Category: Schools & Educational Policy
Supporting and UnderstandingLevels of Giftedness inHomeschooled Children
In this post, I share a tremendous resource, Colleen Kessler, for those of you who want to know more about giftedness…. access to her podcasts at the end of the post. Colleen Kessler is a homeschooling parent, a podcaster, and she
Your child is clearly gifted, if not brilliant: Will the school agree and be happy to see you?
The answer isn’t straightforward because gifted services vary by state and by district and few states have gifted services requirements. During the 1980s, ability grouping and tracking fell out of favor.[i] Americans educated prior to the early 1980’s cannot easily understand how radical a shift this has been.[ii] For more information on the origins of […]
College Debt and Gifted Students: Loan Wolves
How government post-secondary loans affects highly to profoundly gifted students I don’t know about you, but I quit reading — a long time ago — all the “fine print” before I agreed to most ridiculously long and confusing jargony rules from big companies and small. When I first watched this documentary in late 2022, I was shocked and appalled […]
Two of My Favorite Federal Agencies Are on the Chopping Block
What is The Federal Department of Health and Human Services? It is the sprawling agency responsible for administering millions of Americans’ health insurance, approving drugs and medical supplies, regulating food and responding to infectious-disease outbreaks. At this point in my life and career, I am in favor of centralized programs, information, and research that can […]
Elections Have Consequences … Even For Profoundly Gifted Children
My New Approach to Sharing Information About Educational Systems and Outcomes Going forward, I will share my research, my viewpoints, my previous writing and speaking topics, and I will juxtapose the information — as much as possible — with the history and laws of different educational policies and systems. I will also demonstrate how to […]
Supporting and Understanding Levels of Giftedness in Homeschooled Children
In this post, I share a tremendous resource, Colleen Kessler, for those of you who want to know more about giftedness. I’ve placed the link for her access to her podcasts at the end of the post. Colleen Kessler is a homeschooling parent, a podcaster, and she kindly invited me to be part of one of her podcasts. […]
What is “Good Fit” and Why Does It Matter?
“Good fit” in the context of school and social life means that people feel as though they belong. First, “good fit” in the context of school and social life means that the children feel as though they belong, that they are not outliers, or lonely, or weird compared to the others. Children who grow up feeling […]
Same-Aged Classrooms for a Gifted Child … Really?
School is not real life; this doesn’t help with social skills Everyone knows … that the reason we put children in school by age for their instruction is that there are centuries of excellent research that proves this is the most effective way for children to learn, right? Well, no, actually, there is no such […]
Why Do We Continue to Have Same-Aged Classrooms?
Why do we continue to have same-aged classrooms? hashtag#giftededucation For gifted children, being grouped day in and day out with your same-aged peers — your age-mates — can leave you in the position of rarely fitting in, having trouble staying awake and cooperative during many of the day’s lessons, and wondering why anyone thinks school […]
How to Partial Homeschool: A Quick Overview
If you have a gifted child whose needs aren’t being met… When children simply don’t fit the school they attend, you might be able to find a workable solution. What is Partial Homeschooling? Partial homeschooling — which we can also describe as “emanating from the home schooling” or “the parent’s role as educational manager” — involves keeping the child […]