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he principal said that according to his reading, the research suggests that acceleration is not all it's cracked up to be, but that they were already doing their best to make sufficient use of both grade and subject acceleration strategies.

If I heard that in a meeting, I would very politely say something along the lines of, " I wonder if you could send me some of those studies? I'm really interested in doing the right thing here, but if there's evidence that this isn't a good move, I'm open to it."

(I would actually mean this, too, although it would serve a double purpose as a possible--more like probable--calling of the bluff. At the same time, it would signal that you were at least paying lip service to their concerns.)

Last edited by ultramarina; 10/01/12 02:16 PM.