[quote=JustAMom]This is anymonous right? :S

Speaking from a classroom teacher's personal point of view.... I don't see the gifted students in many public schools getting the type of learning I recieved when I was a student in school. I've heard the 40% -50% argument before,

Does that mean that 40-50% of kids have an SLP or IEP? Wow, if that's the case.

DS10 is the only, what they call, SNAP kid in his grade level of about 100 kids at school. SNAP = Student Needs Assessment Profile which then requires an SLP [Student Learning Plan]. His teacher last year outright refused to recognize his SLP. But we're beyond that now. I think everyone has their worst teacher. That was last year for us.

"Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve." -Roger Lewin