DS will be attending a "gifted" program over the summer. He went to the same program last year. He had a very good experience because his teachers actually differentiated to his level (crazy, I know). Anyway, this summer, he would need to attend a higher level math class. But he needs a recommendation from his current math teacher to do that. DS7 attends 5th grade math at public school and homeschools all other subjects. Here is the problem: despite being a straight A 5th grade math student, I have very little confidence that his teacher would write him a good recommendation. (Her comments to me always are along the line, "He's doing a great job. Top of the class. But he still can't sharpen his pencil. And really, I don't believe in acceleration so I don't think he should continue next year.") Anyway, do you think this program would accept my recommendation since I homeschool him? Anyone BTDT in a similar experience?
