Unique Needs

From the article by Mrs. Trepanier:

Yes, gifted students have unique learning needs that MUST be met. Research studies have shown, time and again, that gifted students do not thrive educationally without an appropriate education which meets their specific needs. More specifically, it has statistically been shown that gifted students who are educated in regular classrooms without benefit of differentiation or acceleration, fail to show year-to-year educational progress at the same rate as the average student. Gifted students are literally being held back when we expect them to learn in the regular classroom.