Hold onto the yahoo. My understanding is that every district (not sure if that is - every district - or every district with a state paid gifted services) must have an acceleration policy. Grinity what do you hear? Having a policy doesn't mean it is a yes. And as for the 225 .. our district is requesting a waiver not to implement until 09-10 (which may not actually be bad since they would have dropped from 3 service areas to 1 so hoping it is to figure out how to offer 225 with 3 areas still served). I digress.
The important thing for folks to remember IMHO is that grade skipping can help and serves some. However, access to harder work is a band-aid only if that hard work is then repitious. The gt kid will be challenged for a time but it still isn't a gt education. Ouch. I gotta get my glass half full fingers out! I get a bone and then I want a four course dinner.
But ODE here in OHIO is saying all the right things. So the optimist in me is hoping at some point in the nearer term - the state will back local districts - and ODE intentions with some actual funding. Otherwise it is more - you ought to - with the districts throwing their hands in the air saying - great but how?
Goes to another thread of belief that districts aren't fighting against us (in all cases) but how do we make what is the right choice feasible.
Cleveland's city paper had a great article today about NCLB.
