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The Grand Acceleration Plan: Graduation at 14

May 30, 2013 by Gwyn Ridenhour 6 Comments

When my kids started this homeschooling journey four years ago, they did it as hybrid students, moving in and out of public school and home and even the university to get the education they needed. A few months ago, Ian, who has been enjoying math at the middle school this year and band classes at… [Read More]

Filed Under: Gifted Education, Hybrid Education Tagged With: Academic Acceleration, early graduation

Too Fast, Too Slow, Just Right – Acceleration for the Gifted Child

May 9, 2012 by Gwyn Ridenhour Leave a Comment

I read a wonderful article this morning about acceleration. I’m up to my ears in this stuff right now, and wanted to share this with you. I’ll be posting here more about our progress in arranging further acceleration for next year, but in the meantime, click on over to this blog site and see what… [Read More]

Filed Under: Gifted Education Tagged With: Academic Acceleration

Out-of-the-Box Education Planning for Gifted Children

April 18, 2012 by Gwyn Ridenhour 8 Comments

Raising and educating children who don’t fit inside the educational norm takes courage and creativity. I talk a lot on this blog about my hopes for the improvement of education in general, and indeed, I am committed to that mission. But today I want to offer discussion about gifted children in particular. Parents with academically… [Read More]

Filed Under: Empowerment, Gifted Education, Hybrid Education Tagged With: Academic Acceleration, education planning, Gifted Education

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