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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think adding some focus to the top 25% to the curriculum at all schools is a good thing..but the top 3-5% will lose out if the centers disappear.   [/quote]

That’s BS. I scored 99th percentile in every test I took as a kid. I did enriched programs at my home school and was perfectly fine. I think you really don’t know that many kids in those percentiles. The only kids who truly need something completely removed from all other groups of kids are the ones with IQs in the 160s and above. By definition, those are few and far between.[/quote]

+1.  And even for the kids with IQ scores in the 160s, unless you are trying to Dougie Howser them and send them to Harvard at age 11, they are better off working in their social skills in a mainstreamed K-8.  Those kids will be fine academically but do need a lot of social skills scaffolding.  The trick is to give them energy ugh challenge that they don’t check out altogether.  A good enriched program can do that.  Even giving more teachers GT training would help. My kid’s teacher (at his regular home school) had a GT masters and the difference in his approach was notable.  It made all the difference for that year.[/quote]

WTH are you talking about?

None of what you assert is supported by research.[/quote]

No, i don't have research to support it, but I'd actually love to see cites to contrary research, or research either way, really.  I was speaking as someone who spent 6 years in GT magnet programs, went to top college/grad school with a lot of high IQ kids, and have high IQ kids in magnet program in MCPS.  (I did enrichment in-school until 6th grade, then bus-ed to magnets.)   At the K-8 level, a smart kid can self-enrich a lot, especially if they have a teacher that is trained to recognize and guide them.    
PS, not sure why my iphone auto-corrected "enough" to "energy ugh". [/quote]

You are the one who posted this crazy stuff.  You do the research and provide cites.[/quote]

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