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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]So how can 'gifted' children or children who quickly master material be better supported in their home schools -- in spite of 2.0? [/quote]

You have to seek outside instruction and activities. Our school pays lots of lip service to acceleration and enrichment in 2.0 but its non-existent and a joke. The 2.0 writing are open enough that a kid could do more but the teachers only teach to the "proficient" expectations. There is absolutely no feedback and guidance on improving your writing if you've already hit the magic P of mediocre work. Since most of the work is done in class and there is no writing composition homework you can't really supplement at home by guiding your child to improve their writing either.

For writing, you can look for writing workshops or even just writing based projects and assignments on the web. For math, there are math classes offered by Kumon, Mathnasium, private tutors, Singapore books are available at Amazon, IXL is an on-line program that offers practice exercises, Khan academy etc. Johns Hopkins has a talented youth on-line program. [/quote]

Great idea!  Let's pay $1000s of property tax dollars for a subpar MCPS education, let them off the hook and turn around and pay $1000s to tutors and workshops!  Sounds like utopia. [/quote]

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