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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]But again, we're not talking about acceleration for it's own sake.  We're talking about acceleration to keep a kid challenged and learn good study skills, etc[/b].

The alternative is broader and deeper. If a PP says her kid is challenged at home, in extracurriculars, and sometimes at school, then this is going "broad and deep" without skipping grades or accelerating within a grade.  The kids in the MoCo middle school magnet aren't doing Calculus (most of them), instead they're using their set theory in new ways, like solving rubics cubes.  Broader, and deeper.[/quote]

The essay by Dr. Elkind addresses this point well......[/quote]

All I saw were a few lines about accelerated kids going on to be successful, with no discussion of whether they were happy, or what "successful" means when you've got an unrepresentative sample of super smart kids who have the mental ability to succeed at about any job anyway.  And no comparison of accelerated vs. going deeper, which is what MoCo magnets do, and which I'd like to hear more about.[/quote]

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