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Have you been to one of the TAG schools or had your children there?

They aren't being challenged they are being forced to spend hours upon hours of memorizing things and then spitting it out in writing as well as diagrams.  The kids are bussed in and can easily spend 2 hours a day on the bus and they are then given 3-4 hours of homework every night and that doesn't include the reading logs or the biweekly book reports that accompany them.  Really, what kind of life is that for an elementary school kid?  That leaves no time for riding bikes, climbing trees, or being a kid.

These kids aren't doing art more often they are just given more languages to learn and more work to do.  While completing it all can indeed be challenging it is not exactly the way children should be challenged.  They should be taught to question why things are and not just repeat what they've been told why they are. If that makes sense. 
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Yes, both my children attend a TAG school and their experience has not been as you describe!  Which school has 3-4 hours per night??  Is it Glenarden Woods?   I have read about complaints about that school.

However, if your children are in a school requiring hours of memorization and spitting things out, and not being asked to think creatively -- that doesn't mean TAG schools in our county have gone too far... it just means they could be greatly improved.
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