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I've been able to help my 2 magnet kids, but there are others who have been studying above grade level math privately for years. They are not more gifted than kids who don't take extra classes or have parent academic support.[/quote]

May be some of them were taking those "above grade level math" classes privately because they were geniuses who were not getting challenged by the grade level material - who knows! It is ridiculous to assert that someone is not gifted because he or she is taking private classes.

Are there kids who are above grade level in a subject but are not really what many would consider gifted (i.e.) wired differently? Yes, there are. But are there kids who study privately because they are gifted? Also YES. We know of kids in both categories, and outside enrichment was even more essential for the kids in the second category.[/quote]

Most of the kids in the Clemente MS magnet programs aren't "wired differently" - they're just regular smart kids with motivated parents.[/quote]

This is true. Largely because of the difference in how Clemente/King is set up compared to TPMS and Eastern. Which means the former model could be replicated in at least five more MS in the County. Adding another thousand slots. But then it won’t be as “special” to the parents who want the bragging rights. Look at what that demographic did to the poor Global Humanities course. Parents demanded it be offered to so many kids outside the target group that certain W feeder schools just enrolled everyone who would have been in advanced. Teachers were not trained in how to implement to average learners a curriculum that was designed for gifted ones. The extra students weren’t motivated to learn in these ways and/or were overwhelmed.[/quote]

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