One school we are slightly considering for next year for dd10 is a new charter that aims to serve 2e and HG kids although, due to state law, they will need to admit anyone for whom they have room, not just gifted kids. A question posed to them by the school board who is determining whether to approve their charter addressed this -- how will they serve both highly gifted kids and kids who aren't gifted but whose parents choose to enroll them in a school for gifted kids?
The answer from the school seemed to focus a lot on iding where the kids were early on (not waiting for 3rd grade to id gifted) and offering appropriate acceleration through compacting curriculum, subject acceleration, and/or grade skipping.
For dd10, acceleration really isn't the perfect solution although it is less bad than a std classroom with no acceleration, so it is what we are doing right now for math and reading. What she needs is different not faster -- more abstract, deep, etc. She is very abstract in her thinking. She could also use some assistance in seeing how the typical person sees things b/c she rarely looks at things typically.
Is that a need that could be met in a school for gifted kids? I know that GT classes within public schools usually do focus on moving through the curriculum more quickly or accelerating, not teaching it differently (at least in our experience). Does anyone have any experience with a GT school that does something other than just more, faster?
