[metmom]

um.. that is exactly how the system works and has always worked.

Not necessarily.

I have friends and relatives who'd love to have their kids skip a grade or two because they could academically, but the big issue is the social one. The kids would be with (gasp) kids who are not their *peers*.

The schools are very resistant to accelerating kids not only for that reason, but also because they don't want to make the kids who aren't so gifted to feel bad (poor babies).

Maybe it used to be fairly common.....

[Grams A]

Maybe it used to be fairly common....”

I went to a small country grade school, all 8 grades in one room so the younger kids got to hear the older kids lessons. Ended up skipping two grades and so was only 16 when I graduated versus my friends who were all 18. Embarrassing on occasion when I couldn’t legally do things they could but great now because I’m the youngest at all of my class reunions!

[MrB]

Two things about accelerating a kid in the public school system. Think “Lord of the Flies”. The boys will get beat up and the girls will be preyed upon sexually.

Nope, “the system” is not for kids whose parents want them to get the best education experience.