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<blockquote data-quote="Josie" data-source="post: 320989" data-attributes="member: 1792"><p>My kids went to private school for this very reason. </p><p></p><p>difficult child 1 was in the TAG program at the public school but it didn't do very much until 3rd Grade. The school had no separate math or LA for kids that needed more challenging work until then. difficult child 1 asked me why they had to go "so slow".</p><p></p><p>When difficult child 2 started Kindergarten and had the same complaints, her teacher said I might want to look into private school. I figured if a public school teacher was recommending private school, we should consider it.</p><p></p><p>They ended up at a small private school that accepted kids of all abilitities and allowed individual learning plans for anyone that needed them. This worked for "gifted" as well as other learning differences. About 30% of the kids were identified as having learning differences, mostly dyslexia, I think. This school had as many as 5 different levels for Math (with about 45 kids per grade) and 2 levels of LA plus tutoring for those who needed it. Even though everyone knew who was in what group, there was no stigma attached to those in any group. Interestingly, at the public school where they didn't have the separate groups, there was a lot more peer criticism of the kids who were struggling. For Social Studies and Science, they didn't have separate groups, but they did sometimes have separate tests with more or less challenging versions.</p><p></p><p>difficult child 1 is now back in the public school for 8th Grade because she would have been the only kid doing Geometry at the private school. They would have done it with her, but we decided to see what the public school was like to see what to do about high school. Geometry is challenging enough for her but the rest of her classes are again moving pretty slowly for her. Even though they say they have TAG History and Science, there isn't a separate class and they do all the same work as everyone else. I think next year will be better because of all the pre AP classes.</p><p></p><p>It isn't just being bored for a few minutes at the end of class. It is being bored day after day, listening to the same material presented over and over in different ways. There are worse problems, I know, but it is still a problem.</p><p></p><p>Like the article said, the bright kids without the family resources to go to private schools are the ones that are really hurt by this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Josie, post: 320989, member: 1792"] My kids went to private school for this very reason. difficult child 1 was in the TAG program at the public school but it didn't do very much until 3rd Grade. The school had no separate math or LA for kids that needed more challenging work until then. difficult child 1 asked me why they had to go "so slow". When difficult child 2 started Kindergarten and had the same complaints, her teacher said I might want to look into private school. I figured if a public school teacher was recommending private school, we should consider it. They ended up at a small private school that accepted kids of all abilitities and allowed individual learning plans for anyone that needed them. This worked for "gifted" as well as other learning differences. About 30% of the kids were identified as having learning differences, mostly dyslexia, I think. This school had as many as 5 different levels for Math (with about 45 kids per grade) and 2 levels of LA plus tutoring for those who needed it. Even though everyone knew who was in what group, there was no stigma attached to those in any group. Interestingly, at the public school where they didn't have the separate groups, there was a lot more peer criticism of the kids who were struggling. For Social Studies and Science, they didn't have separate groups, but they did sometimes have separate tests with more or less challenging versions. difficult child 1 is now back in the public school for 8th Grade because she would have been the only kid doing Geometry at the private school. They would have done it with her, but we decided to see what the public school was like to see what to do about high school. Geometry is challenging enough for her but the rest of her classes are again moving pretty slowly for her. Even though they say they have TAG History and Science, there isn't a separate class and they do all the same work as everyone else. I think next year will be better because of all the pre AP classes. It isn't just being bored for a few minutes at the end of class. It is being bored day after day, listening to the same material presented over and over in different ways. There are worse problems, I know, but it is still a problem. Like the article said, the bright kids without the family resources to go to private schools are the ones that are really hurt by this. [/QUOTE]
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