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“School became the place where this curious, sensitive boy started to shut down and get confused. I have heard this too many times but it still makes me sad and frustrated. I was a teacher. My sister and my niece are teachers. I love teachers. And yet, here we are.”

We Need to Stop Being So Dumb About Super Smart Kids - YOUR RAINFOREST MIND Gifted children need our understanding. Here is a brief example of one gifted teen and his struggles in school.

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Useful insights.

Why Parents Struggle So Much in the World's Richest Country Raising kids shouldn’t be this hard.

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/13/expert-successful-kids-strengthen-this-key-relationship-at-school.html?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=Intl&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR0rO5gVlN6TQCAAwQ2gyHkooKbEHk5S_LeQUFHgfxNoRxBQxtGP0IG-OQM_aem_AQErx_0zb67bJJft5UVPFQjEvcP4eddIO3oqN5vCO8-TgSrz_ufXoR-Vd0UuKjtTJSs =1704927846

Kids get the most out of school if they strengthen this key relationship, experts say: They need to feel 'seen, heard and valued' In order for a child to get the most out of school, it is crucial for them to have a good relationship with their educators.

https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/opinion-teacher-power-can-be-the-force-for-education-what-would-that-look-like/2023/09

Teacher Power Can Be the Force for Education. What Would That Look Like? (Opinion) Teachers working in new and different ways with each other and their students could be the solution to learning that has evaded us.

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The Education Exchange: Online? Brick-and-mortar? Why not a school with both? Idaho’s Gem Innovation Schools launches Learning Societies as a bridge between modalities

If your child does not have the skills required, they will not be able to do it no matter how much we or them. Create . --- If a child can, they usually will.

An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.”

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– Niels Bohr

Did you know? 🤔

Play-based learning can have a “greater positive effect” on the acquisition of early math skills, shape knowledge, and task switching than more traditional approaches that prioritize seat time and explicit instruction.

Meeting the Gifted Child's Chronically Unmet Needs: The BRIGHTLinks Story - Third Factor Their kids found school intellectually lacking and socially fraught. Now these parents are working together to build a social and academic space that meets their profoundly gifted children's uncommon needs.