We may be moving to the Boston suburbs very soon. Does anyone have any suggestions for schools with gifted programs? I know it is not very common in that area, but one of children really NEEDS differentiation/acceleration.
Thanks!
There is the ACERA private school
http://aceraschool.org/ . Most public schools in the Boston metro area, including those in our town, do not recognize giftedness. Arlington used to have a gifted program, but according to
http://www.arlington.k12.ma.us/administration/budget/fy12/fy12reducedresourcesthroughfy11.pdf it was eliminated due to budget cuts. What is mentioned for Cambridge at
http://cambridgeadvanced.org/advanced-learning-in-the-cambridge-public-schools/ does not impress me.
There are lots of parents with bright kids who value education around here, so they send them to programs such as
The Math Club
http://www.themathclub.com/IDEA Math
http://ideamath.org/Lexington.htmRussian School of Math
http://www.russianschool.com/and to programs at nearby universities such as
MIT HSSP
https://esp.mit.edu/learn/HSSP/index.htmlI think the attitude of some of the well-known public school systems around here is "We're great -- look at out test scores. Who are you to ask for something more?".