According to the person who told me the principal admitted that research could be found to support most things but the Modern Learning Environment is the in thing in NZ at the moment. Too bad if you are a gifted introvert.
The secondary problem is that there is at this point an extension programme in high school but the kids need to be accelerated to get in and most of those that apply successfully are from the one private school in the city and the Catholic school because they allow the children to work at more advanced levels. The one across the road that is losing the extension programme really only offered enrichment and relatively few of the kids made it into the high school programme. I might try to work with the principal to do AOPS or something. It has never been done as far as I know but maybe there can be a first time.
Last edited by puffin; 10/17/15 01:48 AM.
