If a child is getting As on her report card for work that is two grade levels below what she is able to achieve, it that “making it?”
“‘Contrary to widespread belief,’ the report says, ‘these students cannot ordinarily excel without assistance.’ Instead they become bored and dissatisfied, perform far below their intellectual potential and suffer psychological damage. In fact, the study suggests that the gifted are the most retarded group in schools when mental age and chronological age are compared.” – Marland Report Overview, 1972 “The more powerful and specific the gift, the more the need for active, sustained, specific intervention from those who are responsible for the child’s development.” – Dr. David Feldman, Nature’s Gambit, 1986 “A common, if erroneous, point of view is that these students will do well no matter what kind of education they receive. This is the ‘cream will rise to the top’ argument, which, unfortunately, for all of us, turns out to be incorrect…Too often for our most gifted youngsters our schools are a crucible for boredom and lack of challenge….American students are at or near the back of
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