I use "skip" so casually that it annoys people, I'm sure. It is NOT a casual decision on my part. But I want to get people thinking. When mom's complain about dull work at school, I say "Maybe you should consider a skip". When a kid has a behavioral problem,"Perhaps evaluate a skip". When the gifted program is threatened with big budget cuts, "I'll just skip DS until he's appropriately challenged". I really do hate the BOX of public education grade levels, and believe ability levels would be preferable in all circumstances. I do think that the more it's suggested, discussed, the more it's considered and done and maybe we can break away from the box bit by bit.
