[gondramB]

In Georgia, gifted kids were left behind 40 years ago, 20 years and 10 years ago so its no surprise if NCLB has not fixed this.

My family isn’t rich but their neighborhood has houses $300-$400,000. And yet the middle school is failing, year after year. The Solution, all the kids now get free breakfast. Because, no doubt, their parents can’t afford breakfast - but still they have the same old teachers...

Down here, if you want good education and you aren’t qualified to teach half a dozen subjects you send your kids to private school.

[too much time]

In Georgia, gifted kids were left behind 40 years ago, 20 years and 10 years ago so its no surprise if NCLB has not fixed this.

And here I sit in rural Georgia with 3 gifted kids and the closest private school 35 miles away ($15k x 3). I am afterschooling, currently, for math and history. I am too ignorant (product of rural Georgia's gifted program) to know what to do about literature and science.

[Politicalmom]

Or your city defects from the other systems and runs its own
school system.

[SuziQ]

Down here, if you want good education and you aren’t qualified to teach half a dozen subjects you send your kids to private school.

What constitutes "qualified to teach half a dozen subjects"? Anyone can teach reading, writing, and basic math. When the kids get old enough that they need something for which you don't feel comfortable in your ability to teach, you get them in a co-op class, hire a tutor, or if they're old enough, let them take classes at the local Community College. Just because you're homeschooling doesn't mean your kids are sitting at the kitchen table listening to you lecture all day. That's what we wanted to get AWAY from!

Our daughter attended a CC for Engl. Comp, Chemistry (no lab), Physics with Lab, Pre-Calculus and Trigonometry. She loved the classes, and enjoyed being with students not only her own age, but older young adults, and some middle aged folks, as well!