Can school be good for raising gifted kids?
Deborah Ruf, PhD writes about parenting her son, who is among the group of what she identifies as “Level Five children.. students who do not easily fit any school set-up at all, and getting into a gifted program does not even begin to provide a solution.”
After some positive and helpful periods of homeschooling and private tutoring, she writes, “By eighth grade I wasn’t sure what to do. We decided to have him return to school full-time. Students have a wide array of coursework available to them in high school, and Charlie really has enjoyed most of his classes.”
Continued on High Ability.
