I don't know if what I suggested is true, but if I'm going to advocate to my district that they should accelerate students because it will save money then I'd better have the numbers to back it up.
Parents are advised to always advocate based on
student need.
- Advocacy roundup
here.
- Roundup of acceleration-specific threads
here.
The policy think-tanks are the ones who can wrangle about issues such as costs.
That being said, this article mentions that acceleration
may save costs. IMO, not a point for advocacy, but interesting nonetheless. I suppose one could track down the individual quoted and inquire of the source of the cost information.
Acceleration is common in SMPY's elite 1-in-10,000 cohort, whose intellectual diversity and rapid pace of learning make them among the most challenging to educate. Advancing these students costs little or nothing, and in some cases may save schools money, says Lubinski. “These kids often don't need anything innovative or novel,” he says, “they just need earlier access to what's already available to older kids.”
