Originally Posted by HowlerKarma
It's not that there's anything wrong with those kids with IQ down in the 110-120 range. But they cannot keep up with kids like my DD, and placing them in the same class with her forces the teacher to hold my DD back so that the rest of them can manage to keep up.

whistle

I'd only agree to the statement above if it read, "....and placing them in the same class with her forces an inexperienced and untrained teacher to hold my DD back so that the rest of them can manage to keep up."

An teacher who is trained in GT education and has some experience with it can easily differentiate and not hold back students of varying skill levels. This seems to be a recurring theme, that too many here thing that just like the regular classroom, a GT classroom has to be once size fits all.

Last edited by Old Dad; 04/01/14 02:13 PM.