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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We can certainly relate.  Our daughter (in first grade) receives gifted services for both math and language arts.  more simple addition worksheets for a kid who is interested in and capable of doing multiplication.  focus appears to be on "critical reasoning" -- as in, let's draw pictures to show *why* 5+12= 17.   it's extremely frustrating because there's active resistance to her doing any math beyond simple addition and subtraction.  I'm not convinced the GT services in APS (or at least at our school) differentiate between high achievement and giftedness -- teaching pedagogy seems not to take into account that gifted kids learn differently (and often non-sequentially).    we're starting to think we've got to shift our kid to private school too...[/quote]

Except that I keep hearing form private school parents that it is even worse -- no on is allowed to do anything different because then everyone would want their kid to be doing it too. So at least of elementary, private schools will not accelerate a kid to a totally different curriculum that is above grade level. Have you heard of a place that will?[/quote]

Nysmith or Edlin School[/quote]

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