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[quote=Anonymous]I'm both an AAP and a Gen Ed parent (both at a center) and here are my thoughts, for whatever they're worth.  I feel that my AAP child, though somewhat academically advanced in some subjects, is not in the gifted category.  By now (he's in 5th grade) I know his classmates and can pretty confidentally say that very, very few of them fit into the "highly gifted" category.  With a few exceptions, they would all do great in a Gen Ed classroom.  My daughter, in 4th grade Gen Ed, has had her classroom depleted of kids who are are no more advanced than she and who would be doing fine in her classroom.  This year, several of her Gen Ed classmates have left for private school to get away from this silliness, and I can't say I blame them.  It makes so much more sense to keep most of the kids together in Gen Ed, especially those whose needs would be met just fine there.  I agree that the Gen Ed curriculum needs to be improved, but the AAP curriculum is really not much more advanced and I find it curious that so many parents are under the impression that it is.  If I had a "highly gifted" child, I wouldn't find AAP nearly enough for them.   [/quote]

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