Category Archives: Acceleration / Gifted and Talented

Difference Between Accommodations and Developing Skills

Accommodations help level the playing field in academics and may include: • Allowing more time for assignments and during testing • Having assignments or tests read aloud to the student • Reduced amount of items the student is tested on …

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Parents of Valor and Grace

I was stung when a dear friend of mine whom I respect said I was a tiger mother.  Then within the same week a 14 year old friend and successful student, read a paper Sally, age 16, had written.  At …

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