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[quote]I am not the OP, but I am interested in the bolded part above. The gifted resource teacher at my sons' school said [b]that Swanson does differentiate in middle school[/b]. She had a name for it, but I can't remember what it was. It sounded to me like it was [b]a full program that was almost like tracking in that if your student was labeled as gifted they would go through middle school with other kids who were also gifted.[/b] She said that is also trickling down to the elementary school level where the gifted students would be put in classes together as well. I know Arlington's gifted program is subject specific so I am not sure how that would all work, but she thought it was important that my son was identified by the time he got to middle school for this reason (he's in 4th now).[/quote]

This resource teacher is lying. There is no such program in APS middle schools. There are different levels of math only. In every other subject, students are designated as gifted, but get nothing for it, except that the classroom teacher is aware of it, and will try their best to offer enrichment to those students in a regular classroom. There is one GT resource teacher per middle school. Think about that: one person is supposed to provide a full program to some 200-300 designated kids in each middle school? Not.

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