Originally Posted by indigo
Among other advice in the section called "Number of Family Members in College", is the suggestion to consider "having the younger child skip a year in school, to increase the overlap". crazy

That does not seem a compelling or academically sound reason for whole-grade acceleration. Makes one wonder whether any parent has advocated that logic for acceleration to their child's teacher and principal? eek


Maybe this explains all of those horror stories about accelerations that went badly, though? smirk

Schrödinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn't.