Debbie, No worries. I have read that same generalization many times about PG kids and public school. It took me a long time before I started to question it, myself. But I am growing somewhat suspicious of the data those statements are based on.
Ruff is one of the people who makes that claim. What is interesting, though, in her book is that the level 3,4,and 5 kids who she reports all got into the study because the families sought her out for testing etc. If the only kids you study are the ones who went to the trouble of finding and paying for a psychologist who specializes in gifted kids, then you don't necessarily have an full sample of HG+ kids to start with. There is reason to suspect that the kids who were having trouble are more likely to seek help. The ones whose schools were meeting the child's needs would be much less likely to pay out of their pockets to get outside help.
I think you can make the same argument about this board. The people who are needing the most support are probably going to use the board more on average than those whose kids are thriving in their school placement. I have no idea what the "real" numbers are for the number of PG kids doing well in PS, because no one to my knowledge has done the right study to look at that.
I would say that parents of a PG child in a PS school should always be monitoring to make sure things are OK. But I would say that about a PG kid in any schooling situation. Actually, I would say it about any kid in any schooling situation. As parents, that is part of our job, really.
