitment and retention efforts and at all levels, beginning in early childhood – identification and assessment, social-emotional, and psychological and academic needs and development. By ‘humanize,' the authors mean to educate school officials (e.g., administrators, counselors, teachers, and families) about the intellectual brilliance that resides within Black students whose gifts and talents are often overlooked, devalued, and rendered invisible in schools.