Should gifted students go to a separate school?

Re:Should gifted students go to a separate school? by willholloway on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @02:50PM (#13485309)

Segregating gifted children in with the regular population will one day soon be seen as child abuse.

It has profound negative effects on the child, and leads to really terrible outcomes like drug abuse and absenteeism.

We have a lot of evidence that shows this. What you posit above amounts to exploiting the gifted child to benefit the needs of the other children. Gifted children are very open to being exploited by peers and teachers in the regular classroom.

It's wrong, and a detriment to the children and society.

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Re:Should gifted students go to a separate school? by cema on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @02:57PM (#13485391)

  Segregating gifted children in with the regular population

Do you mean desegredating, that is, keeping them in? If so, I agree, it may be bordering on abuse. I have only anecdotal evidence to support it, but I suspect there may have been studies.

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Re:Should gifted students go to a separate school? by kazimuth on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @05:04PM (#13486674)

That's about as good as actually having studies, right?

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Re:Should gifted students go to a separate school? by cema on Thursday January 26, 2017 @12:28PM (#13493281)

I am not sure what your point is.

No, it is not sufficient to make a policy decision, for instance. But if I have to go and vote on this issue, it is at least something I could base my judgment on.

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