Education News – Kristin Decarr
“An updated version of a report from the University of Iowa Belin-Blank Center for Gifted Education, which suggested that gifted children are still at risk of left behind in school, examines how the 5 million or so gifted students around the country are still at risk. The study, “A Nation Empowered: Evidence Trumps the Excuses Holding Back America’s Brightest Students,” took a closer look at the myth that skipping grades is detrimental to a child, as many continue to believe that having younger children attend the same classes as older students could cause more harm than it is worth. The new study uses over a decade of research to look at the positive aspects of acceleration, writes Owen Phillips for NPR.”(more)