Sally Reis on Gifted Education

bugmom
Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:55:43 +0000

I think a parent has to be proactive on all fronts, challenging the school and seeking other alternatives. My two children bumped along through various pull-out programs in two different elementary school, one with a school board member who actually said “everyone is gifted in their own way”. In middle school my son tried out a gifted class, my daughter opted out, but by then we discovered CTY, where they both accelerated in math, among other things. I am convinced that CTY saved my kids. They both realized that there was a community they fit into and even though it was only 3 weeks a year, it gave them a sense of what life would be like after high school.