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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.

What to do for literature and science: get a hold of curriculum catalogs aimed at homeschoolers or better yet, get thee to a homeschool convetion and look at the dealers selling stuff to homeschoolers. There are lots of great resources, and anything a full-time homeschooler can use, a part-timer like you can use.

And, you can fill in the holes in your own education at the same time!

>>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.<<

It should not be expected that the average parent be able to teach high school literature and science. Heck, most good teachers in a different subject would not do a good job if transferred to literature or science.

There is High School curriculum online free from places like MIT but that doesn’t get you someone to explain it and answer questions.

I certainly didn’t don’t mean to minimize the problem - I just meant that the problem is long standing and the No child Left Behind program with its free food and school transfers can’t fix all these existing problems.

BTW, we gave in and drove 30 miles to get me to a good private school and had to accept reduced tuition because of our economic situation. I was unhappy at being “the poor kid” but it was worth it. Good luck.

Pull em out and homeschool.

For those subjects for which you have no/little talent, try these resources (depending on the ages of your kids):
http://www.pottersschool.org/
http://www.pottersschool.org/
http://www.apexlearning.com/Courses/courses.htm

Please take JenB's advice about checking out homeschool curricula. There are several online places that sell books, workbooks, etc, and your public library should contain a wealth of resources for literature, books about science, etc. Kids don't necessarily need textbooks. Unless they're in high school, they don't need to be graded, etc. Just let them LEARN! Reading about the natural world, space, physics, chemistry at their own level will give them a good foundation for when they get into those subjects at the higher level.

How old are your kids?