I don't think you can ignore the gifted aspect and do justice to the child. My daughter does so much better when she is challenged academically than left to mumble along. We are continually evaluating to see when/if it would be in her best interest to pull her back out completely or move her further ahead in ELA. For now her partial enrollment with services is working. I think a big part of why it's working is because she is able to move ahead at her pace with her other subjects.
I love the book Genius Denied. I completely agree with the loss of potential that we are putting on some of our brightest kids. It's very sad.
