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Skip the smart kids
High achievers are bored and frustrated. Let them skip a grade.

Joanne Jacobs
Apr 12 min read


Smart kids left alone: What schools are doing -- and not doing -- for 'advanced learners'
"Highly capable" students will lose advanced learning opportunities in Seattle Public Schools. To address "historical inequity," all...

Joanne Jacobs
May 2, 20242 min read


1 classroom, 5 achievement levels: The learning chasm
Trying to teach students who are way above and way below grade level in the same classroom puts an impossible burden on teachers, reports...

Joanne Jacobs
Mar 7, 20232 min read
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