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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Very bright kids can be damaged by not being challenged enough and by not getting an education that addresses their needs. 
How do we help those kids while avoiding a lot of the problems such as elitism noted in the thread?

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A good start is keeping them in the same school. Different classes, maybe, but the same school. [/quote]

For the large number of elementary schools that send 5-10 children to a center school, including mine, how do you propose challenging those 5 gifted children?  [/quote]

Are they really [i]that[/i] much ahead of the next 10 kids, ability-wise, in each subject?  Most AAP kids would be fine with just receiving advanced math and language arts one grade level ahead.  For those who aren't, perhaps the best solution is to dispense with strict age level groupings and let them join the advanced math or reading class with a higher grade.  FCPS already does this for the kids who are beyond AAP level math.

Also, part of the problem with the elitism and the labeling is that many AAP kids are good students with scores in the 120s.  Many gen ed kids are also good students with scores in the 120s.  It seems silly to label half of them as gifted and elite, while letting the other half of these bright kids remain bored and unchallenged in gen ed.  [/quote]

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